If you’re already using Pardot, then you know that marketing automation is an indispensable tool for executing your B2B marketing strategy. But the majority of B2B marketers still feel that they’re not using the technology to its full potential.
In this presentation, Pardot Client Advocate Molly Futrell reveals various hacks for getting better results out of your Pardot software.
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Meet the Expert
Street Cred:
• Client Advocate at Pardot since
2014
• Recently promoted to Team Lead
• Helped hundreds of clients (and
counting) develop a Pardot strategy
to achieve their marketing goals
Molly Morris Futrell
Pardot
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7 Hacks
• Get your prospects to segment themselves
• Custom Redirects: Track and take action upon click
• Automate lead nurturing with Drip Programs
• Content creation for the busy marketer
• Get and keep clean prospect data
• Help your sales team Engage
• Email Tips & Tricks
• Capitalize on Advanced Dynamic Content
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Hack #1
Get your prospects to segment themselves
• Use Email Preference Center
• Use Page Actions
• Use Custom Redirect links
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Self Segment:
Email Preference
Center (EPC)
• All lists marked “Public”
• Substitute preference page
link for Unsubscribe link in
email
Clicking “Update subscription preferences”
at end of a Pardot email leads to our EPC
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Hack #2
Use completion actions to automate
segmentation, increase score, etc
• Track every link
• Use custom redirects for:
✓ Third Party Ads
✓ Blog Posts
✓ Social Posts
✓ Partner Sites
✓ QR Codes
✓ Direct Mail
Custom Redirects: Track and take action upon click
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Hack #3
• Automate Lead Nurturing with Drip Programs
• Typical content based on stage in sales cycle
• Lead Score = Buying Stage
• Grade = Buyer Persona
• What about cold lists?
Stage-specific content ideas
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Lead Nurturing:
3-2-1 Drip
• An unexpected approach to
lead nurturing drip
programs
• Everyone starts out like a hot
lead
• Great for cold lists
• Begin with Stage 3 content
and move backward
Check for link clicks after each email to let
the prospect “choose their own adventure”
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Hack #4
• Content creation for the busy marketer
• Update old posts
• Invite partners and customers to help
• Content Curation - Recycle ideas!
• RSS Readers
• Google Alerts
• Share content from other experts
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Hack #5
• Get and keep clean prospect data
• Leverage the auto-responder email to get real email addresses
• Optimize your form fields
• Spring cleaning: Delete inactive prospects
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• Leverage the auto-responder
•
Clean Data
Use Auto-Responders
Include a note that you’ll be
emailing the content.
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• Use email validation rules
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• Keep it short
• Gather new info each visit
Clean Data
Form Optimization
Verify an email is not from an ISP or free provider
to capture more business emails
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• Consider ways to re-
engage prospects who have
not been active lately
• Deleting Pardot prospects
= Archiving prospects
• Filter Prospect Database
by last activity
Clean Data
Archive Prospects
Filter by “Never Active” or dates of Last
Activity, then add the resulting list to a
drip program for re-engagement, or
delete the prospects.
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Hack #6
Help your sales team Engage
• Be first
• Be relevant
• Be productive
• And create a nurturing loop!
• Kick it off with CRM Visible
Lists
Make templates CRM visible so your Sales Users can send
marketing approved email templates right from Salesforce CRM.
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Hack #6
Email Tips & Tricks
• Keep it personal
• Avoid slick HTML
templates
• Use rich-text formatting
• Use variable tags to fill in
the account rep’s
signature
Personalized email looks like it’s coming from their account rep
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Email Tips
Your best faux Fwd
• Create a fake forward
• “Fwd:” or “Re:” in the subject
line
Screenshot here
Looks like a personal forward of a marketing email
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Hack #7
Capitalize on Advanced Dynamic Content
• Perform easy global updates with Advanced Dynamic Content
• Keep promotions up-to-date across channels
• Admins save time
Quickly promote
up-coming webinars
on your site, blog,
emails, etc.