Randomise snippets used in nurture program emails

Paul_Raybould · ‎01-14-2019

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help with the following.

I've created a folder of snippets that contain very short messages to promote the various products and services of our company.

Our nurture program emails promote relevant content but I'd also like to add a randomly assigned snippet to every email that goes out that contains a sales note such as 'Take a look at our upcoming events at...' for example.

I understand I will need to use Velocity but have not knowledge/experience of using this.

Can anyone advise as to how to add snippets to each nurture program email in a way that will randomly show one of the snippets in every email that is sent/

Thanks,

Paul

SanfordWhiteman · ‎01-16-2019

I can't see the syntax highlighter above when creating an email script token.Iis that why it's not working for me?

The syntax highlighter is for here in the Community, not in Marketo! Click the name of the thread to open the full thread page, then when you reply you can see the Advanced Editor link at the upper right:

When you paste code without highlighting it, the Jive Community platform makes it unreadable. It needs to be in monospace (Courier) and laid out the way the syntax highlighter does it:

#set( $random = $math.random(0,3) ) 
#set( $linkText = { 
  0 : 'QS runs a number of global events for HE professionals, including <a href="https://www.reimagine-education.com/?utm_source=qs_b2bmarketing&utm_medium=qs_b2bmarketing" target="_blank" id="">Reimagine Education</a> and <a href="https://www.edudatasummit.com/?utm_source=qs_b2bmarketing&utm_medium=qs_b2bmarketing" target="_blank" id="">The EduData Summit</a>. <a href="https://www.qs.com/higher-education-tl-conferences/?utm_source=nurture&utm_medium=email" target="_blank" id="">Click here for more information and to view our events</a>.', 
  1 : 'Does your institution want to recruit more students? Check out <a href="https://www.qs.com/solutions/online-marketing/?utm_source=nurture&utm_medium=email" target="_blank" id="">QS’ online advertising</a> options or <a href="http://info.qs.com/2019-01-14-Advertising-Options-and-Call-Back-Request_01-Landing-Page-with-Form.ht..." target="_blank" id="">click here to request a call back</a> and we’ll be in touch with more information.', 
  2 : 'Is your institution looking for ways to differentiate from its competitors? Take a look at <a href="https://www.qs.com/solutions/research-intelligence/qs-stars/?utm_source=nurture&utm_medium=email" target="_blank" id="">QS Stars</a> or <a href="http://info.qs.com/2019-01-14QSStarsandCallBackRequest_01LandingPage.html" target="_blank" id="">click here to request a call back</a> and we’ll be in touch with more information.' 
})

There's nothing actually wrong with your code, you just forgot to output anything. Add:

${linkText[$random]}

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