Great Solution for Marketers in the Salesforce Ecosystem
February 13, 2018

Great Solution for Marketers in the Salesforce Ecosystem

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Studio

We use Salesforce marketing cloud for A/B test analysis and CRM enabled digital marketing. Marketing Cloud is a central component of our digital strategy since it contains email, social, triggered and drip marketing. If you are running on a salesforce platform then it is especially robust since it integrates well with the CRM.

Pros

  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud connects well with Salesforce Sales Cloud.
  • Journey Builder is incredibly robust and allows customized one to one email marketing.
  • Predictive content from the Einstein engine is extremely useful in customizing emails by segments.

Cons

  • Sluggish development of email basics. I feel that competitors are showing Salesforce Marketing Cloud up by having better templates. Content Builder is a move in the right direction.
  • Faster UI. I feel that the Marketing Cloud UI can be a bit dated and slow
  • Better inbox viewing and delivery testing.
  • Better segmentation based on Sales Cloud activity
  • Quicker development time with new content builder tools (classic builder was slow)
  • Centralized digital marketing platform that touches SMS, email, drip, and triggered marketing.
More expensive than MailChimp but works hand-and-glove with Salesforce CRM. I like the data extensions that allow you to connect to outside systems and data sources. I think the new Journey Builder and Einstein predictive content are the key differentiators between Email software like MailChimp and Digital Marketing software like Marketing Cloud.
Salesforce Marketing Cloud is good for professional, business, and enterprise users. I would not recommend Salesforce Marketing Cloud solely for email marketing - others do it just as well and for cheaper - however, if you work with the Salesforce ecosystem - Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, etc., - then Marketing Cloud is the obvious choice for the digital marketing.

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