How to send smart campaign to email not in DB?

[Anonymous]

Im trying to send a test campaign with 3 emails to an email address not in my database. I used the filter 'Email Address' and copied the email address in but it's saying 0 leads qualified. How can I run this smart campaign without putting this email in my database and having to go through the hassle of creating a lead just to test? Possible?

[Dory_Viscoglio]

I know you've mentioned that you sync everything over to SFDC, but if you create a new record in Marketo, unless there's a triggered campaign when a new record is created, then this would reside only in Marketo. I'm ok with having a couple of test leads for myself that only live in Marketo, even though we have the same agreement in our org where everything is synced to SFDC.

[Dory_Viscoglio]

So I guess what I'm trying to say above, is that I'd just create them in Marketo so that I had them for testing purposes. 

[Anonymous]

Ok - I didnt want to have to create a lead record but sounds like Marketo forces that and you cant just send to an email address on the fly. Drats!

[Dory_Viscoglio]

It's better that way... otherwise, you could be sending emails and Marketo wouldn't have a record of it since there's no associated record in Marketo.

[Josh_Hill13]

You need to have the record in Marketo in order to send.