As you prepare to launch your first Digest in Digesto, you might realize you are missing a few of the pieces required to go live. For instance, Digesto assumes you already have a list of opted-in subscribers ready for your content emails. If for some reason you aren’t sure about this list, let’s review the components of a subscription system in Marketo.
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First, we need a way to tell Marketo and Digesto that an email address is opted-in. Check if you have this field already. It might be called “Blog subscribe” or “Newsletter” and look like a checkbox.
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If you just have the “Unsubscribe” checkbox, let’s be sure to add a special one just for your blog. It is a best practice and it will be easier (and better) to send only blog content to people who requested it.
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Ask your SFDC, Dynamics, etc. or Marketo Admin to help you create a field with the following instructions:

Add fields to SFDC
​Add Custom Field to Marketo Only [don’t do this unless you never plan to view it in SFDC]
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With previous email platforms, you would create a form and place it on your website. Marketo is no different in that sense; however, it's good to setup a simple Program to capture and manage subscribers.
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Now you can create a special Marketo Form on your blog to ask people to subscribe.
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Add desired fields. You can chose to have email only or add additional information such as name, company, etc.

Grab the embed code for the form and add it to your website.
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To keep track of leads who opted-in, you could create a smart list.
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And you can use this smart list anywhere you need to send out emails to Blog Subscribers, especially in your Digesto Program.
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If you are migrating from an older email platform or a system like Feedburner, you will need to import your subscribers as a Static List. Here are some tips for doing this:
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You may want to ensure your suppression lists are up-to-date. To send an email via Digesto to your blog subscribers, it is usually sufficient to include:
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But if you are concerned about Competitors, Spam Traps, etc…be sure to build that list and add it here:
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Part of your job will include monitoring subscriber counts over time.
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Where do you get those counts?

For example,

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And that’s how you manage your blog subscription system!