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    Pardot Optimisation for a Global Travel & Hospitality SaaS Leader

    Eliminating noise, defining MQLs, and connecting marketing data end-to-end for a multi-product, internationally scaled revenue intelligence company.

    Global

    Multi-country SaaS presence across travel & hospitality verticals

    Multi-Product

    Multiple product lines each requiring distinct lead qualification criteria

    High Lead Volume

    Significant spam and unqualified lead influx degrading sales pipeline quality

    Customer Background

    Our customer is a globally recognised SaaS company specialising in revenue intelligence solutions for the travel and hospitality industry. Operating across multiple international markets and serving enterprise hotel groups, airlines, and travel technology companies, the organisation manages sophisticated multi-product marketing across several product lines. With a global sales team and a high volume of inbound leads, the business needed its Pardot instance to work harder — qualifying the right prospects, surfacing genuine buying signals, and connecting marketing activity directly to pipeline outcomes.

    Despite having Salesforce Sales Cloud and Pardot in place, the team was struggling with spam lead contamination, inconsistent lead quality across product lines, and disconnected campaign attribution. KVP was engaged to overhaul the Pardot setup and build a marketing operations framework fit for scale.

    Project Challenges

    Spam Lead Contamination

    High volumes of spam and bot-submitted leads flowing into Pardot and Sales Cloud, creating noise in the pipeline and wasting sales time.

    No Grading & Scoring Framework

    Without structured lead grading (profile fit) and scoring (engagement activity), all leads were treated with equal priority regardless of quality.

    Disconnected Campaigns

    Marketing efforts across email, webinars, and digital were siloed — no unified Connected Campaigns framework to track attribution across the funnel.

    Webinar Lead Attribution

    Leads generated from webinars were not being captured and attributed correctly within Pardot, creating blind spots in campaign ROI.

    No GA4 Integration

    Website traffic and campaign interactions via Google Analytics 4 were not connected to Pardot prospects, limiting full-funnel visibility.

    Undefined MQL Standards

    No consistent definition of what constituted a Marketing Qualified Lead across the different product lines, leading to premature or inconsistent handoffs to sales.

    What KVP Delivered

    Grading & Scoring Framework

    • Custom grading model based on ICP profile attributes (company size, industry, job role)
    • Engagement scoring rules mapped to meaningful buying signals
    • Separate scoring thresholds per product line
    • Automated grade/score-based routing to Sales Cloud

    Spam Reduction & Lead Quality

    • Honeypot and form validation to block bot submissions
    • Email domain blacklisting for known spam sources
    • Suppression lists and duplicate management rules
    • Prospect record cleansing across existing database

    Connected Campaigns & Webinar Tracking

    • Full Connected Campaigns framework linking Pardot and Salesforce Campaigns
    • Webinar lead integration with automatic prospect capture and activity tracking
    • Multi-touch attribution across email, event, and digital channels
    • Campaign influence reporting in Sales Cloud

    GA4 Integration & MQL Definition

    • GA4 connected to Pardot for website prospect tracking and behaviour
    • Custom UTM parameter capture into Pardot and Sales Cloud fields
    • Formally defined MQL thresholds per product line (grade + score combination)
    • Sales-marketing alignment workshops to agree handoff criteria

    Technology Ecosystem

    Salesforce Account Engagement (Pardot)
    Salesforce Sales Cloud
    Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
    Connected Campaigns
    Engagement Programs
    Pardot API

    Impact & Outcomes

    Significant reduction

    in spam & unqualified leads entering the pipeline

    Consistent MQL standards

    defined and adopted across all product lines

    Full-funnel attribution

    from first click to Sales Cloud opportunity via GA4 + Connected Campaigns

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