Stop Letting LinkedIn Leads Die in Your Approval Process

Let's cut through the corporate speak: if your sales team uses LinkedIn for outreach and your company has more than 50 employees, your lead follow-up process is broken. Not maybe broken. Broken broken. Dux-Soup automates profile visits and messages, but approvals still get stuck in email chains or forgotten in Slack. ApproveThis fixes that leaky bucket – and when you connect them through Zapier, you get something better than coffee-fueled hustle: actual systemized growth.

Why This Integration Isn't Just Another "Workflow Solution"

Dux-Soup does the grunt work of LinkedIn outreach. ApproveThis does the adulting of getting decisions made. Together, they solve the three actual problems sales leaders care about:

• Speed: No more waiting for Gary in Legal to approve a connection request – automated routing puts it in front of the right person immediately
• Audit Trail: Every approval (or rejection) is tracked, so when Compliance asks "Why did we message that competitor's CTO?", you have answers
• Scale Without Chaos: 500 automated LinkedIn actions/day don't matter if your team can't keep up with the conversations that result

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Suck

We're not here to sell you on "streamlined synergies." These are actual ways mid-sized companies use the integration:

1. The Compliance Shield for Financial Services

Fintech company with 200 employees. Their Dux-Soup scrapes LinkedIn for CFOs at Series B+ startups. Problem? FINRA compliance requires all outreach to be pre-approved.

Old Way: Sales rep screenshots profile → emails compliance team → waits 2 days → connection request sent (if lucky)

Integration Fix: Dux-Soup detects ideal profile → ApproveThis pings Compliance Lead via email (with auto-approve if under $1M company revenue) → Approved? Connection + message sent automatically

Bonus: ApproveThis' calculated fields auto-approve based on prospect's job title hierarchy, reducing manual reviews by 60%

2. The Enterprise Sales Hack

HR SaaS company (1200 employees). Account execs find champion-level contacts via Dux-Soup, but need VP sign-off before engaging C-suite.

Old Way: AE tags VP in Slack → message gets buried → deal stalls

Integration Fix: Dux-Soup visit triggers approval workflow → VP gets email with prospect's LI profile + company funding info → One-click approve adds prospect to automated nurture sequence

Key Detail: Approval groups ensure if VP is OOO, it routes to CRO automatically

3. The Marketing Agency That Finally Tracked ROI

Digital agency (300 employees) runs LI campaigns for clients. Needed proof that their "strategic networking" moved needles.

Integration Setup: Every Dux-Soup action (connect/message) requires client approval via ApproveThis → Auto-tags profiles in LI based on client's decision → Monthly reports show approved vs ignored leads → Surprise: 80% of closed deals came from auto-approved tier 2 contacts

How to Set This Up Without Hiring a Zapier Expert

If you can use LinkedIn, you can build this in 20 minutes:

1. Create a Zapier account (free tier works)
2. Connect Dux-Soup as trigger app
3. Choose event (profile visit, new message, etc.)
4. Connect ApproveThis as action app
5. Map fields (LI profile URL → approval request details)
6. Test with sales@yourcompany.com

Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-approve low-risk actions (e.g., connecting with anyone below Director level)

Why Your Teams Will Actually Use This

Most "productivity tools" get abandoned because they solve the CEO's problems, not the team's. Here's why this sticks:

For Sales Ops:

Finally get visibility into what's stuck in approval limbo. Real-time dashboards show which VPs are bottlenecks (looking at you, Susan from Product)

For Legal/Compliance:

Approve directly from email without needing another software login. Denials require comments – no more passive-aggressive "unsubscribe me" replies

For Sales Reps:

Stop babysitting approval requests. Get Slack notifications when prospects they sourced get approved, with automatic CRM logging

The Hidden Benefit Your Competitors Miss

ApproveThis approvers don't need a Dux-Soup license. When working with external partners or clients:

• Agency sending LI campaigns for client? Client gets approval emails without paying for your tech stack
• Channel partners identifying leads? Your internal team approves/denials without giving outsiders system access

This isn't just about efficiency – it's about controlling brand voice at scale.

When You Should Not Use This Integration

We're honest here. This setup fails if:

• Your approval process changes weekly – build stability first
• You have no clear ICP – garbage in, garbage out applies to automation
• Your culture penalizes "no" votes – approvers will rubber-stamp everything

Ready to Stop Being Ghosted by Your Own Process?

ApproveThis isn't another layer of bureaucracy – it's the kill switch for decision paralysis. When combined with Dux-Soup's automation, you get something rare in mid-market companies: predictable growth that doesn't rely on heroics.

Get your free ApproveThis account (takes 3 minutes – we don't even ask for your LinkedIn), or if you're the type who needs to see ROI math first, book a 15-minute demo where we'll show how a 300-person manufacturing company cut approval delays by 83%.

P.S. If you're still manually approving LinkedIn requests in 2024, your future competitors thank you for the head start.