How can a practitioner ensure profiles only join a real-time journey during a specific promotion period?

The correct choice is to create an event with start and end dates. By implementing an event that has specific start and end dates, the practitioner can precisely control when profiles are eligible to enter the journey. This method is particularly effective for promotional periods, allowing for a clear delineation between the times when the journey is active and when it is not.

With this approach, the practitioner can ensure that only profiles that meet the criteria during the designated time frame can join the journey. This capability enables better management of customer engagement, ensuring that promotions are targeted effectively and reducing the possibility of profiles entering the journey outside of the intended promotion period.

In contrast, updating profile data manually would not provide the necessary automation or timely management of profile entries into the journey. Running the journey continuously without restrictions would completely disregard the promotion period, allowing profiles to join at any time, which is contrary to the goal of ensuring participation is limited to the promotional window. Lastly, using standard dates without custom settings wouldn’t allow the necessary flexibility for defining specific timeframes for the journey, making it unsuitable for managing a promotion effectively.