ApproveThis manages your Google Slides Integration approvals.

Why Your Team Needs This Integration Yesterday

Let's cut through the corporate jargon: approval processes suck when they involve digging through email chains or chasing down VPs who are "in back-to-backs." Now imagine your Google Slides decks getting stuck in that same approval purgatory. That's why we built this integration - to kill presentation bottlenecks before they kill your productivity.

ApproveThis isn't just another checkbox tool. When you connect it to Google Slides via Zapier, you're creating a direct pipeline between the content your team makes and the people who need to sign off on it. No more exporting PDFs, no more "I didn't get the notification," no more version control nightmares.

How This Works (Without the Tech Babble)

Here's the simple truth: ApproveThis handles the decision-making logistics, Google Slides handles the creative work. Zapier acts as the messenger between them. When something happens in one app, it automatically triggers action in the other. No coding required, no IT ticket needed.

The Nerd Stuff You Actually Care About

ApproveThis brings three killer features to your Slides workflow:

• Automatic Deck Creation: Spin up new presentations from approved templates the moment a request gets greenlit
• Live Data Updates: Refresh charts in existing decks immediately after final approvals
• Approval Choke Points: Require sign-offs before sensitive decks can be shared externally

Real Teams Using This Right Now

1. Marketing Teams: Campaign Launch Accelerator

Scenario: Your content team finishes a product launch deck. Instead of Slack-bombing the CMO, they submit via ApproveThis. While leadership reviews, Zapier automatically:

• Generates a stripped-down version for legal review
• Creates a tracking slide with current KPIs
• Updates the compliance checklist slide

When approved, the final deck auto-publishes to the sales team's shared drive. If denied, all versions get watermarked "DRAFT" in red across every slide.

2. Finance Teams: Budget Presentations That Don't Lie

Problem: Q3 budget deck gets approved, but the Excel models change later. Your slides become museum artifacts. Solution:

Connect ApproveThis to Sheets-linked charts. Every time someone approves updated numbers, charts in 20+ department decks refresh automatically. No more all-hands emails saying "Ignore slide 12."

3. Client Services: Pitch Deck Quality Control

Agency life hack: When a new client deck gets created in Slides, ApproveThis:

1. Requires sign-off from compliance + creative director
2. Locks editing until both approve
3. Auto-adds the client's logo package from Drive
4. Sends the final PPTX to the project manager

Bonus: External clients can approve drafts without getting a Google Workspace license. They just click Approve/Reject in email.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Step 1: Create a Zapier account (free tier works)
Step 2: Connect your Google Slides and ApproveThis accounts
Step 3: Pick your trigger ("New Slide Deck Created" etc.)
Step 4: Choose what happens next ("Create Approval Request")
Step 5: Test with a real deck (pro tip: use your last approval disaster as the test case)

Most teams get this live in 18 minutes. The slow part is deciding who gets approval power.

Why This Beats Manual Processes

Let's say you're approving a sales deck. Without this integration:

- Marketing makes slides
- They email you a link
- You forget to open it
- They Slack you 3 days later
- You request changes on slide 7
- They make changes but don't version-control
- You approve the wrong draft
- Legal blows up the launch

With ApproveThis + Slides:
- All feedback lives in one thread
- Version history auto-tracks changes
- Final approval triggers deck lockdown
- Everyone sleeps better

Features You'll Actually Use

Beyond the basics, these matter:

Approval Thresholds

Example: Any deck under 10 slides auto-approves if the designer + manager OK it. Over 10 slides? Automatically escalates to VP.

Vacation Delegation

Your CMO is hiking the Alps? Approval power temporarily shifts to CRO. No more "Waiting on Julia" hold-ups.

Calculated Fields

Automatically add approval deadlines based on presentation complexity. 20+ slides? Deadline extends by 2 days. Charts from Sheets? Adds a day for data validation.

Who Should Steal This Setup

Scaleups Hitting Process Chaos

When you're growing from 100 to 500 employees, presentation approvals become a free-for-all. This forces structure without slowing down creators.

Industries With Compliance Nightmares

Healthcare, finance, legal teams - where outdated slides can literally get you sued. The audit trail alone is worth it.

Remote Teams With Async Work

Designer in Barcelona, approver in Sydney? The system doesn't care about time zones. Approvals happen when they happen.

Objections We Hear (And Shut Down)

"We just use comments in Slides."
Cool. Now track that across 30 decks. Get back to us when someone deletes an "approved" comment by accident.

"Our process works fine."
How many decks got approved with outdated data last quarter? Exactly.

"We don't have time to set this up."
The average team wastes 14 hours/month on manual presentation approvals. Setup takes <20 minutes. You do the math.

How to Not Screw This Up

- Start with one team (marketing usually begs first)
- Use existing Slide templates
- Limit initial approvers to 2-3 people
- Turn on vacation delegates immediately
- Connect to Slack for @mentions on approvals

Bottom Line

If your company creates more than 10 presentations a month, this integration pays for itself in reclaimed hours. It's not about making approvals faster - it's about making them irrelevant as a bottleneck.

Get started with ApproveThis (free 14-day trial) or book a 10-minute demo if you like seeing ROI calculators.