Using PathFactory Data in your Hubspot Scoring Model

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Summary

Lead scoring is a key component of an efficient marketing and sales process. By assigning scores to your leads, you can determine which ones are ready to send to Sales and which ones still need nurturing from Marketing.

This article covers the following:

Overview of basic Lead Scoring concepts
Step-by-Step instructions to incorporate your PathFactory data into your Hubspot Lead Scoring Model

Lead Scoring Basics

Why Use PathFactory Data in your Hubspot Lead Scoring Model?

PathFactory accurately measures a visitor’s level of engagement by recording the amount of time a visitor spends on each content asset in a Content Track, and by identifying binge behavior of visitors (ie. consuming multiple assets during a single session).

This stands in clear contrast to the traditional baseline metrics that MAPs use to measure engagement: email opens, clicks, and webpage visits.

A Lead Scoring Model based on these limited metrics means that a visitor who opens an email link and leaves the content right away will get the same score as a visitor who also opens an email link but spends minutes with your content.

Incorporating PathFactory data into your Lead Scoring Model means you are getting a more accurate measure of which contacts are actually moving through the funnel.

Note	This article covers how to incorporate PathFactory engagement data into your Hubspot scoring model.

Working with your current scoring model

The following is an overview of how we advise incorporating PathFactory engagement data into your scoring model:

You continue to score actions outside PathFactory (ex. webpage visits or form fills) as you previously did.
You create a new custom field called PathFactory Cumulative Score (field type=numeric).
- This will live on the contact record in Hubspot and represent the total score for a visitors’ actions in PathFactory content tracks to date. That is, PathFactory cumulative score represents the score from actions the visitor completes over time, even if they complete the same action multiple times. This is done using a workflow that sums PathFactory cumulative score for a contact.

Note	A Hubspot contact will convert to an MQL when their existing score ( #1) and their PathFactory Cumulative Score (#2) totals your specified MQL threshold.

What you need to set up in PathFactory:

Visitor Session Webhook:

To set up the Hubspot scoring model we first need to pass the necessary data to the contact level in Hubspot so that we can score off of it. We are going to do this using webhooks. Webhooks pass visitor engagement data from PathFactory to Hubspot after a visitor completes their session within a PathFactory content track. You can read more about webhooks here (see “visitor session webhook”).

To set up your visitor session webhook you need to create the following fields as Hubspot contact properties. You can see a list of all available webhook fields here.

Field Name	Field Type	Definition
Email Address	Single Line Text	Unique ID between two systems
PathFactory Experience Name	Single Line Text	The name of the last PathFactory Content Experience that the contact engaged with during the session.
PathFactory Number of Asserts Viewed	Number	Number of unique content assets viewed during the session.
PathFactory Content Count – Threshold Met	Number	The number of assets for which the engagement threshold has been met while the visitor engaged with a PathFactory Content Track.
PathFactory Content List – Threshold Met	Single Line Text	All the content assets viewed during the session which had their time thresholds met. The assets will be represented by their unique URL slugs.
PathFactory Asset Type – Threshold Met	Single Line Text	The asset type for each content asset which had its time threshold met during the session.
PathFactory Engagement Time	Number	Total time the visitor spent engaging with all of the PathFactory content assets during the session combined.
Last Viewed Content Title	Text	The public title of the last piece of content viewed in a session. The content title can be set when a piece of content is uploaded to the Content Library in T2 and Recommend.
Last Viewed Content Source URL	Large Text	Underlying URL of last viewed asset in the session.

Field Name

Field Type

Definition

Email Address

Single Line Text

Unique ID between two systems

PathFactory Experience Name

Single Line Text

The name of the last PathFactory Content Experience that the contact engaged with during the session.

PathFactory Number of Asserts Viewed

Number

Number of unique content assets viewed during the session.

PathFactory Content Count – Threshold Met

Number

The number of assets for which the engagement threshold has been met while the visitor engaged with a PathFactory Content Track.

PathFactory Content List – Threshold Met

Single Line Text

All the content assets viewed during the session which had their time thresholds met. The assets will be represented by their unique URL slugs.

PathFactory Asset Type – Threshold Met

Single Line Text

The asset type for each content asset which had its time threshold met during the session.

PathFactory Engagement Time

Number

Total time the visitor spent engaging with all of the PathFactory content assets during the session combined.

Last Viewed Content Title

Text

The public title of the last piece of content viewed in a session. The content title can be set when a piece of content is uploaded to the Content Library in T2 and Recommend.

Last Viewed Content Source URL

Large Text

Underlying URL of last viewed asset in the session.

When the fields above are created in Hubspot you’ll need to create a form in Hubspot with these same fields. Please name this form PathFactory Session Webhook Form.

Note	Creating a form in Hubspot is necessary to be able to receive and store data in Hubspot.

Follow Step 2 (“Create a PathFactory Webhook”) in this article, and use the following configurations:

Sub-step 5: Select Visitor Session as the Webhook Event Type
Sub-step 6: Check the box to Fire for Known Visitors Only

You now have a mechanism (webhooks) set up that allows you to score off of PathFactory engagement data in Hubspot.

