When LinkedIn Meets Lightning-Fast Approvals
Let’s get real: managing LinkedIn connections is like herding cats. You’ve got sales teams juggling prospects, marketers nurturing partnerships, and executives schmoozing investors – all while approval requests pile up in Slack channels or get lost in email threads. Enter LeadDelta and ApproveThis. One tames the LinkedIn chaos, the other kills approval bottlenecks. Together? They’re the Swiss Army knife your team actually uses.
No More "Who Approved That?" Moments
Here’s the ugly truth – 23% of compliance issues start with someone saying “I thought YOU approved it.” With LeadDelta organizing your LinkedIn relationships and ApproveThis structuring your sign-offs, you’ll finally have:
- A paper trail that doesn’t require digging through 17 forwarding emails
- Approvals that happen where the work actually happens (no, not in the break room)
- Less finger-pointing, more deal-closing
Real-World Use Cases for Teams That Mean Business
The Sales Team That Actually Follows Up
Picture this: Your AE adds a new decision-maker on LinkedIn via LeadDelta. Before they can shotgun a demo invite, ApproveThis automatically triggers a compliance check. Legal reviews the outreach script, sales ops checks for existing contracts – all before the connection request is accepted. No more rogue reps promising features that don’t exist.
Marketing Teams That Don’t Ghost Influencers
When your social manager tags a LinkedIn influencer in LeadDelta, ApproveThis can route partnership terms for legal review. Approved? The contract gets auto-attached to the LeadDelta profile. Denied? The tag changes to “Budget Vampire” so next quarter’s team knows to steer clear.
Operations Teams That Prevent Financial Leaks
That “strategic partner” your CEO connected with last conference? When their $50k consulting request hits LeadDelta notes, ApproveThis routes it through three department heads faster than you can say “scope creep.” Bonus: automatic thresholds mean anything under $5k gets greenlit instantly so your team keeps moving.
How This Actually Works in the Trenches
Use Case 1: Approval Paper Trails That Don’t Suck
New LeadDelta connection → Auto-create ApproveThis request with their LinkedIn bio and tags → Once approved, LeadDelta gets updated notes showing who signed off and when. Perfect for:
- Agencies onboarding client contacts
- Startups vetting investor intros
- HR teams screening referral candidates
Use Case 2: Kill Random Discounts
Sales rep messages a lead offering 15% off → ApproveThis triggers a deal desk review → Approved offers get tagged “Discount Approved” in LeadDelta. Denied? The tag becomes “Follow Protocol” with auto-reminders to use standard pricing decks.
Use Case 3: Compliance That Doesn’t Slow Deals
New enterprise lead in LeadDelta → ApproveThis pings legal if “Enterprise” tag is added → Parallel approvals let legal review NDAs while sales finalizes terms. Everyone stays in their lane without waiting rooms.
Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind
Step 1: Grab a Zapier account (free tier works)
Step 2: Connect LeadDelta and ApproveThis (takes 3 minutes, we timed it)
Step 3: Pick your trigger:
- New LinkedIn connection needing vetting?
- Message requiring compliance eyes?
- Tag that should auto-escalate?
Step 4: Set who approves what (protip: use approval groups so Karen from legal doesn’t bottleneck everything)
Why Your Wallet Will Thank You
Here’s the kicker – ApproveThis approvers don’t need LeadDelta licenses. External partners, clients, or execs can review requests via email without another SaaS subscription. Meanwhile, your team lives in LeadDelta like usual. It’s like having a bouncer for your LinkedIn network without the velvet rope costs.
Features You’ll Actually Use
While the other guys overcomplicate things, here’s what matters:
- Email approvals: Let external partners approve stuff without another login
- Thresholds: Auto-approve small stuff, escalate the big deals
- Delegation: Approvals reroute automatically when someone’s OOO (no more “I was on PTO” excuses)
The Bottom Line
If your LinkedIn network is a sales pipeline, ApproveThis + LeadDelta is the quality control checkpoint that doesn’t slow the conveyor belt. Less chasing approvals, more closing deals. Less chaotic tagging, more strategic nurturing.
Time to Stop Losing Deals to Paperwork
Either keep letting approvals rot in inboxes, or get ApproveThis integrated with LeadDelta today. Your choice. But if you prefer getting home before midnight, we know which option you’ll pick.
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Best Approval Workflows for LeadDelta
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for LeadDelta
Add notes in LeadDelta for new approval requests in ApproveThis
Streamline your communication tracking by automatically adding notes to your LeadDelta connections whenever a new approval request is initiated in ApproveThis. Save time and maintain consistency across platforms.
Zapier Components
Trigger
New Request
Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

Action
Add Note
Adds a note to a connection.
Create approval requests in ApproveThis for new connections in LeadDelta
Enhance your onboarding process by setting up approval workflows in ApproveThis whenever you add a new LinkedIn connection in LeadDelta. This ensures every new contact is reviewed and processed efficiently.
Zapier Components

Trigger
New Connection
Triggers when a new connection is added.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Initiate approval requests in ApproveThis for new messages in LeadDelta
Automatically trigger a structured approval process in ApproveThis whenever a new message is exchanged in LeadDelta ensuring communication follows necessary compliance checks.
Zapier Components

Trigger
New Message
Triggers when a new message is sent to a connection.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Apply tags in LeadDelta for approved or denied requests in ApproveThis
Ensure precise tracking of decision-making processes by automatically tagging LinkedIn connections in LeadDelta based on the approval outcome of requests in ApproveThis, aiding in quick future reference and categorization.
Zapier Components
Trigger
A Request Is Approved/Denied
Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

Action
Apply Tag
Applies a tag to a connection.
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