Hello team,
I am unable to understand the Head start concept on Marketo as I am confused with the time zones.
Could someone please explain me with an example of London, UK time for me to be able to relate?
Regards,
Sadhana.
Nice question regarding Head Start.
Here's a quick article that can help with better understanding this tool:
https://nation.marketo.com/t5/product-discussions/head-start-for-email-programs/td-p/71615
I think the key nugget her is that head start will work through the processing of your smart list in advanced. If, for example, you have a smart list that has just a few criteria... you may not notice any sort of a difference or lag. However, if you have a smart list that includes a lot of criteria - criteria that may cause a lot of processing power on your system - then, the Head start program may be beneficial for you.
Any additional thoughts on that one?
Nice to meet you, @amackenzie1!
great to meet you @amackenzie1.
Hi @amackenzie1 it's great to meet you! I will be posting an update here shortly and will tag all of you in this thread.
Thanks!
Erin
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Thank you for your patience as we are getting this program rolling and I truly appreciate your collaboration on some of the questions / topics that have come up already. Please @ mention me in all of your posts moving forward so I can be sure to provide a prompt response. I'm really looking forward to guiding you all towards certification! If you haven't already be sure to SUBSCRIBE at the top of this thread so you get notifications of updates as we go.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
I will post every Monday from here with the module we will be focused on for the week ahead and will ask you quiz questions to help you prep for each section of the exam. I might combine modules if/where it makes sense. For this week were are covering sections 1-3. Apologies for any confusion with my last post as I accidentally posted a quiz question from the wrong practice exam. Bonus points if you answered it!
***TIP: Bookmark the Exam Prep Guide - you should be going through this guide on your own time but refer back to this thread with any questions you might have that I can assist with, or a fellow aspirant. By going through the guide it will help you prep for the exam and help you to answer my quiz questions for each section. This is the guide link: https://app.rockinfo.com/courses/247
This week (June 10-17) please complete section 1-3 of the prep guide. Here are the sections and quiz questions for each.
This section of the exam will test your ability to understand the following aspects of Building and Managing Programs:
SECTION 1: SAMPLE QUIZ QUESTION:
A marketer is wanting to send a newsletter-type email to customers every Tuesday at 9AM (recipient time zone). However, they do not want to have these emails take priority over any other emails going out in Marketo. What program would be the best option for the marketer to send the newsletter out of?
A. Event Program
B. Engagement Program
C. Email Program
D. Default Program
This section of the exam will test your ability to understand the following aspects of Building Assets:
SECTION 2: SAMPLE QUIZ QUESTION:
What is an example of how a marketer can use Snippets in Marketo?
A. Create an A/B test for an email
B. Trigger a webhook to validate email addresses after form submission
C. Standardize an email footer with the company address and copyright year set as tokens
D. Import a list
Section 3: Defining and Targeting Audiences (33%)
This section of the exam will test your ability to understand the following aspects of Defining and Targeting Audiences:
SECTION 3: SAMPLE QUIZ QUESTION:
If a marketer is wanting to remove unsubscribed prospects from their Marketo database on a quarterly basis, but also wants to understand the volume and see the exact records that will be removed prior to the removal, what type of smart campaign should they use and where would they go to see the data prior to activating the campaign?
A. Triggered Smart Campaign - Schedule
B. Batch Smart Campaign - Setup
C. Triggered Smart Campaign - Smart List
D. Batch Smart Campaign - Schedule
I will post the quiz answers next Monday along with the next round of questions / modules. Remember, the more you engage, the higher the chances are for you to win some awesome swag!! ALSO...we are rewarding engaged aspirants with a 50% certification exam voucher, so please fill out the following survey for a chance to receive a big discount: https://forms.office.com/r/M0QZUCbAKG
In the meantime, please reply to this post with your quiz answers and do not hesitate to reach out with any other questions, thanks!!
Erin
Thanks for the update @Erin! Does Section 1: Administration and Maintenance correspond to a module in the exam prep guide? Or are we working through the prep guide asynchronously?
Hi there! @amackenzie1 I just updated my original post from Friday with new information that will hopefully be helpful to you. Please let me know if you are able to access the exam guide and follow along with the models / quiz questions I just posted. And let me know if you have any other questions in general.
Thanks!
(in my best "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contestant voice)
Answer is B, Marketo to Salesforce. Final answer. 😁
(answer to your first quick question, just realized I was answering a question that you deleted! Lol)
I'm still working through a lot of this material, but my quiz answers are:
1. B
2. C
3. D