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jon_chen
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May 22, 2024
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🗣️ [Mentor Josh Hill] 🌟 Adobe Marketo Engage Community Mentorship Program 2024 🌟

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Hello Community, 

 

Welcome to the Adobe Marketo Engage Community Mentorship Program 2024! This is the featured Community Discussion thread for your Adobe Marketo Engage Community Mentor, Josh Hill (@Josh_Hill13) who will be here to guide and support you and your peers with your Adobe Marketo Engage questions as you prepare for your Adobe Marketo Engage Architect Master (AD0-E560) exam, through to the end of the program.  

 

A little bit about your Adobe Marketo Engage Community Mentor, Josh:

 

 

Josh Hill is a marketing technology and operations leader who builds go-to-market infrastructure for the full customer lifecycle. He has led global martech teams delivering large scale lead flow, campaign operations, and omnichannel capabilities. He has 20+ years of experience in technology, sales, and B2B marketing. Over his career Josh has worked with dozens of organizations and thousands of marketing operations professionals to accelerate their funnels and careers. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aspirants mapped to @Josh_Hill13 

 

  1. @Carlito_Jay_Ala 
  2. @Zoe_Forman 
  3. @Vinay_Kumar 
  4. @sydney 
  5. @EdusBro
  6. @Blake-Lucid 
  7. @caseytmuller 

 

How to Participate  

  1. Aspirants’ goal is to clear their Adobe Marketo Engage Certification during the duration of the program: May 17th , 2024 – June 21st, 2024.
  2. Aspirants: Post your Questions in this thread to connect with your Mentor Josh, and your fellow Aspirant peers.  
  3. You are all preparing for the same Certification, so feel free to use this space to share what you’re learning and collaborate!  

 

Suggested Next Steps for Aspirants: 

  • Update your Community Profile photo with your latest headshot so that you can stand out to your Mentor and Peer Aspirants. 
  • Like this thread to confirm your participation in the program 
  • Introduce yourself to Josh and your Aspirant peers by replying to this Thread! Break the ice by introducing yourself (location, org/ company, etc.) and your experience with/ interest in Adobe Marketo Engage 
  • Post your Questions to this thread as you begin learning more about the Adobe Marketo Engage Architect Master (AD0-E560) certification
  • Test your Marketo Engage knowledge by browsing through the Adobe Marketo Engage Community Questions and taking your best shot at answering some Qs! 
  • Remember that every post / like / comment you make in your contextual thread and in the Marketo Engage Community throughout the duration of the program helps increase your chance to be recognized by your Mentor and win exclusive Adobe swag, so bring your best efforts! 

 

Quick links  

 

We're wishing you all the best as you embark on this learning journey!  

 

Cheers,  

Jon 

9 replies

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
June 12, 2024

Let's talk about RCM/RCE.

 

Key Topics that usually are on the exam

  • Period Costs and how they are attributed across Success points and Programs
  • What the Program Analyzer and Program Cost report will show when certain conditions exist
  • Using the Lead Report with "pivot tables" (meaning smart lists to dig into things)
  • Attribution of Opps and Revenue based on Success in MT and FT situations.

The success steps are the default ones Marketo provides although that shouldn't really matter for the test. The 

  • First time Marketo sees an email address, the first program gets FT credit regardless of Success.
  • If an Opp/Lead associated to Program Success wins, then that revenue can be attributed in an FT or MT manner, usually equal weighted in RCE for MT.
Josh_Hill13
New Participant
June 16, 2024

Anyone have Program Cost or RCE questions that were challenging during a practice exam?

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
June 20, 2024

@carlito_jay_ala  feeling ready to take the exam? Anything still on your mind?

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
June 8, 2024

Reporting and the Success Path Analyzer.

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/marketo/using/product-docs/reporting/revenue-cycle-analytics/revenue-cycle-models/using-the-success-path-analyzer

 

This is one of the original functions of Marketo and what got me excited to buy! Before the next quiz, look closely at the Reporting documentation as well as the RCM requirements to run it properly. Remember:

  1. Revenue Cycle Model Design
  2. RCM Build Out >> requires lifecycle smart campaigns to move people in/out of stages
  3. Success Path Analyzer, Program Analyzer, and RCE will only show data after the prequisites.

 

Post screenshots of RCMs you built! (Sandbox safe!)

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
June 8, 2024

Let's try one of the key topics from Section 2: Marketo Engage Architecture:

 

Outline an operational procedure for lead routing multiple countries

I'm looking for smart campaigns and how you would leverage the fields involved to be most efficient.

 

Identify how to manage a change to Lead Scoring for Behaviors within Marketo.

Again, setup a Program and Smart Campaigns. Are you taking advantage of how Marketo scales this up?

 

Zoe_Forman
Community Manager
June 8, 2024

Answering the first part:

Operational Procedure for Lead Routing in Adobe Marketo for Multiple Countries

 

Working with Sales Team and other stakeholders Define the Goal

To effectively route leads from multiple countries to the appropriate sales teams using Adobe Marketo's features like smart campaigns, scoring tokens, and segmentations.

