Solving Adobe Journeys Beyond Email

This session explores solving real-world challenges in Adobe Journey Optimizer through a tangible example. It highlights strategies for building multi-touchpoint journeys across email, voice, and direct mail to create cohesive customer experiences. Attendees will gain actionable insights and approaches from a product owner perspective to optimize journeys.

Key Takeaways

  • Break down real-world problems using specific, cross-channel journey mapping.
  • Multiple valid solutions exist for each problem—flexibility is key.

Apply Real-World Journey Scenarios

  • Recurring Payment Decline When a donor’s monthly payment fails, trigger a multi-channel response to resolve the issue and maintain relationships.
  • Channel Selection Use email first, then direct mail or calls if the email bounces or isn’t acted on.
  • Personalization Adjust messages based on donor data, such as child sponsorship details, to make communications relevant.
  • Scalability Design journeys to minimize team involvement and make future updates easier.

Design Multi-Channel Journeys Stepwise

  • Identify the Event Start by recognizing a recurring credit card decline. This triggers the journey.
  • Send Data to AEP Batch the decline event into a custom dataset in Adobe Experience Platform.
  • Break Down the Journey Create three microjourneys—email notification, direct mail, and outbound calls. Each uses different data and timing.
  • Personalize Communication Use event data for emails, profile data for print and calls. Plan ahead so the right data is available for each channel.
  • Monitor Responses Adjust the journey based on customer actions (e.g., email opens, clicks, or payment resolution) to decide next steps.

At a glance

Product: Journey Optimizer

Series: The Skill Exchange

Role: User