Great way to automate your marketing and increase acquisition ratio
June 22, 2020

Great way to automate your marketing and increase acquisition ratio

Remco Dumortier | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Small Business

Overall Satisfaction with ActiveCampaign

Our sales and marketing department are using ActiveCampaign as a marketing automation tool for multiple customers. It helps us building sequences during the on-boarding of prospects. Thanks to the easy setup of the automation flow, sales can focus on direct follow up with the warmest leads, instead of wasting time on every inbound email.

Pros

  • Marketing automation, this is the most complete tool we have come across so far.
  • Easy to use, the visual automation builder is very straightforward, even for non tech users.
  • Conditional logic, if you invest enough time in setting up the automation flow, the conditional builder is a very powerful tool.

Cons

  • The platform is not cheap. But then again again all the comparable platforms are in the same line of price.
  • The html builder is not that straightforward. If you really want to create a custom email like it is coming straight from your mailbox, it requires some creativity.
  • Higher acquisition ratio, we manage to acquire customers later in the funnel, after they are warmed up by our emails.
Mailchimp is nice when you have a low frequency of sending emails and you manage to follow up yourself. Also, they have a free plan, which AC doesn't have. But it doesn't compare to AC when it comes to marketing automation.
Autopilot is a great tool as well for marketing automation, however, they don't have a $9 starting plan like ActiveCampaign, but they do offer all the premium features in their base plan.
When launching a campaign, ActiveCampaign is an ideal tool to improve your acquisition process. You can easily build a flow with conditional logic to give your prospect a better onboarding experience. So far if somebody asks, it is always AC I recommend as a marketing automation tool. Straightforward tool, good support team and pricing is in line with the competition.

ActiveCampaign Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG email editor
6
Dynamic content
9
Ability to test dynamic content
8
Landing pages
7
A/B testing
10
Mobile optimization
10
Email deliverability reporting
10
List management
10
Triggered drip sequences
10
Lead nurturing automation
9
Lead scoring and grading
10
Data quality management
9
Automated sales alerts and tasks
10
Calendaring
8
Event/webinar marketing
8
Social sharing and campaigns
8
Social profile integration
7
Dashboards
7
Standard reports
9
Custom reports
10
API
10
Role-based workflow & approvals
10
Customizability
10
Integration with Salesforce.com
10

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