Lead to Account Matching lead-to-account-matching
Match right leads to right named accounts using Marketo Lead-to-Account matching.
Overview overview
Marketo Lead-to-Account Matching follows a 4 step process:
Step 1 - Our matching process begins by using key information on the lead records, such as:
- Email Domain (e.g., acme.com)
- Inferred company name from IP address
- Company name - This could be CRM account name or lead company name attribute (e.g., came from form fill out)
Step 2 - We normalize the company names that we find based on various lead attributes (e.g., Acme Inc. and Acme Corp are automatically normalized to Acme). This step ensures we have a single representation of the named account in Marketo, and can see all the leads within a single named account.
Step 3 - We partition matched leads into 2 buckets: Strong Match and Weak Match.
- Weak-matched leads appear on the named accounts which then can be resolved manually.
Step 4 - We present a list of proposed companies with strong and weak matches. When a named account is created based upon one of the proposed companies, we create matching rules to automatically associate new leads (e.g., lead filled out a form) going forward to the right named accounts. This way you can worry less about matching leads and more about obtaining revenue!
Since Marketo Lead-to-Account matching is a built-in feature of Marketo Target Account Management, matching leads to accounts happens in near real-time (e.g., the moment a lead fills out a Marketo form, we associate said lead with the right named account). This event can be used to trigger alerts and notify account owners of the new leads that are coming in from their named accounts.
Using LeanData for Lead to Account Matching using-leandata-for-lead-to-account-matching
After Marketo Support has enabled LeanData for your account, follow the steps below to set it up.
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In Salesforce, click Setup Home in the left nav.
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Still in the left nav, under Administration, click Users then Profiles.
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Locate and select the Marketo Sync profile.
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Scroll down to the Field Level Security section and locate the Lead object. Select View.
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For the field name “Reporting Matched Account,” make sure the checkbox in the Read Access column is selected.
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In Marketo, go to the Admin section.
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Select Field Management.
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Confirm the field is there by searching “Reporting Matched Account.”
