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16 Apps to Customise Hubspot But Xero Gets the Worst Rating

HubSpot is a marketing system and CRM built for the modern day content marketing professional. Like most cloud-based services they have their own app store (they call it an ecosystem) and Xero recently boasted about being one of a select group of 16 promoted by Hubspot. They didn’t fair so well though.

Xero Reviews at HubSpot Highlight Importance of 2 Way Comms

Integrations between marketing, operations and accounting are critical for smooth operation of any business so this integration should be seen as a huge bonus. The devil is in the detail however and some users have provided negative reviews for what they see as the short comings of the integration:

Sales Data Normally Goes to Accounts Last

After reading one of the user reviews I found it interesting that the data sync goes from Xero to HubSpot. After all the contact details for most “prospects” would come through the marketing system and end up in accounting when the sale is made but the contact information syncs from Xero? Odd.

HubSpot is a digital marketing system that helps businesses get prospects from initial contact after lead generation through the sales and marketing funnel until they become a client (or not). It was one of the first programs I used that showed me when someone received and read my email – very cool.

Read some of the reviews for yourself

More Training on Xero Integrations

In case you missed the announcement our Online Accounting Software Integrations Training Course goes through some of the popular integrations for:

  • Expense Tracking & Receipt Scanning
  • Rosters/Scheduling Staff & Time & Attendance
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Payments
  • Project Management Apps
  • Debtor and Accounts Receivable Apps

See what is included in the Online Accounting Integrations and Apps Intro Course

Steve Slisar

Steve Slisar has been training people how to use computers since 1994, opened a training centre in 1999 in Dee Why and by 2005 had 3 training centres and created over 35 individual courses that include Screen videos with audio commentary, training workbooks for those who prefer to read to learn, and exercise files that are used with the tasks in the workbooks so you get practical experience in the software you are trying to learn. Now the creator of 5 of the most popular online MYOB training courses in Australia.

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