Marketing Cloud Administrator
ABOUT THE EXAM
The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator should have knowledge of the features available to end users and the configuration options available in Marketing Cloud. Candidates should also be able to respond to common business requirements and perform administrative functions within Marketing Cloud in accordance with digital marketing best practices.
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Contents
About the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator Credential
Audience Description: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator
Purpose of this Exam Guide
About the Exam
Recommended Training and References
Exam Outline
Exam Candidate Code of Conduct
Maintaining Your Certification
About the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator Credential
The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator program is designed for administrators who can configure Marketing Cloud products utilizing industry and product best practices. Candidates are generally familiar with data structure in subscriber data management and can thoroughly navigate Setup. Certified Marketing Cloud Administrators can successfully troubleshoot account configuration and user requests.
Audience Description: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator
The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator should have knowledge of the features available to end users and the configuration options available in Marketing Cloud. Candidates should be able to maintain the Marketing Cloud platform, respond to common business requirements, and perform administrative functions within Marketing Cloud. Additionally, candidates should have three to six months experience administering a Marketing Cloud instance and prior experience with digital marketing.
The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator candidate should be able to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and experience in the following areas:
- Knowledge of governance and compliance with reference to digital marketing
- Identify security best practices for data management, users, and permissions
- Implementation of account configuration including business unit structure, permissions, and security
- Management of subscriber data
- Evaluate data quality
- Configure Marketing Cloud products (builders, studios)
- Troubleshoot account configuration and user request
- Account (Super Messages, Users, Activities) monitoring (auditing, reporting, notifications)
- Knowledge of Marketing Cloud extension products and features (Datorama, Interaction Studio, Audience Builder, etc.)
- Knowledge of Marketing Cloud integration offerings (FTP, API, MC Connect)
A candidate for this exam is not expected to know programmatic languages or SQL/Developer tasks.
Purpose of this Exam Guide
This exam guide is designed to help you evaluate if you are ready to successfully complete the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator exam. This guide provides information about the target audience for the certification exam, recommended training and documentation, and a complete list of exam objectives—all with the intent of helping you achieve a passing score. Salesforce highly recommends a combination of on-the-job experience, course attendance, and self-study to maximize your chances of passing the exam.
About the Exam
Read on for details about the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator exam.
- Content: 60 multiple-choice questions
- Time allotted to complete the exam: 105 minutes
- Passing score: 67%
- Registration fee: USD 200 plus applicable taxes as required per local law
- Retake fee: USD 100 plus applicable taxes as required per local law
- Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online proctored environment. Click here for information on scheduling an exam.
- References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
- Prerequisite: None
Recommended Training and References
As preparation for this exam, we recommend a combination of hands-on experience, training course completion, Trailhead trails, and self-study in the areas listed in the Exam Outline section of this exam guide.
The self-study materials recommended for this exam include:
- Trail: Administer Marketing Cloud
- Module: Google Analytics 360 for Marketing Cloud
- Instructor-led Training: Prepare for your Marketing Cloud Administrator Certification Exam (CRT250)
To continue developing your Salesforce skill set, visit Trailhead Academy to enroll in expert-led courses.
To review online Documentation, Tip Sheets, and User Guides, search for the topics listed in the Exam Outline section of this guide and study the information related to those topics. Documentation, Tip Sheets, and User Guides can also be accessed through Salesforce Help.
Exam Outline
The Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives. A candidate should have hands-on experience administering for Marketing Cloud and associated tools and demonstrate the knowledge and expertise in each of the areas below.
Digital Marketing Proficiency: 13% 7.8 questions
- Describe governance and compliance in relation to digital marketing.
- Recognize security best practices for data, permissions, and PII.
- Describe Marketing Cloud product inventory and product offerings.
Subscriber Data Management: 18% 10.8 questions
- Given a scenario, describe the contact model.
- Given a scenario, evaluate data quality.
- Explain preference and profile center concepts.
Setup: 38% 22.8 questions
- Given a scenario, implement the configuration of business units, users/permissions, and security/passwords.
- Given a scenario, determine how to configure integrations.
- Describe the features in Setup Home.
- Describe Marketing Cloud extension products.
Channel Management: 16% 9.6 questions
- Given a scenario, describe the configuration of Mobile Studio.
- Given a scenario, describe the configuration of Email Studio.
- Given a scenario, describe the configuration of Social Studio and Advertising Studio.
- Explain the concepts and typical use cases of Journey Builder.
Maintenance: 15% 9 questions
- Given a scenario, describe solutions for data extraction and report generation.
- Given a scenario, monitor a Marketing Cloud account and provide system availability.
