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To enable REST API access for external applications in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, permissions need to be configured within Installed Packages. This area allows administrators to manage API integrations and set authentication protocols.

Installed Packages: Navigate to this section in the Marketing Cloud setup menu. Create or select an existing package to configure API integration. Set up the API integration by generating the API key and secret, which are essential for authenticating the external application's API requests.

For a Membership Renewal drip campaign with a master audience updated in real-time:

Filter Activities: Use Filter Activities to segment the master data extension based on the renewal date criteria—one month prior, one week prior, and on the renewal date.

Send Activities: Follow each Filter Activity with a Send Activity targeting the specifically filtered audiences, ensuring that each email is sent at the correct time relative to the member's renewal date.

For linking demographic information to a contact model in Contact Builder:

A. One-to-Many Relationship: This type of relationship is appropriate when a single contact can have multiple demographic records. It helps to manage and utilize demographic data effectively within personalized marketing campaigns.

This relationship type supports efficient data management and targeting by allowing multiple demographic attributes for a single contact within the marketing database.

To ensure that users have access to Query Studio in Marketing Cloud, the admin should license all appropriate users within the installed package. This involves configuring user permissions and ensuring that licenses are assigned to users who need access to Query Studio. This approach ensures that only authorized users can use the tool, maintaining security and compliance within the organization.

To configure a journey using Path Optimizer with a holdback of 60% of the contacts until a winner has been selected, the Marketing Cloud admin needs to set:

A. Data Extension entry source: Ensures the journey is pulling contacts from a specific data extension which can be effectively managed and monitored for the experiment.

D. Winner evaluation: This setting allows the admin to specify how and when the winning path is determined, which is critical to managing the holdback and subsequent path optimization.

To address the issue of Northern Trail Outfitters' employees not receiving emails due to spam filters, the Marketing Cloud admin should provide the IT team with a list of relevant IP addresses to whitelist in their spam filters. This action will help ensure that emails sent from Marketing Cloud do not get blocked by the company's email security systems, thereby improving deliverability and ensuring that internal communications reach their intended recipients.

To append an Urchin Tracking Module (UTM) variable string to links in emails, the Marketing Cloud admin should use the Web Analytics Connector (WAC). This functionality automatically appends tracking parameters, such as UTM parameters, to all URLs in outgoing emails. This allows for detailed tracking of email effectiveness within analytics platforms like Google Analytics. The Web Analytics Connector can be configured within Email Studio to include specific UTM parameters as required by marketing strategies.

To allow the business analyst at Northern Trail Outfitters to import contact lists, the role needed is one that grants permissions for import activities. Among the options:

B. Add Marketing Cloud Security AdministratorThis role would provide the analyst with the necessary permissions to manage data imports. The Marketing Cloud Security Administrator role includes broader permissions that encompass data management and security settings, which are required for importing contact lists.

Given that the customer's product catalog changes daily with products being added and removed, the import type that should be used is A. Overwrite. This import type will replace the existing data in the data extension with the new data from the CSV file each morning, ensuring that the data extension always reflects the most current product catalog without any outdated entries.