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by Mr. Gonzalo Treutel IV Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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  • Navigate to Automations | Automation Rules.
  • Click +Add Automation Rules.
  • Name: Prospect Whitepaper and Webinar Engagement Scoring.
  • Description: This rule will update the scoring for prospects that engage with any webinar or whitepaper, and will be set to recur multiple times for ...
  • Check Repeat Rule.
  • Under Rules, select Match Any.
  • Click +Add new rule.
  • Enter Prospect webinar :: attended webinar :: select webinar.
  • Click +Add new rule.
  • Enter Prospect file :: Choose File :: White Paper File Name.

The main way Pardot admins can configure their lead scoring is by setting up scoring rules. Find your scoring rules by following this path: Admin > Automation Settings > Scoring. Click “Edit Scoring Rules” on the top right.Jun 26, 2019

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How can Salesforce lead scoring help your marketing team?

Learn how Salesforce lead scoring can help your marketing team qualify and route leads to sales. See how to use scoring and grading in Pardot, Salesforce’s marketing automation tool, to identify the best leads for your sales team. Supercharge your marketing team with automated lead scoring on the Customer 360 Platform.

How do I customize my Pardot scoring set?

Your Pardot instance comes with a default scoring set, which can be completely revamped and customized. To view your default pardot scoring set and make changes, in the pardot Administration menu, navigate to Automation Settings > Scoring rules. Here you can see the default scoring set within Pardot out of the box.

How do I change the number of prospects in Pardot?

Navigate to Pardot Settings | Automation Settings | Scoring. Click Edit Scoring Rules to change any of the rules. After you adjust a rule, Pardot displays the approximate number of prospects affected. The number sometimes changes if prospects complete activities while you’re still setting rules. Click Save changes.

What is lead scoring and how does it work?

Simply put, lead scoring allows busy account execs to focus on their hottest leads while giving marketers insight into which leads to market to and which leads to pass on to sales. Why is it effective? Rather than being bombarded with too many leads and not enough time to deal with them, sales reps are able to focus on only the hottest leads.

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How do I create a Lead Score in Salesforce?

Building your own custom lead score in Salesforce.Step 1: Create a custom formula field on the lead object. Choose Formula under Data Type . ... Step 2: Paste in this pre-built Apex code. ... Step 3: Modify fields and scores to match your own requirements. ... Step 4: See it in action!

How do you set lead scoring?

To create your lead scoring model, you will need to identify key actions that leads take and categorize them according to each of these stages. Then you can determine the proper amount of points to assign each action for your lead scoring automation workflow.

Does salesforce have lead scoring?

Salesforce offers customizable, automated solutions for lead scoring and grading, including Marketing Cloud Account Engagement, our marketing automation solution. Salesforce lead scoring integrates into our CRM platform for an easy and powerful user experience.

How do you calculate the number of leads needed?

You can calculate the close rate by dividing the total number of leads you generated in a period of time over the number of customers that came from those leads. Then simply divide the number of customers you need by the close rate to calculate the number of leads you need to generate.

What is lead scoring?

Lead scoring put simply, is a method of assigning a numerical score to your prospects, based on their digital activity. The digital activity includes actions like website page views, form fills, or email clicks.

What is the first step in a lead scoring program?

The first step to a successful lead scoring program is a well thought out audit. An audit involves getting together your internal stakeholders, creating a shared document, and having a discussion about what constitutes an MQL vs. an SQL.

What is a good sub committee for lead scoring?

A good sub-committee should involve anyone who cares about lead nurturing. This should include marketers, marketing managers, sales reps, sales managers, sales engineers, support technicians, and senior leaders.

What is lead grade?

Lead grading is a method of giving prospects a letter grade, from A+ to D- , in order to get an idea of how well the prospect fits with your company’s idea of a target customer. First, target lead profile criteria is established, and prospects are automatically graded based on the information we know about them, to establish how well they fit that profile criteria.

Salesforce Documentation

Official Documentation: Prioritize Leads with Einstein Lead Scoring Learn how Salesforce Einstein uses artificial intelligence to score your leads, and how your sales team can prioritize its leads by score.

Trailblazer Community

Trailblazer Community: Scoring Prospects with Pardot Its overview explains how prospects are scored and how to modify the scoring rules to fit your business needs.

More Awesome Resources

Best Practices: The Basic Science Behind Lead Scoring Check out this quick primer on some important aspects of lead scoring and how they benefit your organization.

Written By... Conor Ebbs

Digital Marketing Director at Immedis. 5x Salesforce Certified Digital Marketing & Marketing Automation Consultant with 16 years digital marketing experience.

Step 1: Create Pardot scoring categories

Our first step is to create scoring categories in Pardot for each product differentiator.

Step 3 – Automate scoring

Our next step is to activate our custom scoring. As I mentioned already, first ensure your folder structure reflects how you want your scoring categories. Then, check that each marketing asset is stored in the correct folder associated with the target scoring category.

How many points can automation add to a prospect's score?

Scores are modified automatically with automation rules. For example, an automation rule can add 50 points to a prospect’s score if they have requested a demo or a specific white paper. Automation rules can both increase and decrease prospect scores, or reset scores to zero.

How do you use scoring categories in a folder?

You use scoring categories in tandem with folders —all content that you’d like to score a specific way is placed in a folder and then the scoring category is applied. You must organize your content into folders in order to use scoring categories.

What is scoring category?

Scoring Categories allow you to score prospects on more than one product, service or business unit. You still have an overall prospect score, but scoring categories offer additional scores based on which assets your prospects are engaging with. You use scoring categories in tandem with folders—all content that you’d like to score a specific way is placed in a folder and then the scoring category is applied. You must organize your content into folders in order to use scoring categories.

Can you use completion action to increase a prospect's score?

For example, you can use a completion action to increase a prospect’s score when they submit a form. If you want to check for several form submissions from the same prospect and score based on that, you can build an automation rule with multiple criteria.

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Step 1: Create Pardot Scoring Categories

  • Our first step is to create scoring categories in Pardot for each product differentiator. The setupis very fast and simple – but first, ensure your folder structure and where your marketing assets are stored reflects how you want your scoring categories. My guess is that this will be a mammoth task for disorganized Pardot accounts!
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Step 2 – Map Out A Scoring Hierarchy

  • Next, you can create your custom scoring hierarchy. The question you need to ask is: “how much score will we add to each scoring category for each engagement type (prospect activity?)” There are various ways prospects can engage in Pardot, for example: 1. Download a key resource/ebook/cheatsheet (“File access”) 2. Clicks a priority CTA link 3. Views the product web…
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Step 3 – Automate Scoring

  • Our next step is to activate our custom scoring. As I mentioned already, first ensure your folder structure reflects how you want your scoring categories. Then, check that each marketing asset is stored in the correct folder associated with the target scoring category. By default, scores in scoring categories will begin to increase in line with the baseline/global scoring model you have …
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Step 4 – Scoring Visibility For The Sales Team

  • Knowledge is power, context is key. The sales team is going to benefit the most from scoring categories, giving a glimpse into where the prospect’s interest lies, in order to tailor their conversations accordingly (rather than shooting in the dark). Add scoring categories to lead and contact page layouts in Salesforce (as related lists). Want to learn more about aligning Sales & …
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