The Missing Connection: Bridging the Gap Between Your CRM and Your Field Techs (Without Double Entry)
Your office runs on HubSpot. Your trucks run on Housecall Pro. The connection is broken. I build the bridge that syncs them so you stop playing games with your data.
The “Double Entry” Tax Summary
The Air Gap
Field Service businesses often use HubSpot for powerful marketing and Housecall Pro (or ServiceTitan) for dispatching. Because these systems don’t talk natively, office staff waste 20+ hours a week manually copying customer data from one to the other.
The Bridge
We implement a Bi-Directional Sync using middleware (n8n). When a Deal is won in HubSpot, it creates a Job in Housecall Pro. When a Job is finished in Housecall Pro, it updates the Deal Revenue in HubSpot.
Stop Treating Your Office Manager Like a Router
The most expensive API in the world is a human being copying and pasting data.
You bought HubSpot because you wanted sophisticated email marketing and pipeline tracking. You bought Housecall Pro (HCP) because you needed to dispatch trucks and take payments. Both are excellent tools. But they hate each other.
The “Broken” Workflow
- 1. Lead calls in via HubSpot tracking number.
- 2. Sales rep closes the deal in HubSpot.
- 3. THE GAP: Rep emails Dispatch. “Hey, book John Doe.”
- 4. Dispatch types “John Doe” into HCP. (Mistypes address).
- 5. Tech drives to wrong address. Customer is angry.
The “Connected” Workflow
- 1. Lead calls in via HubSpot tracking number.
- 2. Sales rep moves Deal to “Ready for Dispatch.”
- 3. THE BRIDGE: n8n instantly creates Customer & Job in HCP.
- 4. Dispatch simply drags the job to the Tech.
- 5. Data is 100% accurate. Tech arrives on time.
This isn’t just about saving time. It’s about data integrity. You cannot scale your business if your customer list is fragmented across two databases.
The Integration Architecture
We utilize n8n (Workflow Automation) to act as the translator between the two systems. This allows for custom logic that native integrations (like Zapier) cannot handle.
| Component | The Tool | Function |
|---|---|---|
| CRM (Marketing) | HubSpot | Source of Truth for Leads, Emails, and Sales Pipeline. |
| FSM (Operations) | Housecall Pro / ServiceTitan | Source of Truth for Scheduling, Invoicing, and Tech Tracking. |
| Middleware | n8n (API Orchestrator) | Listens for webhooks, transforms JSON data (e.g., splitting “Full Name” into “First” and “Last”), and executes the sync. |
Visualize the Data Sync
Click the scenarios below to see exactly how data moves bi-directionally without human interference.
Trigger: HubSpot Deal Stage changes to “Ready for Schedule.”
Action: n8n checks Housecall Pro: “Does this customer exist?”
- If No: Create Customer (Name, Address, Phone, Email). Then Create Job.
- If Yes: Update Customer (ensure new phone/email is saved). Then Create Job.
Result: Dispatcher sees a new “Unscheduled Job” appear in HCP instantly.
Trigger: Tech marks job “Finished” in HCP.
Action: n8n grabs the final Invoice Total.
Update: It finds the original Deal in HubSpot and updates the “Amount” field to match the actual invoice and moves the stage to “Closed Won.”
Result: Your Marketing ROI reports in HubSpot are now 100% accurate based on real revenue, not projected revenue.
Trigger: Job Paid in full.
Action: n8n triggers a HubSpot Workflow: “Send Google Review Request.”
Why do this in HubSpot instead of HCP? Because HubSpot allows for advanced logic: “If they left a review, send a Thank You. If they clicked but didn’t review, wait 3 days and remind them.”
Why Bi-Directional Data Wins
When you bridge this gap, you unlock enterprise scaling capabilities.
1. Marketing Attribution
You can finally see which Google Ads keywords resulted in completed jobs, allowing for precise Ad Spend Management.
2. Customer Experience
When a customer calls back, your office staff knows exactly what happened on the job site without logging into three different systems.
Connect Your Business
Stop playing games with your data. I build the custom integrations that make HubSpot and Housecall Pro work as one unified system.
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