 

 

 Create custom fields to store lead scores,  and create tokens for each scoring category. For example:

     - {{my.Behaviour Score}}

     - {{my.Demographic Score}}

     - {{my.Geographic Score}}

 

   - For each token, establish rules based on lead actions and attributes. For example:

     - {{my.Behaviour Score}} increases by 10 for form submissions.

     - {{my.Demographic Score}} increases by 20 for job title matches.

     - {{my.Geographic Score}} increases by 30 for leads from preferred countries.

 

Create Segmentations

 

   - Determine the segments based on geographic regions (e.g., North America, EMEA, APAC) or countries.

     - Add segments based on country-specific fields. For example:

     - Segment 1: Countries = [USA, Canada] (North America)

     - Segment 2: Countries = [UK, Germany, France] (EMEA)

     - Segment 3: Countries = [Japan, China, Australia] (APAC)

   - Save and activate the segmentation to make it available for use in smart campaigns.

 

Set Up Smart Campaigns for Lead Routing and create new smart campaigns for each region.

  

Activate Campaign Triggers such as:

     - "Data Value Changes" for lead fields.

     - If score = MQL value change status to MQL and hand off to SFDC

     - "Lead Score Changes" to capture significant scoring updates.

 

Use Filters for Specific Countries in a region to ensure only leads from specific countries enter the campaign. For example:

     - Country = USA, Canada for the North America campaign.

     - Country = UK, Germany, France for the EMEA campaign.

 

Define Flow Actions:

     - Assigning leads to the appropriate sales teams or queues.

     - Sending Sales Alert email notifications to sales representatives.

     - Changing lead statuses based on the score or geographic location.

Utilise Geographic Fields and filters

   - Use country, region, and city fields to segment leads accurately and route them accordingly.

 

Person score combines behavioor, demographic, and geographic scores to prioritise high-quality leads – establish MQL score level

 

Reporting  to track the performance of your lead routing campaigns.

   - Monitor key metrics such as lead response time, conversion rates, and sales feedback.

 

Optimise Scoring Rules periodically review and adjust scoring rules based on performance data and feedback from the sales team.

 

Update segmentations as needed to reflect changes in market focus or business strategy.

 

 

By following this operational procedure, you can efficiently route leads in  Marketo based on their geographic location and lead scores, ensuring that the right leads are assigned to the appropriate sales teams promptly. Regular discussions with sales team and stakeholders to review business needs, score or segment changes.

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
June 8, 2024

What are some of the tradeoffs using a Triggered DVC vs Batch vs Another option?

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
June 8, 2024

Ok! How is everyone doing? Any one have a question about the topics?

 

Here is a survey we'd like you to take if you have a moment to get an Exam Voucher of 50% off.

https://forms.office.com/r/M0QZUCbAKG

 

I'll post new questions soon.

Vinay_Kumar
Community Manager
June 3, 2024

Hi @jon_chen @josh_hill13 The Exam Prep Guide link is not working. Please check once.

Zoe_Forman
Community Manager
June 3, 2024

@vinay_kumar  Try this link: https://app.rockinfo.com/courses/248

Seemed to be 404 problems across exam prep links since Friday.

Today it works if you go  to the Architect  Certificate page. then to the exam prep

 

@josh_hill13   @jon_chen 

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
June 3, 2024

The link definitely was working, hopefully it will be back up soon.

 

Great answers everyone! Most of the job is understanding those implications on People, Process, Tech.

And yes, Marketo is truly a workflow engine that can be creatively leveraged to bring experiences to life.

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
May 31, 2024

Hi folks - Friday Quiz! This is for the Identifying Stakeholders and System Implications. Post your thoughts!

 

You are asked to build a click to calendar solution that allows a customer to book a time with a Sales Rep for a Demo. Who are the stakeholders that could be involved?

 

You are asked to build a click to calendar solution that allows a customer to book a time with a Sales Rep for a Demo. Which systems may be involved and which fields could be impacted?

 

You are asked to link Leads to their GCLID by the digital ad marketing team. What steps do you go through to design the solution? What is your proposed solution? [Hint: search the community]

 

@Carlito_Jay_Ala 

@Zoe_Forman 

@Vinay_Kumar 

@sydney 

@EdusBro

@Blake-Lucid 

@caseytmuller 

sydney-3
New Participant
May 31, 2024

You are asked to build a click to calendar solution that allows a customer to book a time with a Sales Rep for a Demo. Who are the stakeholders that could be involved?

  • BDR/SDR team (we personally route leads to BDRs for scoping prior to an AE demo) , Sales team (who should leads be routed to based on what factors, any qualifying factors to book a meeting), Sales Ops team (figuring out what information needs to get passed to Salesforce and in what formatting or if it’s a tool like LeanData that needs to be implemented in Salesforce scoping that out), Digital Marketing/Web master (if something needs to be added to the website that doesn’t already exist). 

