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Smart Campaign Flow not Triggering even when all Conditions have Been Met

  • March 21, 2023
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Hi everyone, I'm running into a bit of an issue with a Smart List I created for an upcoming email campaign.

 

We are sending a marketing email to our existing leads/contacts. In this email, there is a link to a Marketo landing page, which has a few "Download Now" links, which point directly to a PDF file stored in our Design Studio. The thought process is that since we already have these contacts in our database, we don't need to gate the content with a form—just link the buttons on the page directly to the PDF file.

 

So my Smart List trigger is incredibly simple, if the user clicks on a link containing "/230320_converging_technologies" ON that specific page, they should be added to the campaign and a "Thank You" email should be sent.

 

However, so far this flow/trigger has only succeeded for myself and one other co-worker. I have tested against nearly a dozen other internal email addresses, AND 3 external domain email addresses, none of which have worked.

 

I'm not sure why it worked for me, and one other, and not for anyone else... I'm suspecting browser, OS, AdBlock, etc, but I'm still relatively stumped. Should I add more steps to my trigger? Am I missing something critical? (screenshots below).

 

 

Thank you in advance (Likely MR. Whiteman 😉 )

 

 

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Best answer by Darshil_Shah1

I suspect that the people for whom you don't see activity in their respective act log accessed and clicked the link on webpage didn't have their Munchkin session associated with their person record in Marketo. I'd advise you to send an actual email using Send Email flow step while testing the trigger; activities from sample test emails sent from Marketo aren't logged, and hence, if people don't have a Munchkin-associated session from before, they won't get Clicked Link on Webpage activity logged in their activity log. 

 

Regarding, Add to Campaign step, you should check within your team to see whether you have an SFDC campaign with which you need to sync this Marketo program either using the native Program-Campaign sync or using Add to Campaign steps.

 

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Michael_Florin-2
Michael_Florin-2
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March 21, 2023
I have tested against nearly a dozen other internal email addresses, AND 3 external domain email addresses, none of which have worked.

 

Do your test addresses have that Clicked Link on Web Page activity in their histories? If you are testing for various addresses on one computer, it can create a lot of cookie confusion, and if your Smart Campaign is set to Run Only Once, you probably can't trigger this campaign once again.

 

EDIT: Darshil was quicker. 🙂

Darshil_Shah1
Darshil_Shah1
Community Manager
March 21, 2023

Can you verify whether the Clicked Link on Web Page activity is present for the selected Web Page in the activity log of the people who didn't flow through the campaign? If you see the activity in the activity log and people didn't flow through the campaign, you could match the activity (Link Name and Web page specifically) with the activity of your person record (which as you said did flow through the campaign flow).

 

Also, I second @amazonwebservic's comment - you don't have an Add to Campaign step in your campaign's flow. Is that taken care by a different smart campaign or do you have a native Program-Campaign sync enabled so you only need to update the Marketo program status and people will get added to the SFDC campaign with the matching status?

 

Edit: On a second thought, I think you meant additions to the Marketo camapaign itself (i.e., the person should qualify and pass through the campaign). Usually, we use Adding to Camapaign phrase for adding to CRM campaigns.

 

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redleader-2Author
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March 21, 2023

Thank you for your response, I am now very deep in this rabbit hole...

 

For some of the contacts, yes, the "Clicked Link on Web Page" activity appears in their Activity Log, but, not for everyone who received a test email.

 

I have the Campaign set to trigger every time, not just once, just to be sure it's working (I will change this once I can confirm its functionality).

 

Regarding the "Add to Campaign" step—I'm not sure I need this but could be wrong. Our Marketo master left us last year and I have had to fill in for the time being—I am no expert. Here are a few more screens:

 

 

Darshil_Shah1
Darshil_Shah1Accepted solution
Community Manager
March 21, 2023

I suspect that the people for whom you don't see activity in their respective act log accessed and clicked the link on webpage didn't have their Munchkin session associated with their person record in Marketo. I'd advise you to send an actual email using Send Email flow step while testing the trigger; activities from sample test emails sent from Marketo aren't logged, and hence, if people don't have a Munchkin-associated session from before, they won't get Clicked Link on Webpage activity logged in their activity log. 

 

Regarding, Add to Campaign step, you should check within your team to see whether you have an SFDC campaign with which you need to sync this Marketo program either using the native Program-Campaign sync or using Add to Campaign steps.

 

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