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How Bookbuses.com is using GA Connector to save Money and Improve Lead Conversion.

Guest Post by Oscar Aabech Jung, Co-Founder, Bookbuses.com Here is a story of how Bookbuses.com is using GA Connector to track lead sources of customer requests, help our sales team and give better customer service. Bookbuses.com is a platform for bus rental across the US and Canada. The company rents out School buses and Charter…

How to import Google Ads keyword data into Salesforce?

As digital marketers, we’re responsible for the ROI of every dollar we spend in our Google Ads campaigns. Google Ads reporting tells us which keywords bring in the most traffic, but it doesn’t tell us which deliver the highest ROI. To deploy your AdWords budget as effectively as possible, you should import your keywords into…

GA Connector: An Affordable Pardot Alternative for Marketing Attribution

What is Pardot? Pardot is a marketing automation software that Salesforce developed to help businesses run and measure their marketing campaigns from one place. The software offers more than other automation tools, which mainly rely on email and social media scheduling. With Pardot, you can do the following: Integrate Pardot with your CRM to track…

Retired Salesforce for Google AdWords alternatives (full overview)

Looking for some sort of Adwords and Salesforce integration script or plugin? Look no further: in this article, you’ll find a comprehensive overview of all the Salesforce & Adwords integration methods currently available. Since Salesforce for Google AdWords was retired in 2013, we have created this article as an overview of all the alternative integration methods…

Salesforce and Google Adwords Connector

Do you actually need this Salesforce & Google Adwords integration? If you’re spending any significant amount of money with Adwords, then the answer is a resounding yes!  Salesforce and Google Adwords integration will boost sales driven by your Adwords and other marketing campaigns. Used correctly, sales will skyrocket. Why does this integration make a difference?…

GA Connector: An Affordable Bizible Alternative for Marketing Attribution

What is Bizible? Aimed toward the B2B market, Bizible is a marketing attribution software that provides marketers with insight about the effectiveness of their various marketing initiatives. With Bizible, marketers are able to track the customer journey through their website from first touch-point to final sale, as well as see how their marketing decisions impact…

How to SKYROCKET Your SEO ROI (by focusing on the RIGHT keywords)

In this article, we’ll talk about how you can maximize the ROI of your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and content marketing. What is SEO ROI? Simply put, SEO ROI is a metric that shows how much money was generated compared to your marketing investment. If SEO ROI is negative, you’re losing money. If it’s positive, you’re generating more…

Salesforce and Google Analytics Integration

The purpose of Salesforce and Google Analytics integration If you spend any significant amount of money on online marketing, you know this little-known fact: not all leads are the same. Even though they appear the same in Google Analytics reports, some of these leads may be ten times more valuable as the others. The problem…

What is closed loop marketing? (and how to implement it)

Definition: Closed loop marketing is a “holistic marketing funnel where marketing and sales data are connected, allowing you to determine the exact ROI of each and every marketing action”. John Wanamaker was a 19th century businessman who is considered to be the father of modern advertising. And for many businesses, his quote still rings true…

Salesforce and Contact Form 7 Integration (the easiest method)

Our customers often asked us what is the best & easiest way to integrate Contact Form 7 with Salesforce. To answer this question, we have researched the currently available methods to automatically save CF7 submissions to Salesforce. And in this article, we’re sharing the simplest method we could find. This method: Is free (doesn’t require installing…