 

You are asked to build a click to calendar solution that allows a customer to book a time with a Sales Rep for a Demo. Which systems may be involved and which fields could be impacted?

  • Systems: Marketo, Salesforce, Lead Routing + Meeting Booking tool (LeanData, Chilipiper, etc), company’s calendar systems to integrate with (Google, Outlook, etc.) 
  • Fields Impacted: For us our automation qualified program & date would be impacted, lead score, contact/lead status . 

 

You are asked to link Leads to their GCLID by the digital ad marketing team. What steps do you go through to design the solution? What is your proposed solution? [Hint: search the community]

  • Create GA & Marketo connection via LaunchPoint 
  • Turn on auto-tagging in Google platforms 
  • Create a GCLID Marketo custom field + map to Salesforce 
  • Add a hidden field on your form to capture the GCLID value so as to add it to the person’s profile upon submission 

Let me know if you have feedback or if I'm missing things! 

Zoe_Forman
Community Manager
June 1, 2024

Hi @josh_hill13 and @sydney-3 

My thoughts are very much aligned with Sydney.

Stakeholders: Sales Reps, CRM team, IT, Marketo Admin, RevOps (including customer service) also should be aligning with business goals so Senior management / Leadership teams. Being in Europe I would sometimes run through our legal team to ensure new platforms and processes are GDPR compliant.

 

Systems: Marketo (MAP) & Salesforce (CRM) admins. Plus other integration owners these could be under MOPS, IT or REVOPS teams around Lead scoring and routing, calendars, Meeting Booking tools.

 

Impacted fields can also include: Person Score, Person Status (from Marketing Acquired to Marketing Qualified to Sales Assigned), Marketo Program Status and member status (success), is the person to be added to a SFDC Campaign? Lead Owner changes in CRM. Tracking acquisition and last touch channels (using UTM's).

 

Nothing to add to GCLID, but read the documentation as a gap in my knowledge - this mentor program is as much about identifying knowledge gaps and learning and maybe a few months before I'm confident  have found and understood features or processes that I don't use.

Making me appreciate how powerful and customisable Marketo really is - I knew it was the best ! now being confirmed.

So more reading and research topics for me to get stuck into.

Thanks Josh for the questions to make us think, research and investigate.

Vinay_Kumar
Community Manager
May 27, 2024

Thanks @jon_chen 

@josh_hill13 Will you be sharing some links or study materials with us to start our preparation?

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
May 28, 2024

Hi Vinay,

 

Please start with the links at the top of the thread. I urge you - and everyone - to post questions about practice exams or concepts you aren't sure about. That's the best way for me to get you help in this first stage.

 

Test Topic Overview

https://app.rockinfo.com/courses/playScorm/619?%2Fcourses%2FplayScorm%2F619

 

Also begin reviewing the Test Topics you are LEAST familiar with. I suspect that may be:

Also review any System Audit blog posts, docs, or docs you created. I see they ask about that.

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
May 31, 2024

I added some links to the above to help you get started.

Carlito_Jay_Ala
New Participant
May 26, 2024

Hello @josh_hill13 and fellow aspirants! I 'm Carl and I currently work at RingCentral as a Sr. Architect, Marketing Technology. My primary focus right now is evaluating, designing, implementing, and monitoring Marketo integrations. I've been a Marketo user since 2017 and hold three MCEs and ever since I earned my first one, I've been eager to pursue an MCSA. However, a previous requirement (RingCentral being a Marketo customer and MCSA being exclusive to partners) prevented me from getting one. So I'm thrilled that Adobe has lifted that restriction, and for this mentorship program!

 

I'm so excited to learn from all of you and also share things I know that can help us get this certification. ☺️

stmpjmpr
Josh_Hill13
New Participant
May 25, 2024

Hey folks! 


Welcome to the thread. Let's get started! Who has a question?

Zoe_Forman
Community Manager
May 25, 2024

Hi @Josh_Hill13 and others in this Architect Mentor Program cohort.

I have been using Marketo for 5+ years and have a varied background in Marketing Operations, Marketing, and Product Design engineering.

I work in-house for MSA Safety, a global safety product manufacturer. Based in the United Kingdom, I am one of two global Marketo admins, and I lead the International - EMEA and APAC marketing operations team—a small but mighty team of three. I have gone from a team of one to new hires who have just joined in the last 2 months. Other users in the Americas, we all share one instance.

 

We have several integrations with Marketo at the centre, and I implemented the most recent ones myself, including Salesforce for International, last August plus OKTOPOST, ON24, CAPTELLO. I love to know how to build and they work together, as this is great for problem-solving and investigations


We do not have all the extra Marketo features for reporting and Sales Insights, so I need to find my knowledge gaps where I have not been exposed or have experience. We use PowerAutomate and SFDC for campaign, revenue, and influence reporting. Activities, emails, form fills, events, and programs are reported within Marketo.

 

I am looking forward to the coming weeks - summer study is like being back at school! Apart from my Marketo MCE, I haven't taken exams for decades, and the exam nerves are real!


Feel free to find me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-forman

 

Thanks, Zoe