Definitions of Common Marketing Roles
Role NameCharacteristicsCampaign or Program ManagerResponsible for identifying, designing, planning, delivering, monitoring and modifying cross-channel marketing campaigns.Smaller organizations: May be...
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Lost text box
Hi All,One of my users was editing an email in the WYSIWYG editor and dragged a text box off the edge of the canvas. This box had some text in it, and we now can't get to it to delete it, but it is...
View ArticleDuplicate Email Address in SFDC
We are trying to integrate Salesforce.com with Eloqua but our instance of Salesforce.com allows duplicate contacts and email address in the system. Our solution is to create a Master Record filed that...
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Picklist form field cannot be marked as required
Does anybody know why you can't mark a picklist form field as required? I'm working on a form where we'd like to have email address and the picklist required. The submitter needs to select an option...
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How Manufacturers Are Avoiding Website Product Hide-and-Seek
Manufacturers are plagued with decentralization. Because manufacturers are tasked with managing numerous products, and across multiple geos, it’s very easy for an organization to lose brand control....
View ArticleEmail/LP Design Software
I'm curious if most Eloquans design emails and landing pages within Eloqua or if any other tools are used (e.g. Dreamweaver). If you use other tools, please tell me what you are using.
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Program Builder - Missing a step?
We are trying to add our subscribers in Program Builder and map them to the email group, and do not have the "upload" step pictured below. Any ideas why this would be the case? Are we missing a step...
View ArticleIt's September 30th...are you watching "The Dial"?
It's our quarter end, and as I find myself hitting refresh for the 400th time today I was wondering if I am the only freak that's essentially not interacting with humans or having real conversations so...
View ArticleManaging shared assets? (Re-inventing the wheel)
My company has been using Eloqua for quite some time. When I joined, I found a long list of shared assets -- some dating back to the Eisenhower administration. During my Eloqua University training,...
View ArticleMandatory multi-select pick lists for forms
so... anyone know how to make a multi-select list mandatory?we have forms from E9 that have it, and we are struggling to make that happen in E10 !
View ArticleSimple Email Campaign
Although we hate creating 1 off email campaigns, the simple email campaign canvas is an awesome addition to Eloqua. Totally unique spin on the traditionally campaign canvas! What's everyone think about...
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Allow Contacts to PAUSE in Preferences
As we're in the discovery phases of building out our custom Communication Preferences for our Eloqua contacts, among our preferences, we'd like to offer contacts the option to "Pause" communications...
View ArticleIs there a way to see how many accounts are in the database?
Hi all, Just looking to see if there's a way to use a contact filter or even the reporting console to see how many companies/accounts there are in the database. Also, this would be in E9. Thanks!
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John McNeil Studio, Marketing Automation Consultant, Berkeley, CA
Location: Berkeley, CA John McNeil Studio (JMS) is a collective of strategists, writers, designers, filmmakers, technologists, musicians and photographers who help companies tell compelling stories...
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A New Tactic To Drive Sample And Trial Requests
Pharma and Biotech manufacturers understand the challenges of a reduced sales force and decreasing accesses to HCPs. They also recognize the value in advertising. Advertising is a tried and true...
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How To Increase Inbound eDetailing Opportunities
With the economic turmoil of 2008, many life sciences firms were forced to reduce spending across the board. This spending restriction is still occurring today, and pharma, biotech and medical device...
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Best Practices for Enabling Your Channel Partners
Given the subscription economy trend in manufacturing, and the dependence manufacturers have on partners to drive revenue, there is an increased pressure to focus on relationship selling. Most...
View ArticleWhat's the difference between Possible Forwarders and Possible Email Forwards?
Hi! I am looking into my possible forwarders and possible email forwards and pulled the lists of contacts associated with those results. The possible email forwards has 124 people and the possible...
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One of Marketing Automation's Most Seasoned Manufacturing Customers Shares...
Manufacturing often gets a bad rap for being outdated, blue collar, and technologically challenged. But when you walk through the doors of Balluff, and into their open floor plan with clean lines and...
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