How to track Google Ads data in WPForms

You generated a lead in WPForms and want to know from which Google Ads campaign, keyword, ad it came from.

Google Ads provides lead counts report by campaign, ad, or keyword but doesn’t provides this data at the lead level (leaving you blind when your sales team closes a lead and is asking where it came from).

In this article, I will show you how to track Google Ads data for each lead you generate in WPForms.

What Google Ads data can you track for each WPForms lead?

By connecting LeadSources with WPForms, you track a a comprehensive report of Google Ads data for each lead submitted.

LeadSources also track additional data to provide a full lead source report for each lead.

Lead Profile #2847

Converted
Channel: Paid Search
Source: google
Campaign: lead-gen-q4-2024
Term: lead tracking software
Content: ad-variant-b
Page Path: /landing/demo → /pricing → /signup
Device: Desktop
OS: macOS
Browser: Chrome 119
   

Now, imagine a user clicks on your Google Ads but leaves your site without filling out your WPForms.

Four months later, this user returns to your site from an organic search on Google, and submits your WPForms.

LeadSources remembers all previous visits and provides a complete report of every session that occurred before the form submission.

Tracking the full lead journey helps you understand the role each marketing channel plays in your lead generation strategy.

That Google Ads campaign that seemed ineffective because it didn’t generate leads might actually be the first touchpoint of your most valuable leads. The full lead journey simply wasn’t visible before.

Day 1 Facebook Ad
Day 3 Google Search
Day 7 Email Click
Day 10 Direct Visit
   

How to connect LeadSources with WPForms

Step 1: Enter your website URL

Sign up to LeadSources (we offer a 14-day free trial).

Enter the URL of the website you want to track. 

Step 1 Add your website URL

Step 2: Install the tracking code

Copy and paste your LeadSources tracking code into the <head> section of your website.

Step 2 Install the tracking code​

Step 3: Connect WPForms with LeadSources

Enter your WPForms API credentials to connect your account.

Then, select the form you want to track.

LeadSources will start tracking the source and journey of every lead you generate on WPForms.

Step 3 Connect Typeform with LeadSources

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