Marketer's Space - Unveiling the top features in Zoho Marketing Automation

Marketer's Space - Unveiling the top features in Zoho Marketing Automation


Hello Marketers,
Zoho Marketing Automation enables you to generate high-quality leads, segment your customers for laser-focused targeting, automate workflows, and gain deep audience insights—all within a single platform. Let's explore the top five features that enable you to do all this without breaking a sweat. 

1. Diverse lead generation tools
Generating high-quality leads is fundamental for any business and ZMA equips you with the essential tools to capture them.
  • Signup forms: Create beautiful signup forms—compact, banner, or long—with an easy-to-use editor and capture the data you need.


  • Signup pop-ups: Design signup pop-ups, customize them with ZMA's built-in editor, preview them, set triggers, control their frequency, and assign relevant topics.

  • Landing pages: Build landing pages using ZMA's drag-and-drop editor, optimize them for SEO and mobile responsiveness, manage scripts and responses, and push your leads to CRM.


2. Multichannel communication
To reach your target audience effectively, it's vital to stay connected with them through the communication channels that they prefer and are most active in. ZMA integrates email, SMS, WhatsApp, social media, and websites into a single platform for seamless multichannel communication—saving you time and enabling you to focus on creating impactful content.


3. Advanced segmentation
Targeting the right audience with the right message is important for a successful campaign. ZMA enables you to create laser-focused segments which automatically update as you acquire new contacts, ensuring your campaigns always reach the right audience. There are two types of segmentation options inside ZMA:
  • Smart segmentation: Use an intuitive interface to segment your audience based on relevant contact data and behavior.
  • Advanced segmentation: Advanced segmentation has over 200 criteria types that you can use to create hyper-focused segments. You can also combine these criteria with AND/OR modifiers for maximum precision.


4. Drag-and-drop journeys

ZMA's "Journeys" feature simplifies complex workflows by enabling you to automate repetitive tasks. You can build journeys from scratch or use pre-designed templates for common marketing goals, like welcome series or lead nurturing sequences. You can also customize the pre-designed templates to suit your campaign needs, which not only saves you valuable time but also ensures a consistent experience for all your leads from the moment they enter your system to the moment they become loyal customers.


5. Real-time website analytics

Get valuable visitor insights with ZMA's Website Analytics dashboard, which provides metrics like the devices visitorsuse, their demographics, traffic sources, location data, and daily trends. Drill down further with detailed reports on behavior, acquisition channels, goal conversions, and smart URL tracking.

  • Behavior analysis: Analyze behavior on your website, like performance, unique visits, average time spent on the page, and bounce rates.

  • Acquisition analysis: Understand the source and channel through which your audience is visiting your pages andthe geographic locations of your visitors.

  • Goal tracking: Create goals for your website and response actions for when you achieve each goal.


  • Smart URL tracking: Create distinctive short URLs and QR codes that you can use in your product banners when conducting social events so visitors can scan and access your site. Keep track of visitor details, location stats, site performance by time, and more.

This is just a glimpse at the powerful features packed into Zoho Marketing Automation. In the coming weeks, we'll look into each feature in detail, explore its functionalities, and uncover strategies for making the best use of ZMA. Stay tuned to this space for more marketing insights!

Regards,
Pearlin Nitika
User Education | Zoho Marketing Automation 

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