WorkflowsM&A Sell-SideBuyer Activity Monitoring

How I track buyer activity in my data room with Papermark and Salesforce

Track which buyers are actively reviewing vs. going cold. Push activity to deal tracking when buyers hit key documents.

PapermarkPapermark
native + webhook
zapierZapier
salesforceSalesforce
slackSlack
makeMake
discordDiscord

You have multiple buyers in your data room but can't tell who's seriously engaged versus just browsing. Your deal team is flying blind on buyer intent, and you need activity data flowing into your deal tracking system in real-time.

With Papermark you can monitor buyer engagement in real-time and push activity data to your deal tracking system via webhooks.

How it works

1Upload your cim
2Set up access controls for potential buyers and their advisors
3Send data room access to qualified buyers and track engagement
4Connect Slack to get notified instantly
5See who among your potential buyers and their advisors is engaging
6Create a webhook to connect external tools
7Choose which events trigger your automation
8Push views to deal tracking tools
9Update opportunity stage based on activity
10Complex conditional workflows
11Team notifications

Step by step

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Step 1. Upload your cim

Open Papermark and create a new data room. Upload your deal documents organized by workstream (Financials, Legal, Operations, HR). Use drag-and-drop to add files, then organize them into folders. Papermark automatically indexes everything and supports bulk upload of entire folder structures.

Upload your cim
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Step 2. Set up access controls for potential buyers and their advisors

Configure your security settings. In Papermark link settings, enable Activity dashboard, Visitor identification. Every viewer is verified before they can access a single page. You control exactly who among your potential buyers and their advisors sees which documents.

Set up access controls for potential buyers and their advisors
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Step 3. Send data room access to qualified buyers and track engagement

Generate a secure link and send data room access to qualified buyers. Papermark tracks every interaction in real-time. Monitor which buyers are actively reviewing documents versus going cold. Open the analytics dashboard to see all engagement data as it happens.

Send data room access to qualified buyers and track engagement
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Step 4. Connect Slack to get notified instantly

Go to Settings > Integrations > Slack in Papermark. Click "Connect Slack" and authorize via OAuth. Select the team channel where you want to receive alerts. Papermark sends formatted messages when potential buyers and their advisors view, download, or access your documents.

Connect Slack to get notified instantly
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Step 5. See who among your potential buyers and their advisors is engaging

Every time someone opens your cim, a Slack notification appears in your channel. It shows the viewer's email, which document they opened, how long they spent, and a link to full analytics. Your team knows immediately who is engaged without checking the dashboard.

See who among your potential buyers and their advisors is engaging
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Step 6. Create a webhook to connect external tools

Go to Settings > Webhooks in Papermark. Create a new webhook endpoint pointing to your automation tool (Zapier, Make, or n8n). Select which events should trigger: "Link Viewed" fires when potential buyers and their advisors open your documents, "Document Downloaded" when they download. Papermark sends a signed payload with viewer email, document name, pages viewed, and time spent.

Create a webhook to connect external tools
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Step 7. Choose which events trigger your automation

Pick the events relevant to your workflow. For tracking potential buyers and their advisors engagement, select "Link Viewed". For monitoring downloads of sensitive cim, add "Document Downloaded". Each payload is signed with HMAC-SHA256 for security. You can create multiple webhooks for different tools.

Choose which events trigger your automation
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Step 8. Push views to deal tracking tools

In Zapier, create a new Zap with "Webhooks by Zapier" as the trigger (Catch Hook). Copy the webhook URL and paste it in Papermark's webhook settings. Add your action: Push views to deal tracking tools. Now every time potential buyers and their advisors view your cim, Zapier runs your automation.

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Step 9. Update opportunity stage based on activity

Update opportunity stage based on activity. Connect Salesforce through Zapier, Make, or n8n as middleware. When potential buyers and their advisors view your documents, the webhook payload delivers their email, document name, pages viewed, time spent, and completion percentage to Salesforce automatically.

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Step 10. Complex conditional workflows

In Make, create a new scenario with "Custom Webhook" as the trigger. Copy the URL and add it in Papermark. Build your automation: Complex conditional workflows. Make is best when you need conditional logic, like different actions based on how much of your cim was viewed.

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Step 11. Team notifications

Team notifications. Connect Discord through Zapier, Make, or n8n as middleware. When potential buyers and their advisors view your documents, the webhook payload delivers their email, document name, pages viewed, time spent, and completion percentage to Discord automatically.

Tools and integrations

Papermark connects to external tools via outgoing webhooks (HMAC-SHA256 signed). Slack has a native integration with OAuth. For all other tools, connect Papermark webhooks through Zapier, Make, or n8n.

zapier

Zapier Webhook middleware

Push views to deal tracking tools

salesforce

Salesforce via webhook

Update opportunity stage based on activity

Connect through Papermark webhooks via Zapier, Make, or n8n

slack

Slack Native integration

Alert deal team on key events

make

Make Webhook middleware

Complex conditional workflows

discord

Discord via webhook

Team notifications

Connect through Papermark webhooks via Zapier, Make, or n8n

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