Revolutionizing Integration

How a Customized HubSpot - STAR Integration increased growth for HBK

MS 25 | Case Study - HBK

About the Client

HBK, a top 100 CPA firm with a national presence across 20 states, sought to optimize its use of HubSpot for seamless integration with its practice management software, STAR. With a focus on serving SMBs and midmarket companies, HBK needed a solution to streamline its processes while enhancing cross-departmental collaboration.

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Solution
Technical HubSpot Consulting 

Industry
Accounting and Financial Services

Timeline
November 2023 - Present

HubSpot Products
HubSpot Sales Hub, HubSpot CRM

 

Situation

Before engaging Mole Street, HBK faced challenges with its existing integration between HubSpot and STAR. The manual processes and lack of synchronization led to inefficiencies, duplicate data entry, and poor user adoption.

HBK recognized the need for a more robust and automated solution to align its sales and operations teams effectively.

In addition to grappling with technical integration hurdles, inefficient sales processes inundated the outreach teams, leading to misalignment across the organization.

Despite having access to HubSpot’s comprehensive Sales Enterprise suite, the rudimentary integration and sub-optimal sales processes prevented HBK from maximizing the potential of both HubSpot and their practice management software. Ultimately, achieving widespread and seamless adoption of their technology stack would never be possible until the integration and sales process issues were taken head-on.

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Scope of Work

HBK engaged Mole Street to optimize their existing Hubspot setup and improve platform adoption across the organization, including:

  • Evaluate and diagnose existing integration challenges

  • Design and implement a custom solution for bi-directional synchronization between HubSpot and STAR

  • Optimize workflow automation and data validation processes

  • Provide training and ongoing support for HBK's internal team


Solution

Technical HubSpot Consulting

Mole Street proposed a comprehensive solution to overhaul HBK's CRM workflow. By creating a custom integration solution tailored to HBK's specific needs, Mole Street aimed to eliminate manual tasks, improve data accuracy, and enhance overall efficiency.

  • Consolidating multiple HubSpot deals into a unified job structure

  • Implementing automated data validation and synchronization processes

  • Developing custom HubSpot CRM cards and forms for seamless data entry

  • Establishing scheduled workflows for ongoing data maintenance and updates

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Results

By leveraging Mole Street's expertise and technical prowess, HBK successfully transformed its CRM workflow, paving the way for greater productivity and growth in the accounting and financial services industry.

  • Reduction in duplicate data entry and manual errors
  • Improved user adoption and engagement with the HubSpot CRM
  • Enhanced visibility into client interactions and deal statuses
  • Streamlined reporting and analytics capabilities for better decision-making

 

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Enhanced STAR Integration

Mole Street recommended transitioning from treating each HubSpot deal as an individual STAR job to a unified approach, creating a custom job object and associating it with each deal. This not only minimized duplicate entry requirements but also streamlined data synchronization between the two platforms.

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Robust Validation Processes

To ensure data accuracy, Mole Street introduced stringent validation processes, leveraging HubSpot's custom-coded actions and workflows. This enhanced validation mechanism reduced errors and discrepancies, empowering HBK's teams to make informed decisions based on reliable data.

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Optimized Utilization of HubSpot

Beyond the STAR integration, Mole Street optimized HBK's utilization of HubSpot's features, enabling seamless collaboration across marketing, sales, and service teams. This holistic approach facilitated smoother client management and service delivery, driving operational efficiency and client satisfaction.

Hear From Our Team

"HBK is a great example of why integrations need to be process-led."

While there was an existing bidirectional integration between HubSpot & STAR, it didn't align how HBK actually sold and resourced projects. This meant that necessary checks and balances were missing, and led to unreliable and low integrity data between systems. Having a process-led integration ensures the correct guardrails are in place to support the revenue operations of HBK's business, while still enabling the teams that use both tools.

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Michele Herzog ─ Director of Technology, Mole Street