- Given a scenario, evaluate benefits of additional Marketing Cloud products.
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Docs
- Marketing Cloud Setup must
- Marketing Cloud Email must
- Marketing Cloud Journeys and Automations must
- Marketing Cloud Einstein and Analytics must
- Marketing Cloud Cross-Cloud Products good to read
- Marketing Cloud Contact Data if have a time
- Marketing Cloud Content Creation if have a time
- Marketing Cloud Social if have a time
- Marketing Cloud Implementation Guides if have a time
Topics
- Modify Marketing Cloud SFTP Accounts - Salesforce Help
- Marketing Cloud Roles and Permissions - Salesforce Help
- UTM Parameters - Salesforce Help
- Manage Parameters - Salesforce Help
- Insert Einstein Email Recommendations Code - Salesforce Help
- Create an Einstein Web Recommendation - Salesforce Help
- Email Studio Web Collect
- Contacts Count Report in Analytics Builder - Salesforce Help
- Contact Definition and Count Determination in Contact Builder
- IP Address Warming for Email Studio
- Create an Import Activity - Salesforce Help
- Multi-Org Account Configuration in Marketing Cloud Connect
- Multi-Org FAQs
- Preview the Subscription Center in Marketing Cloud
- Send Logging Marketing Cloud Email Sends - Salesforce Help
- Send Logging Best Practices and Tips
- Create Synchronized Data Sources in Contact Builder
- From Address Management
- Identity Verification in Marketing Cloud
- Sender Profile - Salesforce Help
- Link Tracking - Salesforce Help
- Web Analytics Connector - Salesforce Help
- CloudPagesURL
- Social Studio Prerequisites - Salesforce Help
- Einstein Recommendations Integration with Contact Builder
- Collect Tracking Code - Salesforce Help
- Marketing Cloud Security Settings - Salesforce Help
- Manage Data Retention Policy
- Email Studio Reports in Analytics Builder
- Contact Deletion in Contact Builder
- Journey Builder Split and Join Activities
- Schedule a Data Extension Entry Source
- Marketing Cloud Unsubscribe functionality - Salesforce Help
- Reply Mail Management for Marketing Cloud Email
- Dedicated IP Addresses in Email Studio
- Bounce Mail Management in Email Studio
- Measures
- Data Filters with Enhanced Subscriber Features in Marketing Cloud
- Journey Templates
- Marketing Cloud Package Manager
- Marketing Cloud Connect
- Distributed Marketing - Salesforce Help
- Tokenized Sending
- Interactive Email Form Block
- Einstein Content Selection
- Keywords and Codes
- Subscriber Key in Marketing Cloud
- Subscriber Key
- Friendly and Personalized URLs in CloudPages
- Automation Studio Errors
- Configure a Path Optimizer Test Activity
- Data Views
- Setup Assistant
- Bring Your Own Key for Encryption at Rest
- Get to Know AMPscript
Resources in Trailhead module
- Blog: Data Privacy and Customer Engagement with Salesforce
- Salesforce Help: Domain Verification
- Salesforce Help: Getting Started: Marketing Cloud: Admin + Deliverability (Live Webinar)
- Salesforce Help: IP Addresses for Inclusion on Allowlists in Marketing Cloud
- Trailhead Trail: Learn Privacy and Data Protection Law
- Salesforce Help: Marketing Cloud Security Settings
- Salesforce Help: Marketing Cloud Setup Page
- Salesforce Help: Marketing Cloud Tenant Types
- Trailhead Module: Marketing Cloud Trust Site
- Trust: Salesforce Trust
- Web: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Editions
- Salesforce Help: Send Classifications
- Email Studio Basics
- Headers and Footers in Email Messages for Marketing Cloud
- Add a User
- Single Sign-On Authentication Via SAML 2.0
- Help: Marketing Cloud Roles
- Help: Marketing Cloud User Preferences
- Help: Marketing Cloud Users
- Help: Business Units in Marketing Cloud
- Help: Unsubscribe Settings
- Help: View Users in Business Units
- Manage Campaigns with Journey Builder
- Help: CAN-SPAM Compliance
- Help: CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business (FTC Webpage)
- Help: Content Detective
- Trailhead Module: Email Marketing Strategies
- Help: Get Started Checklist for Email Studio
- Help: IP Address Warming
- Help: Messages
- Create and Send Targeted Emails with Email Studio
- Content Builder Basics
- Help: A/B Testing
- Help: Discover
- Web: Salesforce Admins
- Help: Standard Reports for Marketing Cloud Data Management and Analytics
- Help: Tracking in Email Studio