
ApproveThis manages your Wheel of Popups Integration approvals.
April 17, 2025
Integration Category: Email Newsletters
When Gamified Lead Gen Meets No-BS Approval Automation
Let’s cut to the chase: Wheel of Popups gets you leads. ApproveThis gets those leads unstuck from approval purgatory. Together? They’re the tag team that actually makes “seamless workflow” something more than a buzzword your project manager slaps on Slack.
Think about it – your website’s spinning that discount wheel, collecting emails like a champ. But then what? Those leads get trapped in CC-heavy email chains while Karen from legal debates whether a 10% coupon requires three sign-offs. This is where throwing Zapier into the mix becomes your secret weapon. Connect Wheel of Popups to ApproveThis, and suddenly you’re auto-creating approval requests the second someone spins that wheel. Legal gets their process, sales gets hot leads faster, and nobody’s waiting on Outlook to load.
What Each Tool Brings to the Table (Spoiler: It’s Not Just Features)
Wheel of Popups does one thing extremely well: turning casual browsers into leads with that addictive spin-to-win mechanic. But let’s be real – it’s not built to handle what happens after the email gets captured. That’s where most teams hit the wall.
ApproveThis isn’t just another task manager. It’s the anti-bottleneck machine for companies where every decision seems to need a committee. Custom approval paths? Automatic escalations? Delegating approvals when someone’s OOO? That’s its bread and butter.
Now mash them together via Zapier, and you’ve got a system where:
- New leads trigger approval workflows before sales even knows they exist
- Approvers can greenlight discounts or campaigns straight from their inbox
- Marketing actually knows which leads are cleared for outreach without daily check-ins
Real-World Use Cases That Don’t Suck
1. The “Instant Discount Approval” Play
Picture this: An e-commerce company uses Wheel of Popups to offer 15% off in exchange for emails. But their margins are tight – any discount over 10% needs CFO approval. Without automation? The marketing intern is manually forwarding leads to finance, deals expire, and everyone loses.
The Fix: Zapier auto-creates an ApproveThis request whenever someone spins a 15% offer. The CFO gets an email to approve/deny right there in Gmail. Approved? The coupon code triggers automatically. Denied? The lead gets a polite “Here’s 10% anyway” email. No interns harmed in the process.
2. The “Clean Handoff to Sales” Move
B2B companies hate this: Sales development reps (SDRs) wasting time chasing unqualified leads from website popups. But requiring manual lead vetting creates lag time that kills conversions.
Enter the Tag Team: New Wheel of Popups leads trigger an ApproveThis workflow where:
- Lead score < 50? Auto-approved for automated nurture
- Lead score 50-75? Quick approval by marketing manager
- Lead score >75? Instant escalation to sales director
ApproveThis’ calculated fields handle the scoring logic, while approval thresholds ensure hot leads jump the queue. Sales only sees what’s actually worth their time.
3. The “Regulatory CYA” Scenario
Financial services or healthcare companies love Wheel of Popups’ engagement – until compliance gets wind of unapproved marketing offers. Traditional fix? Paralegals reviewing every single lead. Gross.
How It Works Now: Every new subscriber from a regulated campaign (think: “Spin to Win Free Retirement Audit!”) triggers a compliance review in ApproveThis. The legal team gets sequential approvals with audit trails, while other campaigns flow through automatically. Bonus: Approvers don’t need Wheel of Popups logins – huge for external counsel.
Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind
Here’s the beauty – you’re not coding anything. Just:
- Grab your ApproveThis and Wheel of Popups accounts
- Create a Zapier workflow (they’ve got pre-built templates)
- Set triggers: “New Lead” in Wheel → “Create Request” in ApproveThis
- Add your approval logic (thresholds, groups, etc.) in ApproveThis
- Test with a fake email spin
Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-approve repeat customers or high-value zip codes. Saves your team from reviewing every single entry-level lead.
Who Actually Benefits From This Mashup?
Marketing Teams
Stop being the middleman between sales and legal. Set approval rules once, then let Wheel of Popups campaigns run 24/7 knowing offers stay compliant. Real-time tracking means you can finally prove that discount approvals impact conversion rates.
Sales Ops
Lead handoff times cut from days to minutes. Approval groups ensure regional managers only see leads in their territory. Vacation delegation means European sales leads don’t pile up while the US team sleeps.
Finance/Legal
Get audit trails for every discount approved without logging into another martech tool. Escalation rules mean you’re only pinged for exceptions, not every $10 coupon. Email-based approvals let you keep working in Outlook like the creature of habit you are.
The Bottom Line (Because We Know You’re Busy)
Wheel of Popups isn’t just a lead gen tool anymore – it’s the starting pistol for approvals that actually keep pace with your sales cycle. And ApproveThis? It’s the approval layer that doesn’t make people want to throw their laptop across the room.
The magic happens when leads flow straight into decision workflows without manual data entry or follow-up emails. Whether you’re managing compliance nightmares or just tired of sales and marketing bickering over lead quality, this integration cuts through the BS.
Ready to stop letting approval delays sabotage your popup campaign ROI? Book a demo or start a free trial. Worst case? You’ll finally have proof that legal is the bottleneck. Best case? You look like the workflow genius who actually got marketing and sales to play nice.
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Best Approval Workflows for Wheel of Popups
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Wheel of Popups
Create approval requests for new Wheel of Popups leads
Efficiently manage new leads from Wheel of Popups by creating an approval request automatically in ApproveThis. Once a new lead is collected, this automation streamlines the process by initiating an approval workflow, ensuring timely follow-ups and better conversion rates. *Note: Make sure to define the approval criteria beforehand.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
New Lead
Triggers when a new lead is collected.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Notify teams of new approval requests from Wheel of Popups subscribers
Keep your team informed every time there's a new subscriber in Wheel of Popups and create a notification for an approval workflow in ApproveThis. This integration helps you track subscriber engagements and quickly adapt your outreach strategies. *Note: Integration setup requires configuring team notification settings in ApproveThis.*
Zapier Components
Trigger
New Request
Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

Action
New Email Subscriber
(Legacy trigger) Triggers when a new email is collected in Wheel of Popups.
Track lead approvals and denials from Wheel of Popups in ApproveThis
Enhance your approval tracking by automatically logging the status of each lead approval request in ApproveThis. When a lead collected via Wheel of Popups gets approved or denied, receive instant updates that assist in maintaining a precise follow-up inventory. *Note: Ensure your Wheel of Popups is set to capture detailed lead data for effective approval management.*
Zapier Components
Trigger
A Request Is Approved/Denied
Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

Action
New Lead
Triggers when a new lead is collected.
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