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Add a CTA popup form on a PDF file

LDykes5 — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 20:06:48 GMT

Hello! We just won an award, and there was a writeup on the award in PDF format. We want people to check out the award write up as it is an important milestone for our company. I added the PDF file in the files section on HubSpot. We want to drive traffic to read the award but want to keep it ungated for a better user experience. I want to add a CTA popup on the PDF file to schedule a demo, but when I add the URL for HubSpot PDF link and test it, the popup does not appear on the PDF. Any suggestions or best practices?

Re: Add a CTA popup form on a PDF file

Ben_M — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:11:16 GMT

Pop ups will not embed in a PDF format. But if you add the link from the CTA button like you could in the older version of the tool, you could use that link to track who clicks on it if they are known to the system.

Re: Add a CTA popup form on a PDF file

paul_plaza — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:39:33 GMT

@LDykes5 What CMS do you use for your website?

As @Ben_M said, there's no way to add a CTA to a file hosted by your HubSpot. The best thing to do would be to create a new page on your CMS and embed the PDF then add a HubSpot CTA popup to that page to gather demo requests.

Doing this would allow:

HubSpot CTA Popup to work
Create a dedicated and branded page URL to share
Allow HubSpot to track web activity on the page

Re: Add a CTA popup form on a PDF file

LDykes5 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:19:05 GMT

Hi @paul_plaza, thank you very much for your response. We use HubSpot CMS Hub.

That solution sounds great, do you know how I go about doing that? I am newer to this. I appreacite your response.

Re: Add a CTA popup form on a PDF file

paul_plaza — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 06:38:35 GMT

@LDykes5 Yes, you can create a new blog post or regular page in the HubSpot CMS and use a PDF embedding tool or add some custom iframe code to place the PDF. Check out my profile and send me a message/email if you have more questions.

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