{"id":340,"date":"2018-10-18T13:46:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/?p=340"},"modified":"2019-01-15T12:47:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T12:47:01","slug":"salesforce-contact-form-7-free-10-minute-integration-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/salesforce-contact-form-7-free-10-minute-integration-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce and Contact Form 7 Integration (the easiest method)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our customers often asked us what is the best &amp; easiest way to integrate Contact Form 7 with Salesforce.<\/p>\n<p>To answer this question, we have researched the currently available methods to automatically save CF7 submissions to Salesforce. And in this article, we&#8217;re sharing the\u00a0simplest method we could find.<\/p>\n<p>This method:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is free (doesn&#8217;t require installing a paid plugin).<\/li>\n<li>Doesn&#8217;t require coding skills (most solutions we found require knowing a little PHP).<\/li>\n<li>Can be implemented in just 5-10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Here is how you can\u00a0integrate Contact Form 7 submissions with Salesforce CRM:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Download this free\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/cf7-salesforce\/\">Contact Form 7 Salesforce plugin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Install the plugin and activate it.<\/li>\n<li>Open your WordPress dashboard and click on &#8220;Salesforce&#8221; on the left menu. Then, click on &#8220;Salesforce Accounts&#8221; and log in\u00a0with Salesforce as shown on the screenshot below:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-398 size-full\" title=\"Salesforce Connection\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_1.png\" alt=\"Salesforce Connection\" width=\"789\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_1.png 789w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_1-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_1-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_1-788x533.png 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>After connecting your Salesforce account, go to the &#8220;Salesforce Feeds&#8221; tab and create a new feed. You&#8217;ll need to\u00a0select\u00a0your Salesforce account\u00a0and the Contact Form 7 form you want to connect.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-399 size-full\" title=\"Salesforce Feed\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_2.png\" alt=\"Salesforce Feed\" width=\"861\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_2.png 861w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_2-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_2-788x468.png 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Map the CF7 fields with the corresponding Salesforce fields<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-400 size-large\" title=\"Field Mapping\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_3-1-1024x423.png\" alt=\"Field Mapping\" width=\"788\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_3-1-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_3-1-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_3-1-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_3-1-788x326.png 788w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_3-1.png 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Viola! Now your Contact Form 7 submissions will automatically appear in your Salesforce account!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>One more step to really make this integration shine&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>There&#8217;s\u00a0still one problem with this Salesforce &amp; CF7 integration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When\u00a0Contact Form 7 submissions appear in your Salesforce account as leads, you won&#8217;t know where they came from: Google, Facebook or some blog post somewhere on the internet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To solve this problem, we built GA Connector. It&#8217;s a tool that allows you to see from which page, traffic source, keyword, country, city etc your leads are coming from:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-562\" src=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaconnector-section-9-1024x854.png\" alt=\"Google Analytics metrics in CRM\" width=\"788\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaconnector-section-9-1024x854.png 1024w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaconnector-section-9-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaconnector-section-9-768x641.png 768w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaconnector-section-9-788x657.png 788w, https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaconnector-section-9.png 1784w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can sign up for a free trial of GA Connector to track your Salesforce leads\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gaconnector.com\/salesforce-google-analytics\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our customers often asked us what is the best &amp; 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&#8217;re sharing the\u00a0simplest method we could find. 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