How Im Handling CASL

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How Im Handling CASL

Thought I would share my approach to this new regulation since it's taken a bit of work 🙂 

Here is my checklist from my Google doc of everything I need to do in Marketo. Im performing these all with Smart Campaigns in Marketo and Workflow rules in Salesforce. 

    Housecleaning - unsubscribed if opt-in checkbox is NULL and country = Canada
    Housecleaning - if unsubscribe = true, then opt-in for Canada is NULL
    Populate opt-in field for all Canadian customers
    Daily batch to check for opt-in expiration - 3 years for customers. 6 months for implied opt-in
    Canadian Opportunity list - 3 years implied opt-in - update status with date
    Implied opt-in for actions taken in last 6 months - webinar registration, whitepaper download 
    Smart campaign built in Marketo to auto-send opt-in request when new leads created with country = Canada
     

First I created an Opt-In checkbox field and Opt-In date field in Salesforce. I setup a Salesforce workflow rule that populates the date/time in the Opt-In date field anytime the Opt-In checkbox field is changed.

Next, I created a workflow that locked the email field in Salesforce if the Opt-In field was checked and country = Canada. 

All the campaigns listed above are to update all customers and implied opt-ins prior to July 1 so I know who to send an opt-in email to. Then to make sure we are asking for opt-in when new leads come in from Canada. 

For those impied opt-ins, I have campaigns set to run everyday and check the date field. If the country = Canada, opt-in is true and date is more than 6 months ago with no activity, we send opt-in email and change value to false until we get validation from the recipient. 

Although I have setup a smart list to be using in campaigns going forward, Im going to unsubscribe non-opt-ins just as a safety measure.  (we dont use 'marketing suspended')

Im not sure if this helps any of you but wanted to share in the event that it does. 
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Anonymous
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

This is very helpful. Thank you!
Anonymous
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

Yes, this is great. Thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

Christina, would you mind posting the text of your "auto-send opt-in request when new leads created with country = Canada" email? We are struggling with the wording and it would be super helpful to see what someone else is doing. Thanks!
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

Are you looking for the email content? That looks like this:

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Anonymous
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

I really can't thank you enough for putting this checklist and text out there. It's made my life a lot easier this week!


Anonymous
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

No problem. Feel free to email me cpappas@cloudbees.com if you want to chat/bounce ideas/walk through anything. 
Jamye_Breidenba
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

This is great! Thanks for sharing.
Matt_Rushing1
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

Great post - thank you!  One question: what does your daily batch that checks the date of the opt-in look like?  Are you doing that in Marketo?  I can't seem to set "before 6 months ago" on a date field in Marketo.
Anonymous
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Re: How Im Handling CASL

Hey Matt

Ok - so this is what I did as a workaround - in Marketo.

Smart List:
(1 and 2 and 3) or 4
1) Opt-In = True
2) Not filled out form in last 6 months
3) SFDC Type is not Customer
4) Not Clicked Link in Email - Opt-In Canada Email Link

Flow:
Change Data Value for Opt-In field
Choice 1) If opt-in date in last 6 months, change value to True
Default value set to False

So this protects those that opted in via my email campaign, and also those that engaged in last 6 months. Hope that makes sense!