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Jo_Pitts1
Jo_Pitts1
Community Manager
September 15, 2020
Question

Make manually imported leads appear to be FB lead ads

  • September 15, 2020
  • 6 replies
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Hi all.

Is there any way of manually importing data, but making it seem to Marketo as if it were a FB lead ad form fill.  

 

The background is that I've discovered an agency misconfigured a FB page, so the leads haven't been coming into Marketo.  I need to load them manually, but all the things that trigger from a FB lead ad need to occur as well.

 

I'm reasonably comfortable loading them through the API rather than the UI if that helps.

 

Cheers

Jo

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AbhinavSa2
Employee
September 15, 2020

Hi,

 

Yes you can import manually or use zapier or other 3rd party applications to setup automation in between Marketo and agency platform. 

 

Make sure while mapping fields/uploading leads, update lead source as "Fb lead ad". 

Later you can create a smart list with filter Lead source is "Fb lead ad" and you'll have all leads in one place. 

 

Regards,

Abhinav

Katja_Keesom
Katja_Keesom
Community Manager
September 15, 2020

Hi Abhinav,

As far as I can see this will update the Lead source field, but not the activitiy log. The person creation activity will still have a source type related to the API integration and there will be no backdated activity "Fills out FB Lead form" on this person's log.

So it still depends on how the smart campaigns giving follow up to these people have their smart list configured to see whether these people are correctly processed.

I would indeed ensure these people get a recognizable Lead Source and update the smart lists for processing to include this group of added people correctly.

Cheers,

Katja

    Katja_Keesom
    Katja_Keesom
    Community Manager
    September 15, 2020

    Hi Jo,

     

    The source values for the Person Creation activity are automatically allocated by Marketo, so I do not know of a way to "trick" this to show something different from your actual upload method. The same applies to the activity of filling out a FB lead form that will not be there on the activity log.

     

    Whether there is a solution really depends on the filter criteria for your follow up processes. Of course the values of fields like Lead Source, Acquisition Program and even utm parameters if you have these set up can be adjusted using smart campaigns. So it all depends on what information you are looking to manipulate to include these people in your follow up.

     

    Kind regards,

    Katja

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