Root Cause Analysis: Google Analytics + Salesforce
Why did this number change? askotter reads Google Analytics and Salesforce together and answers it for your business, by text.
How does root cause analysis with Google Analytics and Salesforce work for a small business?
askotter reads Google Analytics and Salesforce side by side so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause. A ranked list of likely causes, each with the evidence behind it.
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The owner asks follow-up questions by text.
- From Google Analytics
- Sessions and pageviews, User demographics and geography, Traffic source and medium.
- From Salesforce
- Leads and opportunities, Account and contact data, Pipeline stages and velocity.
- Status
- Salesforce is on the integration roadmap, so the matching described here starts when that connector ships.
- Not for
- Replacing Google Analytics or Salesforce. Both keep working exactly as they do now.
Why did this number change?
Bookings dropped 23%. The ad, the website and the weather all get blamed. Without your accounts side by side, it stays a guess.
How askotter handles it
askotter reads Google Analytics and Salesforce side by side, so it can test each explanation against your connected accounts and find the cause.
A person checks the result before it reaches you. This is part of our GA4 setup work.
How Google Analytics and Salesforce records line up
Google Analytics and Salesforce both keep the UTM source, medium and campaign values from the visit, so activity lines up campaign by campaign even when no single person can be matched.
Shared between the two: the UTM campaign tags.
What root cause analysis uses from each
Root cause analysis needs timestamps precise enough to put events in order.
From Google Analytics that means landing-page engagement before and after a change. From Salesforce it means stage history and owner changes.
Salesforce is on the integration roadmap, so the matching described here starts when that connector ships.
What each tool sees on its ownShow less
Google Analytics on its own
GA4 sees what people do on the site. It does not see refunds, repeat purchases made offline, or the deal a lead turned into later.
Timing. GA4 collects events in near real time, and Google says standard reports can take 24 to 48 hours to finish processing.
Access. The GA4 Data API with read access to the property.
Salesforce on its own
Salesforce sees leads, accounts and opportunities. It knows which campaign produced a lead only when someone records it there.
Timing. Salesforce opportunity stages move when someone updates them, so pipeline data is as current as the team's CRM habits.
Access. A connected app with read-only access to Lead, Contact, Account and Opportunity.
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Questions about Google Analytics + Salesforce
Do I need a developer to connect Google Analytics and Salesforce?
How is askotter's Root Cause Analysis different from what Google Analytics shows on its own?
Google Analytics + Salesforce is coming soon
Talk to us about your timeline, and we will confirm the launch date before you commit.
Self-managed is $99/mo and scales with the compute you use. Our team runs it from $600/mo.