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Feature
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Manage data |
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Create, edit, and
delete marketing data.
Create, modify, and delete the following objects:
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Campaigns, campaign expressions, and customers.
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Advertisements, discounts, and coupons/promotion codes.
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Lists of users for direct mail and direct mail.
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Create new marketing
object wizards.
Use the following wizards to create new campaigns
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Create
New Advertisement Wizard.
Create a new ad campaign item.
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Create
New Campaign Wizard.
Create a new campaign collection.
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Create
New Customer Wizard.
Create a new owner of a marketing campaign.
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Create
New Discount Wizard.
Create a new discount campaign item.
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Create
New Direct Mail Wizard.
Create a new direct mail campaign item.
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New List
Wizard.
Create a new list to support a direct mail campaign
item.
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Manage campaigns |
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Set campaign goals.
Set campaign goals by the number of clicks on an
advertisement, by requests for an advertisement, at
the campaign-level, or at the advertising
item-level. |
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Set targets for
advertisements and discounts.
Define the pages or target groups where you want
advertisements to appear. |
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Activate campaigns.
Campaigns become active when they are approved by a
Marketing Approver. |
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Schedule campaigns.
Specify the start and end dates of a campaign.
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Clear campaigns and
customers.
Remove inactive or expired campaigns or customer
items.
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Manage advertisement |
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Create different types
of ads.
Select between house and paid ads. Define
advertising content from the following choices:
Clickable and non-clickable Image; Text; HTML; Buy
Now; Windows Media Services; Left, Right, and Top
vignette; and No Display.
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Schedule ads.
Specify the start and end dates of an ad.
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Approve/disapprove ads.
Ads do not become active until approved by a
Marketing Approver. |
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Preview ad.
Preview ads in Microsoft Internet Explorer before
activating the ad. |
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Copy ad.
Copy an existing ad and then modify its properties
to quickly add new ads to a campaign. |
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Purge expired ads.
Delete inactive or expired ads.
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Manage discounts and
coupons |
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Create different types
of discounts.
Define discounts from the following choices:
Simple Discount, Minimum Purchase Discount, Buy
N/Get 1 Free, Paired Discount, Paired Set Discount,
and Order Discount. |
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Create coupons.
Define coupons as private, public, or restricted. |
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Create coupon-enabled
discounts.
Add coupons to discounts. |
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Define discount
interaction policies.
Define combination, prioritization, and exclusion
for campaign items. |
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Approve/disapprove
discounts.
Discounts do not become active until approved by a
Marketing Approver. |
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Preview discount.
Preview discounts in Microsoft Internet Explorer
before activating the discount. |
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Copy discounts.
Copy an existing discount and then modify its
properties to quickly add new discounts to a
campaign. |
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Import/export coupon
codes.
Export and import coupons. |
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Coupon wizards.
Use the following wizards to manage coupons:
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Manage direct mail |
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Create different types
of direct mail.
Define direct mail content from four formats: Text,
MIME, HTML, and MHTML. |
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Personalize direct mail.
Invoke an ASP page to personalize each message
before sending it to the user.
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Add attachments.
Add any file that contains information as an
attachment. |
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Set global opt-out.
Choose to ignore global Opt-Out lists when you send
direct mail to users.
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Copy direct mail.
Copy an existing direct mail object and then modify
its properties to quickly add more direct mail for a
campaign. |
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Schedule direct mail.
Specify the start and end dates of a direct mail
item. |
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Send test mail.
Direct mail can be sent to a test list and
personalized pages reviewed for accuracy. |
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Approve/disapprove direct mail.
Direct mail does not become active until approved by
a Marketing Approver.
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Search |
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Basic
search.
Find advertisements, customers, campaigns, or
discounts based on selected filters and full or
partial name or property. |
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Expression-based
search.
Find advertisements, customers, campaigns, or
discounts based on custom based on Boolean
expressions.
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View |
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List views.
View search results or data objects. Sort objects
based on a selected property.
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Preview pane.
View the properties of an object selected in the
List View. |
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Status view.
View summary of information for selected object.
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Task views.
View and select tasks available for the selected
object. |
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Tree views.
View and explore the marketing data hierarchy.
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International |
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Multilingual subject
line.
Specify the text for display in the direct mail
subject line for each language supported. |
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Basket display
multilingual text.
Support for displaying text on the Web page that
explains a discount in the user's selected language.
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