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SIEBEL EMAIL MARKETING STAND-ALONE USER GUIDE VERSION 7.5.3, REVISION A MARCH 2004 Siebel Systems, Inc., 2207 Bridgepointe Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94404 Copyright © 2004 Siebel Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America No part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or reproduced in any way, including but not limited to photocopy, photographic, magnetic, or other record, without the prior agreement and written permission of Siebel Systems, Inc. Siebel, the Siebel logo, TrickleSync, TSQ, Universal Agent, and other Siebel product names referenced herein are trademarks of Siebel Systems, Inc., and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other product names, designations, logos, and symbols may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Programs, Ancillary Programs and Documentation, delivered subject to the Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, are “commercial computer software” as set forth in DFARS 227.7202, Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation, and as such, any use, duplication and disclosure of the Programs, Ancillary Programs and Documentation shall be subject to the restrictions contained in the applicable Siebel license agreement. All other use, duplication and disclosure of the Programs, Ancillary Programs and Documentation by the U.S. Government shall be subject to the applicable Siebel license agreement and the restrictions contained in subsection (c) of FAR 52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights (June 1987), or FAR52.227-14, Rights in Data—General, including Alternate III (June 1987), as applicable. Contractor/licensor is SiebelSystems, Inc., 2207 Bridgepointe Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94404. Proprietary Information Siebel Systems, Inc. considers information included in this documentation and in Siebel eBusiness Applications Online Help to be Confidential Information. Your access to and use of this Confidential Information are subject to the terms and conditions of: (1) the applicable Siebel Systems software license agreement, which has been executed and with which you agree to comply; and (2) the proprietary and restricted rights notices included in this documentation. Contents Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide 1 Introduction How This Guide Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Additional Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chapter 1. About Email Delivery Understanding Email Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Email Delivery—One to One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Email Delivery—One to Many . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 About Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone Architecture Overview . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Multitenancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Siebel Email Marketing Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting to the Siebel Email Marketing Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Chapter 2. Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone Quick Start Step 1—Select Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Step 2—Provide Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Content Type Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Unspecified Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Version 7.5.3, Revision A Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide 3 Contents Step 3—Define Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Step 4—Preview Mailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Step 5—Send the Mailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Chapter 3. Logging In The Login Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 About Default Email Addresses and Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 The Password Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Update User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chapter 4. Setting Up a Database The Database Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Add a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Mail Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Edit Database Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Remove a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Chapter 5. Setting up a List Internal Versus External Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Creating a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Configuring a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 The General Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 The Archives Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 The Posting Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 The Errors Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 The Subscriptions Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 The People Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 The Digests Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 The Appearance Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 The Files Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 4 Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide Version 7.5.3, Revision A Contents Add Subscribers to a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Remove Subscribers from a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Bounce Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Configure a List for Bounce Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Chapter 6. Setting up a Query What is a Query? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Query Versus List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 The Query Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Define a Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 The Query Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Who Should Use the Query Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Step 1—Select a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Step 2—Select a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Step 3—Choose Clause Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Step 4—View the Preview List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Edit a Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Remove a Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Chapter 7. Content Generation Template Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Template Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 $(if) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 $(header) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Named Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Tracked URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 $(trackMsgOpen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Quick Click Subscribe/Unsubscribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Forward to a Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Version 7.5.3, Revision A Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide 5 Contents Chapter 8. Populating Template Variables Template Variables and Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Conditional Template Variables with an External Database . . . . . . . . . . .109 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Chapter 9. URL Tracking Create a New Public Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Associate List(s) with the New Public Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Alter Message Content with Tracked URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Parameters on URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Dynamic Tracked URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 The $(trackMsgOpen) Template Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Send Your Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Chapter 10. Sending a Mailing Selecting Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Providing Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Defining Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Preview the Mailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Sending the Mailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Sending Mailings with Internationalized Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 External Files of Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Providing Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Defining Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Scheduled Recurring Mailings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 Moderation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140 6 Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide Version 7.5.3, Revision A Contents Chapter 11. Mailing Control Chapter 12. Reporting Mailing Delivery Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Statistical Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 The Mailing Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 The Campaign Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 The Subscriber Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Chapter 13. An Overview of Message Types Why is Message Type Important? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 What Types of Message Formats Are Available? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Plain Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 America Online (AOL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Multipart MIME (Text & HTML) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Determining the Format to Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Chapter 14. The Basics of Email Campaign Development Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Where to Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Determine the Goals of Your Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Determine Your Target Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Determine Your Call(s) to Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Develop Your Privacy Policy and Anti-Spam Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Choose Your List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 The Importance of Permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Decide on Your Message Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 Version 7.5.3, Revision A Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide 7 Contents Determine Your Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 Determine Who Will Manage Your Creative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 Decide on a Sending Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 How Many Mailings Will Be in Your Campaign? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 Implement Response Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 Organize Internal Resources for Handling Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174 Plan for Unsubscribes and Bounced Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174 Develop a Message Testing Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 Manage Your Expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 Chapter 15. How to Build Effective Email Messages Set Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 Designing the Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178 Compose the Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178 The Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 The Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 The Greeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 The Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 The Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 The Footer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Test Your Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Analyze Your Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Build On Your Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182 Chapter 16. How to be Opt-In Compliant What is Spam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 What is Not Spam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 Why You Do Not Want to Spam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 How to Avoid Being Thought of as a Spammer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 8 Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide Version 7.5.3, Revision A Contents What to Do if You are Labeled as a Spammer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Chapter 17. Background Information DNS Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Image Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 JavaScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Mailing List Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 MX Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 SMTP Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 SMTP Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Virtual Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Index Version 7.5.3, Revision A Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide 9 Contents 10 Siebel Email Marketing Stand-Alone User Guide Version 7.5.3, Revision A

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