New website lead form

[Anna_Flynn]

Hello,

We are trying to set up forms for reps to check if a lead has already been created / assigned to an owner already. We use both salesforce and marketo and have a big problem with duplicates and need to make sure once a lead is created the rep is kept with them.

We have the forms made however unable to find the functionality to say 'if already has sales owner' and adding fields has proven to not be possible for marketo.

When submit button is pressed and lead is sent to Marketo we need feedback on the page.

3a. So if a lead already exists in Salesforce and belongs to someone else = "Lead not created. Lead already exists and belongs to another rep."

3b. If lead exists in SF and belongs to the same user "Lead already exists in Salesforce and belongs to you, search for lead in Salesforce"

3c. If lead exists in Marketo but not in SF, the lead should added and pushed to SF using existing 'Send to SF flow' and message displayed on page "Lead created in Salesforce"

3d. Lead is new and creates successfully "Lead created in Salesforce"

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you,

Anna

[SanfordWhiteman]

... and adding fields has proven to not be possible for marketo.

Don't understand what you mean by this.

In any case, you have a lot more to deal with here than you think.

First of all, if you're using a Marketo form as a referral form, at the most basic level, you must remove the Munchkin cookie from the form submission. You didn't mention that you have that covered.

Second, if you're trying to look up an existing lead and read/fetch its data back into the form, you need to follow the Lead Lookup pattern. Note no matter how slick your implementation, you can't actually truthfully say "Lead created in Salesforce" at the moment of form submission, though you can in good faith say "Lead queued for creation in Salesforce, check there in a minute."