How it works in Hubspot:

The following is an overview of how you’ll use PathFactory engagement data to increase a contact’s PathFactory Cumulative Score in Hubspot:

If the contact engages with any asset in a content track and meets the threshold they will be rewarded with points.
If the contact engages with a high value asset in a content track (video, webinar, presentation) and meets the threshold they will be awarded additional scoring points.

This model rewards contacts that spend meaningful time on your content and are clearly engaged and more sales-ready.

What you need to set up in Hubspot:

Create a Workflow for the PathFactory Cumulative Score

Create a new field (field type=numeric) called PathFactory Cumulative Score.
PathFactory Cumulative Score field
Create a new Total Lead Score field that is determined by a calculation: the sum of Hubspot Score (your existing contact score outside of PathFactory) and PathFactory Cumulative Score.
Total Lead Score example
Create a workflow to accumulate a contact’s score when they engage with any asset.
- Set the enrolment trigger to the contact filling out a form.
- Specify the PathFactory Visitor Session Webhook Form in the dropdown menu.
  Actions tab

Repeat the following substeps until the if/then branch for Content Count Time Threshold Met equals 5 (or whatever value you deem reasonable).

Create your first if/then branch that asks Hubspot to check if Content Count Time Threshold Met has a value of 1.
If yes, increase the contact property score PathFactory Cumulative Score by 5 points.

If no, create another if/then branch that asks Hubspot to check if Content Count Time Threshold Met has a value of 2.

Note	Make sure you increase the score awarded as the value of Content Count Time Threshold Met increases. For example, you’ll see that PathFactory Cumulative Score increases by 10 points when Content Count Time Threshold Met is 2. Example of a workflow for Threshold Met

Important Notes!

Don’t forget to turn on your workflow!
Make sure you go into re-enrolment triggers and check ‘Contact has filled out ‘PathFactory Webhook Form’’.
Turn on Workflow
Additionally, you want to make sure that contacts in this workflow won’t be removed from other workflows. This setting is under ‘Unenrollment’.
Unenrollment settings

Create a goal for this Workflow that un-enrolls contacts from the workflow if they become an MQL.
- Hubspot will track conversion on this goal; i.e. the number of contacts that became an MQL by going through this workflow.
  Workflow Goal settings

Create a Workflow for High Value Assets

Create a workflow to accumulate a contact’s score when they engage with a high value asset.
- Set the enrollment trigger to the contact filling out a form. Specify your PathFactory Visitor Session Webhook Form in the dropdown menu.
  Example Workflow with a High Value Asset
  Which Content Types are High Value?
  
  Take a moment and decide which content types are considered high value assets for your prospects.
  
  Of all the content types you have specified in your PathFactory instance, which ones indicate a prospect’s buying intent the most if they engage with them?
  
  For example, our marketing team finds that videos and webinars are both high value assets, and visitors viewing these content types are more engaged and sales-ready than those that don’t.
  Content Tags Configuration
  
  You should also decide if you want all your high value content types to earn the same score
  
  For example, our marketing team awards 5 points to a visitor for engaging with a video content asset, and 5 points to a visitor for engaging with a webinar content asset.
Create your first if/then branch that asks Hubspot to check if PathFactory Asset Type-Threshold Met contains Video (or any other high value content type you deem appropriate).
- If yes, increase the contact property score ‘PathFactory Cumulative Score’ by x points.
- If no, create another if/then branch that asks Hubspot to check if PathFactory Asset Type-Threshold Met contains Webinar (or any other high value content type you deem appropriate).
- If yes, increase the contact property score ‘PathFactory Cumulative Score’ by x points.
- If no, create another if/then branch that asks Hubspot to check if PathFactory Asset Type-Threshold Met contains Pricing (or any other high value content type you deem appropriate).
- If yes, increase the contact property score ‘PathFactory Cumulative Score’ by x points.
- If no, don’t do anything.
  Example of PathFactory Workflow
  
  Note
  Don’t forget to turn on your workflow!
Go into re-enrollment triggers and check Contact has filled out ‘PathFactory Webhook Form’.
Re-enrollment triggers
- Additionally, you want to make sure that contacts in this workflow won’t be removed from other workflows. This setting is under Unenrollment.
  Unenrollment settings
Create a goal for this Workflow that un-enrolls contacts from the workflow if they become an MQL.
- Hubspot will track conversion on this goal; i.e. the number of contacts that became an MQL by going through this workflow.
  Workflow goal

Degrade the Visitor’s PathFactory Cumulative Score

Create the following workflow to degrade the visitor’s PathFactory Cumulative Score after 90 days.
Create an enrolment trigger that runs when the PathFactory Visitor Session Webhook Form has not been filled in the past 90 days.
When this enrollment trigger occurs the workflow should clear the PathFactory Cumulative Score property (set it to 0).
Example of enrollment trigger

Note

If it has been more than 90 days since a visitor has spent time on a PathFactory content track, this workflow ensures that their PathFactory Cumulative Score will be set to 0. The time range should accurately represent your buying cycle; we used 90 days as an example but you can adjust this time range to a value you feel is appropriate for your prospects.

Updated on April 14, 2023

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