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CampaignHQ Integration

ApproveThis manages your CampaignHQ Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Email Newsletters

Two Platforms, One Powerful Engine

When CampaignHQ's email marketing precision meets ApproveThis' approval automation muscle, teams gain an operational edge most businesses only dream about. This integration solves a critical gap in modern marketing operations: maintaining campaign velocity without sacrificing oversight. While CampaignHQ excels at contact management and campaign execution, ApproveThis adds governance layers that prevent errors and keep teams aligned.

Why This Combo Works

CampaignHQ simplifies email marketing for cost-conscious teams, but even streamlined tools need guardrails. ApproveThis introduces three key capabilities that CampaignHQ alone doesn't provide:

  • Multi-level approval chains for campaign launches
  • Automatic audit trails for compliance needs
  • External stakeholder review without platform access

Together, they enable scenarios like automatically pausing campaigns awaiting legal review or requiring budget sign-off before sending bulk emails. Marketing directors gain peace of mind, while creatives keep their workflow momentum.

Real-World Workflow Accelerators

Use Case 1: Clean Lists, Better Conversions

A regional healthcare provider uses CampaignHQ to nurture patient leads but needs HIPAA-compliant contact verification. Their Zapier integration routes new CampaignHQ contacts to ApproveThis, where compliance officers review via email (no CampaignHQ license required). Approved contacts auto-populate segmented lists; rejected entries trigger follow-up tasks. Result: 22% higher email open rates and zero compliance incidents last quarter.

Use Case 2: Campaign Launches That Stay on Brand

An e-commerce brand links ApproveThis approval templates to CampaignHQ's campaign drafts. When a new email enters final review:

  • ApproveThis calculates estimated send costs using custom fields
  • Routes copy to legal, product, and CMO teams sequentially
  • Auto-approves campaigns under $5K budget if 2/3 approvers agree

This setup reduced their campaign approval cycle from 6 days to 38 hours while catching 15 potential branding errors last month.

Cross-Functional Benefits

For Marketing Teams

CampaignHQ users gain built-in governance without manual follow-ups. Example: When sales uploads 500 new leads, ApproveThis automatically:

- Checks against existing CRM data
- Routes duplicates to sales managers
- Approves net-new contacts for immediate nurturing

Marketers maintain list hygiene while sales gets real-time feedback.

For Finance & Legal

ApproveThis' calculated fields transform CampaignHQ data into decision-ready insights. A nonprofit using this integration:

- Tracks estimated campaign ROI during approval
- Requires CFO sign-off for any campaign exceeding 15% of quarterly budget
- Automates grant reporting using approval audit trails

Their finance team now spends 12 fewer hours monthly on marketing reconciliations.

Implementation Made Simple

Connecting via Zapier means no coding required. Here's the playbook:

Step 1: Create your CampaignHQ trigger
- Choose "New Contact" or "Campaign Draft" events

Step 2: Map critical data points
- Use ApproveThis' dynamic fields to calculate costs or compliance scores mid-flow

Step 3: Set approval rules
- Assign teams, thresholds, and escalation paths
- Enable email approvals for external partners

Step 4: Build fail-safes
- Auto-pause CampaignHQ sequences awaiting approval
- Set SLA alerts for overdue reviews

Most teams configure their first workflow in under 90 minutes. Need inspiration? ApproveThis offers pre-built templates for common CampaignHQ scenarios.

Critical Differentiators

What makes this integration stand out from native CampaignHQ features or other approval tools?

1. License-Free External Review
Clients or executives approve via email without CampaignHQ logins - no added seat costs.

2. Conditional Logic
High-value campaigns might require C-suite approval, while routine emails auto-approve based on sender history.

3. Real-Time Calculations
Estimate campaign ROI, compliance risk scores, or list growth impact during the approval process itself.

When to Consider This Integration

This combo delivers maximum value for:

- Regulated industries needing audit trails (healthcare, finance)
- Distributed teams with external partners
- Growing businesses scaling campaign volume
- Organizations with complex sign-off hierarchies

A mid-sized law firm used it to coordinate client newsletter approvals across 37 partners. Their marketing coordinator reclaimed 9 hours weekly previously spent chasing email replies.

Getting Started

Ready to transform how your team handles marketing approvals? Start with:

1. A free ApproveThis trial
2. Your existing CampaignHQ account
3. 45 minutes to build your first Zap

For complex workflows, request a personalized demo showing how ApproveThis handles your trickiest approval scenarios. Either path puts you 72 hours away from error-resistant campaign launches and bulletproof compliance.

Final Word

In marketing, speed kills... when it's unchecked. ApproveThis and CampaignHQ via Zapier offer the rare combination of velocity and vigilance. By embedding smart approvals directly into your email workflows, you remove bottlenecks instead of creating them. That's how modern teams scale - not by working harder, but by approving smarter.

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After you create a Zapier integration, please email us at support@approve-this.com with your account name and we'll add 3 months of ApproveThis to your account. Limit one redemption per account.

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Best Approval Workflows for CampaignHQ

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for CampaignHQ

Create approval requests for new CampaignHQ contacts

When a new contact is added in CampaignHQ, this automation creates an approval request in ApproveThis to verify the contact's eligibility before inclusion. Use this integration to enforce quality control on your lead data. *Note: Configure custom approval criteria in ApproveThis as needed.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Contact

Triggers when a new contact is added to a list.

Action

Create Request

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

Add CampaignHQ contacts for new approval requests

When a new approval request is initiated in ApproveThis, this integration adds or updates a contact in CampaignHQ automatically. It helps ensure that approved data flows directly into your marketing lists. *Note: Verify that the approval request includes valid contact details.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Add/Update Contact

Adds a new contact in a list, or updates an existing contact.