Add a Lead or Contact to a Marketo Campaign In Salesforce

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With a few simple steps, you can enable sales reps to add a lead or contact to a Marketo campaign in Salesforce using Marketo Sales Insight. 

Why a sales rep would add a lead to a marketing campaign

Let’s say your sales rep talks to a marketing director at a financial services company. She is interested in product A but is early in the buying cycle. She only wants information (not a sales call) on product A at this time. Your sales rep knows that your email marketing nurture for product A is the best way to deliver information to her. The sales rep can add her to the Marketo nurture campaign for product A right inside Salesforce. Here’s how you do it. 

How to add a lead or contact to a Marketo campaign in Salesforce with Marketo Sales Insight

• Verify Marketo Sales Insight is active in Salesforce
• Setup the smart campaign in Marketo
  • Choose the “Campaign is Requested” trigger
  • Select “Sales Insight” from the menu

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• • Set the flow step action(s) desired by sales 

Now go into Salesforce and find the lead or contact you want to add to a campaign in Marketo

• Find the Marketo Sales Insight section and select “Add to Marketo Campaign”

• Select the campaign and hit “Go”

That’s it! The campaign will be requested in Marketo and the record will run through the flow for that campaign.
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