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Vidalytics Integration

ApproveThis manages your Vidalytics Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Video

When Your Video Strategy Needs Adult Supervision

Let’s cut through the corporate fluff: video marketing works until it doesn’t. You’ve got CTAs that go rogue, play gates that feel like interrogations, and analytics that might as well be hieroglyphics. Meanwhile, your legal team’s still sending “URGENT APPROVAL NEEDED” emails from their flip phones. Enter ApproveThis and Vidalytics – the tag team that keeps your video content sharp while making compliance less painful.

Why This Combo Doesn’t Suck

Vidalytics handles the flashy stuff – interactive videos, CTAs that convert, play gates that don’t make users rage-quit. ApproveThis does the dirty work: herding approval cats, enforcing rules without being a buzzkill, and keeping receipts on every decision. Together through Zapier, they turn “Did we approve that video?” from a 3-day email chain to a 3-minute process.

Real-World Uses That Actually Matter

1. Keeping CTAs From Going Rogue

Scenario: Your sales team wants a “FREE DEMO” CTA. Legal prefers “SCHEDULE EXPLORATORY CONSULTATION.” Somebody needs to adult here.

How it works: When someone clicks a CTA in Vidalytics, ApproveThis:

  • Routes to legal + marketing via predefined groups
  • Uses calculated fields to flag CTAs exceeding character limits
  • Auto-approves variations under $5K using thresholds

Who needs this: Marketing agencies managing 10+ client approval matrices. Auto-escalate pharmaceutical CTAs to compliance, retail ones straight to CMOs.

2. Play Gates That Don’t Annoy Prospects

Scenario: Your “Download Whitepaper” play gate converts at 2% because it asks for blood type and SAT scores.

The fix: Every completed Vidalytics play gate triggers:

  • Automated approval request with lead data
  • Conditional routing (Enterprise leads → Sales Ops; SMBs → Marketing)
  • Vacation delegation when approvers are OOO

Real results: Education platforms use this to filter serious students from tire-kickers. 83% faster lead qualification (actual math, not marketing math).

3. Proving Video ROI Without Spreadsheet Gymnastics

Scenario: Your “Product Demo” video has 92% drop-off at minute 7. Nobody knows why.

Solution: Trigger Vidalytics engagement tracking when ApproveThis requests:

- Reach specific stages (e.g., “CEO approval pending”)
- Get rejected with certain comments (“Re-do pricing section”)

Translation: When legal kills a video at 3:15, you’ll know exactly which scene made them nope out.

Setting This Up Without an IT Degree

Step 1: Connect Zapier to both platforms
Step 2: Pick your trigger (CTA click, play gate submit, etc.)
Step 3: Map Vidalytics data to ApproveThis fields
Step 4: Set approval rules once – done

Pro tip: Use calculated fields to auto-approve small requests. $50 swag? Greenlit. $50K video budget? Let the escalation begin.

Who Actually Benefits (Besides Your Sanity)

Marketing Teams: Launch videos 4x faster by auto-routing CTAs to the right approvers. No more “Who signs off on this?” Zooms.

Sales Ops: Qualified leads from play gates hit CRMs within minutes, not days. Auto-reject tire-kickers asking for “ballpark figures.”

Product Teams: See exactly which video sections get approvals stuck. Fix UX issues before legal even notices.

The Part Where We Tell You What to Do Next

If you’re still manually approving video copy or losing leads in approval purgatory: Get ApproveThis. Connect it to Vidalytics in an afternoon. Or book a demo if you’re the “look before you leap” type.

Bonus points: Approvers don’t need Vidalytics logins. Clients, contractors, that one exec who still uses AOL – everyone stays in their lane.

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Best Approval Workflows for Vidalytics

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Vidalytics

Create approval request for new Vidalytics calls to action

When a customer presses a "call to action" button on your Vidalytics video, this integration will create an approval request in ApproveThis. This ensures each call to action is reviewed and approved for consistency and quality assurance. *Note: Preconfigure approval settings in ApproveThis for the request type.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Call to Action

Triggers when a customer press "call to action" buttion

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Create approval requests for new Vidalytics play gates

Every time a user completes a Play Gate form on Vidalytics, an approval request is generated in ApproveThis. This automation ensures that all user inputs are systematically reviewed, facilitating smooth follow-up actions based on user engagement. *Note: Approval workflows should be predefined to streamline processing.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New User Play Gate Event

Triggers when user fills Play Gate form

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Track video engagement for new ApproveThis requests

As soon as a new approval request is initiated in ApproveThis, track user engagement with your videos by triggering events whenever users reach predefined points in the video. This helps evaluate content relevance based on specific approval workflows. *Note: Ensure your videos are tagged to correlate with approval request types.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

New User Video Event

Triggers when user reaches some predefined time in the video.