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EPiServer CMS & SilverPop
Integration
Training Guide
Version 1.0 | April 2, 2015
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Table of Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………...3 - 4
User Guide – Logging In………………….............................5
User Guide – (1) Create Blocks………………………….…………6 - 7
User Guide – (2) Choose Block Type…………………………..8 - 11
User Guide – (3) Populate Block…………………………………12 - 13User Guide – (4) Associate Segments…………………………14 - 15
User Guide – (5) Create Campaign……………………………. 16 - 17
User Guide – (6) Preview Campaign……………………………18
User Guide – (7) QA & Send Campaign……………………….19
Open Enhancements………………………………………………….20
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Introduction
EPiServer is now connected to SilverPop so
that a segmented campaigns can be generated
in EPiServer by content editors and sent to
SilverPop with the associated rule sets. Emailswill still need to be scheduled and sent by
Jordan & the email team.
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Introduction
Goal:
Utilize EPiServer as the medium to send segmentedemails to increase member engagement
Features:
Enables content editors to create segmented emailcampaigns independently
Produces responsive email code
Dynamically sends HTML with rule-sets to SilverPop
Sends the most complex rule-set match to the userbased on and/or rules
Provides a platform to easily preview segmented offersand understand segmented audiences
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User Guide – Logging In
Login Information:UAT URL (‘playground’): https://ng.silverpop.ourvacationcenter.com/EPiServer
/
Production URL: https://silverpop.ourvacationcenter.com/EPiServer
/
Username: Your Ice Email
Password: Your ICE Network Password
1) Click on CMS in the top bar
2) Click Edit
3) Click the Site Tree icon
4) Either find the campaign page, create a new page or create new
blocks
Tip: You can click the pin button to keep the site tree and/or the blocks panel open.
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User Guide – (1) Create Blocks
Step 1: Create Offer Blocks for Campaign
There are three (3) ways to create a new block.
1) Create from Folders
a) Click the folder icon to the
right of the page
b) Click the + icon near the
bottom of the right panel
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2) Create from campaign – Content View
a) Select ‘create new block’
from the desired content
area
2) Create from campaign – Design View
a) Select ‘create new
‘block’ from the designview
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Step 2: Choose Block TypeThere are currently seven (7) blocks that should be used for the
SilverPop campaigns.
1) Pre Header Offer Type Block
2) Full Width Banner Type Block (Header)
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3) Full Width Text Offer Type
4) Three Badge Across Type Block
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5) Text List Type Block & Text Item Type Block
a) For this type of content, an editor will need two types of blocks
– list type and item type
6) Two Badge Across Type Block
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5) Blog Offer Type
6) Terms Text Type Block
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User Guide – (2) Choose Block Type
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Step 3: Populate Block ContentOnce you’ve chosen ‘create new block’ and the block type, populate thefields.
Offer Population Rules:
• V2 Links: Enter only the folder path (i.e. /ms_landing_page?v2_landing_page_type_id=276) or the‘go to’ URL (i.e. /go_to?page=land1)
– The brand URL and member credentials will be dynamically inserted
• External Links: Work needed, do not use external links until further notice
• Offer Naming Convention: Follow one of these naming conventions:
– Date > Default > Description (block type)
– Date > Product Interest > Vendor > Destination > Region > Member Class (block type)
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Folder Organization: All offers should be stored under ‘Site Assets’ and stored by segmentation data – Air: All air offers should be stored in this folder
– Brand Promotions: Any brand specific (i.e. GVR, Westgate) promotional offers should be stored in thisfolder
– Cruise: Cruise offers should be stored in the appropriate SEGMENTED folder (i.e. Celebrity,Norwegian, Generic, etc.)
– Car: All car offers should be stored in this folder
– Hotel: All hotel offers should be stored in this folder
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Resort: All resort offers should be organized by inventory (Mayan, El Cid) – Shop/Wine: All shop/wine offers should be stored in this folder 12
User Guide – (3) Populate Block
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Images/Media:• The Media Folders in EPiServer are where the images will be stored.
• The easiest way to add media, is to use the drag/drop functionality by
dragging an image into a specific folder.
• Alternatively, you can select the Upload Files button to add an image.
Click the media folder to which you want to upload the media files,
then on your computer browse to select one or multiple files youwant to upload.
