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Mailmojo Integration

ApproveThis manages your Mailmojo Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Email Newsletters

When "Just Hit Approve" Isn't Enough

Let's be real - most approval processes suck. You've got marketing teams waiting on legal to greenlight campaigns. Sales ops begging finance to approve discount exceptions. Customer success needing manager sign-off on retention offers. Meanwhile, Mailmojo's sitting there ready to send emails, but nobody can agree whose call it is to pull the trigger.

That's where pairing ApproveThis with Mailmojo changes the game. We're not just talking about connecting apps - we're fixing the broken human layer between your email strategy and actual execution. For companies scaling past 50 employees, this combo acts like an air traffic control system for decisions that impact your email campaigns, subscriber lists, and customer communications.

Why This Integration Doesn't Just Work - It Actually Solves Problems

Mailmojo handles the "sending stuff" part beautifully. ApproveThis handles the "getting people to agree on what to send" mess. Together through Zapier, they fix three universal headaches:

  • Approval black holes: No more campaigns stuck waiting for MIA approvers
  • Compliance roulette: Automatic audit trails for every email-related decision

Here's the kicker - approvers don't need Mailmojo licenses. When your legal team needs to review a campaign blast, they can approve it directly from Outlook without touching your email platform. Same goes for external partners or clients in your approval chain.

Real-World Use Cases That Actually Matter

1. New Subscriber Vetting (Without the Spreadsheet Circus)

Imagine you're a B2B SaaS company using Mailmojo for nurture campaigns. Sales reps keep adding leads directly to your "high-value prospects" list, but 30% bounce because nobody checked if they're actual decision makers.

The Fix: Zapier triggers an ApproveThis workflow whenever Mailmojo gets a new subscriber. Sales ops gets a Slack alert, checks the lead's LinkedIn, approves/rejects in two clicks. Only approved contacts get the premium drip campaign.

Bonus: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-approve subscribers from certain domains or job titles, only escalating exceptions.

2. Unsubscribe Autopsies That Prevent Churn

Your ecommerce team sees 50 unsubscribes after a campaign. Was it the aggressive promo? Poor targeting? Without a process, you'll keep making the same mistakes.

The Fix: When Mailmojo logs an unsubscribe, ApproveThis automatically:

  • Pulls last 3 email interactions
  • Flags high-LTV customers
  • Routes to retention team with options: 10% off coupon, survey request, or let them go

Now you're turning exits into feedback - without manual digging.

3. Campaign Launches That Don't Require 17 Status Meetings

Enterprise legal teams move slow. Marketing needs to send that case study email ASAP. The old way? Legal ignores Slack pings for days, then demands last-minute changes.

The Fix: Build an ApproveThis workflow that:

  1. Auto-sends draft from Mailmojo to legal@company.com
  2. Sets 24hr deadline with escalation to CMO if overdue
  3. Only upon approval, triggers Mailmojo send + logs final copy in GDPR compliance hub

Department-Specific Wins

Marketing Teams: Stop Being Ghosted by Approvers

Use approval thresholds to auto-send routine newsletters, only requiring human eyes for campaigns over $50k budget. Vacation delegation means summer PTO doesn't bottleneck your Q3 pipeline.

Operations: Kill Manual Handoffs

New partner onboarded? Zapier adds them to Mailmojo, triggers ApproveThis NDA workflow, and only sends welcome email after legal signs off. All without you lifting a finger.

Customer Success: Save At-Risk Accounts Faster

When support tickets hit "escalated" status, automatically route discount approval requests through ApproveThis. Approved offers get personal emails via Mailmojo within minutes, not days.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Here's the beauty part - you're not building some fragile Rube Goldberg machine:

  1. Connect: Create your Zapier account (takes 2 mins)
  2. Pick Your Trigger: Mailmojo event (new subscriber, campaign sent, etc.)
  3. Build Approval Logic: Use ApproveThis' visual editor to set who approves what, when
  4. Test Live: Send test email → Watch it route → Tweak as needed

Pro tip: Start with one high-pain workflow (like legal campaign reviews), then expand after your team feels the time savings.

The Nuts and Bolts You Care About

License Savings: External approvers (agencies, clients, partners) don't need Mailmojo seats. They approve via email or portal, you keep control.

Audit Proof: Every approval/rejection is timestamped with reason. GDPR? SOC2? You're covered.

Mobile Fix: Approvers stuck in airports? They can review and OK campaigns right from their phone's inbox.

Bottom Line: This Isn't About Tools - It's About Time

Companies between 50-5k employees waste 7 hours weekly on approval bottlenecks. That's $18k/year in lost productivity at median salaries. The ApproveThis + Mailmojo integration through Zapier isn't just another tech stack item - it's a plug for the profit leaks you didn't realize were flooding your budget.

Ready to stop being your team's human reminder app? Get started with ApproveThis today, or schedule a 15-minute demo to see real workflows from companies like yours.

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Integrate with Mailmojo Integration and get 90 days of ApproveThis for free.

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 Mailmojo

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Mailmojo

Create approval request for new Mailmojo subscribers

When a new subscriber is added in Mailmojo, this integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis to verify subscriber details before finalizing the contact list. *Note: Configure your approval criteria in ApproveThis to match your verification standards.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Subscriber

Triggers when a new subscriber is added to a list.

Action

Create Request

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

Add Mailmojo subscriber for new approval requests

When an approval request is initiated in ApproveThis, this automation adds or updates a subscriber in Mailmojo. It helps maintain an up-to-date mailing list based on verified approval data. *Note: Adjust subscriber fields in Mailmojo to match the approved request details.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Create or Update Subscriber

Creates a new subscriber or updates one if it already exists.

Create approval request for new Mailmojo unsubscribes

When a contact unsubscribes in Mailmojo, this integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis to review the unsubscribe reasons or trigger follow-up actions. It streamlines decision-making around re-engagement strategies. *Note: Ensure your review process in ApproveThis captures necessary unsubscribe data.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Unsubscribe

Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from a list.

Action

Create Request

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

Send Mailmojo newsletter when approval completes

After an approval request is finalized in ApproveThis, this automation sends a newsletter through Mailmojo to the designated contacts. It ensures that communications are synchronized with completed approvals. *Note: Verify that your newsletter content aligns with the approval outcomes.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

A Request Is Approved/Denied

Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

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Action

Send a Newsletter

Sends a Newsletter.