SalesForce campaigns have two fields that I see commonly customized: Campaign Member Status and Campaign Type.
Almost every SalesForce instance I’ve worked with has customized these values, but yet there seems to be no real defined standards. Over the years, I’ve come up with a set of guidelines I recommend starting with.
Use the following steps to customize the standard/default campaign types in SalesForce classic:
More information is available in SalesForce’s documentation on how to handle this, but these four steps cover the basics.
The default SalesForce campaign types are dated, particularly for B2B businesses with modern digital advertising approaches. I typically recommend the following campaign types for modern B2B companies:
This is often modified and adjusted depending on the specific products or services a company offers, but it’s a very solid starting point that covers most everything I see flowing into SalesForce instances.
If you’re looking to add custom values to your member status field in SalesForce you can use the following steps:
More information is provided by SalesForce in their documentation, including how to do this in the lightning edition. These instructions are for SalesForce classic.
Campaign Type | Member Status Values |
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Phone |
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Digital Ads |
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Content Marketing |
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Event/Conference |
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Social Media |
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Vendors/Partners |
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Referral/Affiliates/Influencers |
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Print/Direct |
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Other |
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This list is a solid starting point, but it’s typically adjusted from business to business. I’m a large advocate for configuration specific to your own business logic. Track, analyze and optimize for the business events and metrics that matter most to your business, not what’s considered an industry best practice. It ends up being a lot more productive for revenue generation in my experience.