• Once an image is saved in the media folders, the image can be used at
a block level.
• You can also use the search box at the top of the pane to enter search
criteria to retrieve images/media based on the file name.
• You can also download/save a media file from EPiServer to your
computer or network by selecting the download option in the contextmenu.
• You can edit an image by selecting the Open in Image
Editor mode to re-size, crop or treat the image from
directly in the CMS.
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Step 4: Associate Segment DataOnce you’ve populated the content,
it’s now time to associate your
segments or mark the offer
as ‘default’.
- When creating offers, keep in mind
that every section of the email
must include a default offer
- Default offers can have no other
segmentation data associated
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Offer Segmentation Rules:
• Default offers will be sent when no segmented matches are found
• Product Interest
– Product Interest is associated with the MEMBER’S PAST BOOKING AND/OR SHOPPING BEHAVIOR
– Cruise: The member has looked or booked a cruise
–Hotel: The member has looked or booked a hotel
– Resort: The member has booked a resort (no Google Analytics data to associate shopping behavior)
– Mixed: The member has looked or booked both cruises and resorts
– Neither: No product interest criteria exists
• Region
– Region is associated with where the MEMBER LIVES (geographic location)
•Preferred Vendor – past booking behavior
• Preferred Destination – past booking behavior
• Recent Vendor Preference – recent web searches or email clicks
• Recent Destination Preference – recent web searches or email clicks
• Member Class Grouping
– Member classes are grouped into like categories (i.e. DBC Upgraded)
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Step 5: Create CampaignWhen the offer blocks have been completed, the next step is to create the
campaign.
1) Choose Create New Page
2) Choose SilverPop Pages (Segmented Campaign Page)
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3) Page Setup
a) Click the Settings button
b) Click the Content panel
c) Populate the Name (this is what it exports as in SilverPop and will be used for reporting)
d) Populate the Campaign Subject (this is what will be used as the subject line of the campaign)
4) Associate the offers to the campaigna) IMPORTANT NOTES:
a) Each area MUST have a DEFAULT offer associated
b) Each area can only contain ONE OFFER TYPE
c) The offers within each area must be ordered by MOST COMPLEX to LEAST COMPLEX
d) The offer blocks cannot have conflicting segmentation data
e) The campaign will populated based on the order the blocks are placed in the areas
b) Drag and drop all of the pre-header text blocks into the Pre-Header Text area
c) Drag and drop like block types into content areas 1 – 15
d) Drag and drop all of the terms text blocks into the Terms Text area
5) Publish
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User Guide – (5) Create Campaign
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Step 6: Preview Campaign
1) Click on the ‘View on Website’ link
2) Choose the brands that you’d like tosend the campaign to
3) Each brand selected will create a mailing in SilverPop
4) The header code and brand URL for the campaign will be generated
3) Preview the segmented variations of the campaign to ensure that the correct
offer blocks are showing
4) Once you are ready to export to SilverPop, click the Export HTML Code to
SilverPop
5) The campaign can now be found in the mailings list
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Step 6: QA & Send Campaign
1) Create a JIRA with the campaign name and assign to the email team
a) JIRA must be created after the campaign has been exported to SilverPop
b) JIRA must be created 48 hours prior to the requested send timec) JIRA must include campaign name, query details, brands included, send date/time and any
additional details/special requests
2) Jordan will send the email to a test list
a) The test list will go to a mailing list that includes Kelley, Allison, James, Mary, Ashley and
Jordan
b) The test list will account for each and every segment combination so that the variations can
be tested/viewed
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The following items are already in the back-log for development. Please feel free
to send Jordan and myself enhancement requests (in requirement form) and we
will vet them and if approved, communicate these to the SCRUM team.
1) Auto-Name Blocks based on segmentation criteria
2) Show Member Count for each segmentation group (i.e. GVR > Cruise Interest
> Norwegian -- 26,781 members)
3) Price display by Member Class Grouping
4) No need to order the offers by most complex to least complex
5) Subject Line per segment variations6) Dynamically create text version of the email in SilverPop
7) View Campaign Reporting in EPiServer (opens & clicks)
8) View Individual Offer Reporting in EPiServer (opens & clicks)
9) Blocks for a more modern template
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