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How to connect Salesforce® Marketing Cloud with LeadsBridge

Integrate Salesforce® Marketing Cloud with LeadsBridge

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Intro

ExactTarget provides on-demand email marketing software solutions and lets clients send business-critical and event-triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments, and strengthen customer relationships.

In this article, you'll learn how to connect your LeadsBridge account with Salesforce® Marketing Cloud.

Connect Salesforce® Marketing Cloud integration

Before you start

  1. Head over to the left sidebar and click on the Create new Bridge button
  2. Select your integrations in the selectors
  3. Click on the Continue button at the bottom right

Authorize Salesforce® Marketing Cloud integration

Setup your Salesforce® Marketing Cloud integration

  1. Click on Connect Salesforce® Marketing Cloud
  2. Click on Create new integration to connect your Salesforce® Marketing Cloud (or select an existing one from the dropdown if you already connected it)
  3. A popup wil be opened where you can authorize the Salesforce® Marketing Cloud integration
  4. Fill Client ID, Client Secret, Authentication Base URI field to connect Salesforce® Marketing Cloud with LeadsBridge
  5. Click on the Authorize button
  6. You can choose a name for this Salesforce® Marketing Cloud and LeadsBridge integration (you can also edit it later)
  7. Once done, click on Continue button and you will get back to the bridge experience where you could choose additional integration settings
  8. Now that your Salesforce® Marketing Cloud is connected, you can continue with the set-up of your bridge

Configuration details for Salesforce® Marketing Cloud

How to get Client ID, Client Secret, Authentication Base URI

  1. Log into Exact Target with an Admin User

  2. On the top right of the screen, next to your username, make sure to select the correct Company, or Business Unit, that you want to connect with LeadsBridge

  3. Click on your username on the top right of the screen

  4. Click on Setup

  5. Go to Apps » Installed Packages, under Platform Tools

  6. Click on New at the top right of the screen

  7. Give a name to your New Package, for example LeadsBridge

  8. Click on Save

  9. Click on Add Component

  10. Select API Integration, then click on Next

  11. Select Server-to-Server, then click on Next

  12. Click on the Edit button of the API Integration you just created

  13. Flag the following items:


    1. Under Channels » Web, flag Read, Write and Publish

    2. Under Contacts » Audiences & Contacts » List and Subscribers, flag every item (if you want to use Lists)

    3. Under Data » Data Extensions & Data » File Locations, flag every item (if you want to use Data Extensions )


  14. Click on Save

  15. Copy the Authentication Base URI, Client ID and Client Secret from the API Integration you have just created on Exact Target

  16. Paste that information inside your LeadsBridge integration setup

Which entity concepts we support for Salesforce® Marketing Cloud

With LeadsBridge you may use these entity concepts for Salesforce® Marketing Cloud.

  1. Subscriber

    A subscriber is a person who has opted to receive communications from your organization. ( Learn more)

Which segmentation concepts we support for TikTok Lead Generation

With LeadsBridge you may use these segmentation concepts for Salesforce® Marketing Cloud.

  1. Tag

    A tag is a short snippet of javascript (code) that does something on your website. For example, a tag can be used to report some information about visitors to a website and their behavior.
  2. List

    A list is a collection of subscribers that receive your communications. ( Learn more)
  3. Dataextension

    Use a data extension to contain data that relates to subscribers but doesn't fit into the subscriber attributes.

    With data extensions, you may:
    • Import information from other systems into Email Studio.
    • Send a message to subscribers in a data extension.
    • Exclude subscribers in a data extension from a message send.
    • Include customer-specific information from a data extension in a message.
    • Collect the subscriber information of people who trigger a triggered send.
    • Create dynamic content in an email content area.
    • And more, to see the full list check the documentation link.
    ( Learn more)
 

Common questions for Salesforce® Marketing Cloud

What's a Subscriber key?

A subscriber key is a text field containing a value that uniquely identifies a subscriber inside your system. ( Learn more)

How can I create a custom field?

[link=https://help.marketingcloud.com/en/documentation/exacttarget/subscribers/profile_and_preference_attributes/]Here[/link] you can learn how to create a new custom field. This is a best practice, at least for offline conversion tracking through Facebook Ad tracking fields (campaign name, adset, ad)

Do you need help?

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