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Leveraging Salesforce Data for a Custom

Marketing Cloud Subscription Center

Andre Zoldan, Senior Director of Technology, Alumni Association of the University of Michigan
Jonathan Maher, Director, Salesforce Architecture, Sierra-Cedar
FOR THOSE WHO LEAVE MICHIGAN, BUT
FOR WHOM MICHIGAN NEVER LEAVES.

580k alumni, 100k members, 100 clubs, 750 volunteers


About AAUM
Alumni Success and Alumni Connections

Success and Connections Engage in Relevant Ways Membership Based

Help alumni be successful Inclusive Mentoring Powerhouse


in life after graduation
Targeted Professional Development
Help alumni stay connected
with each other and with the Aspirational Global Engagement
University (local & online)

Volunteer Management

Travel & Camp


Enterprise CRM Strategy

Recruit/Admit Faculty/Staff Alumni/Clients Other

Online Communities

Student Faculty Alumni Other


Org Org Org Org

Marketing Cloud & Data Analytics

Enterprise Service Bus

Data
DART PeopleSoft CRM X CRM Y
Warehouse
Partnerships with UM Units
Integration with system of record

AAUM
Marketing Cloud
Enterprise
Engineering

Sales Cloud Flint A/R


Alumni Org

Future A/R

Blackbaud
Enterprise CRM Future A/R
Technology Landscape

Events Mgmt.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Data Analytics

Salesforce for Higher Education


Marketing Cloud
Benefits of a Custom Subscription Center

Custom Subscription Center was created for three key reasons


• Align customer experience with AAUM’s engagement model
• Allow independent opt-outs for Business Unit (leveraging Marketing Cloud Connect)
• Support integration with UM system of record (Blackbaud)

Custom Object in Salesforce utilized for tracking subscription preferences


• Quick insight into all of a constituent’s subscriptions inside the CRM
• Ability to manage subscriptions within Sales Cloud
• Future development using the Salesforce toolset
• The potential for future expansion with Salesforce Communities
Dynamic Subscription Center
Features

Based on the following criteria (AAUM and UM Partners)

• Membership status
• Regional club / community group
• Geographic location
• Communication preferences
• Simple and intuitive user experience
Newsletters
Unit Specific Branding

Each Marketing Cloud


BU/UM-Partner requires
specific branding,
customizable layout and
content, features, advertising,
etc.
Newsletters
Unit Specific Preferences

Each Marketing Cloud


BU/UM-Partner requires the
ability to manage alumni
communication preferences –
aka custom subscription
center
Newsletters
Unit Specific Preferences

Each Marketing Cloud


BU/UM-Partner requires the
ability to manage alumni
communication preferences -
custom subscription center
Newsletters
Unit Specific Preferences

Each Marketing Cloud BU/UM-Partner manages customer communication


preferences in Sales Cloud, with data synchronization to the central data
warehouse
Custom Subscription Center
Dynamic Email lists - demo
Marketing Cloud Subscription Center
Next steps

• Onboard additional campus partners


• Communication Preferences/Solicit codes integration with Blackbaud
• Build-out to include global UM communication center (including email, sms, phone, mail)
• Integration with Online Communities
Questions/Answers

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