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ProspectReach Integration

ApproveThis manages your ProspectReach Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Business Intelligence

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When Approvals Meet Outreach

Modern marketing runs on two currencies: speed and compliance. ProspectReach delivers the first with its cold email automation, while ApproveThis guarantees the second through structured approval workflows. Together via Zapier, they solve the critical challenge of scaling outreach without sacrificing oversight.

Why This Combo Works

Marketing teams using ProspectReach often hit a scaling wall - senior staff gets bogged down reviewing every new lead entry, while junior members wait days to launch campaigns. ApproveThis breaks this bottleneck by adding:

  • Automatic request routing based on deal size or lead source
  • Parallel approvals from legal/compliance teams
  • Audit trails for compliance reporting

Real-World Workflows That Move Needles

1. Gatekept Lead Onboarding

The Problem: Marketing agencies adding 500+ weekly leads can't have every junior employee directly importing contacts into ProspectReach. One bad list risks domain reputation.

The Fix: New ProspectReach contacts trigger ApproveThis requests with lead source details and consent documentation. Team leads approve/reject in 1 click from email. Only greenlit contacts sync back to campaigns.

Who Wins: Healthcare marketers maintaining HIPAA compliance, agencies managing multiple client accounts, any team using third-party lead lists.

2. Approval-Chained Campaign Launches

The Problem: Enterprise sales teams need legal review on outreach messaging but can't delay prospect engagement for weeks.

The Fix: When ApproveThis approves a campaign template (via its calculated fields checking for compliance keywords), Zapier triggers ProspectReach to enroll pre-qualified leads. Denied requests auto-alert compliance officers for edits.

Who Wins: Financial services firms, public companies with comms restrictions, franchises maintaining brand voice consistency.

Vertical-Specific Wins

For Marketing Agencies

Client A uses ProspectReach for 17 campaigns across 3 verticals. By connecting ApproveThis:

- New lead lists require client approval before import
- Email templates get dual approval (agency creative director + client PM)
- Monthly spend increases trigger automatic CFO review

Result: Reduced client revision rounds by 40% while handling 22% more campaigns.

For E-Commerce Brands

Company B automates partnership outreach via ProspectReach but needs to verify affiliate applicants. Their ApproveThis integration:

- Screens prospect domains against blocklists
- Routes high-value partners to biz dev leads
- Auto-denies applicants from restricted regions

Result: Processed 3,700 applications/month with zero compliance incidents.

Technical Setup Without Headaches

Connecting ApproveThis and ProspectReach takes 15 minutes:

  1. In Zapier, choose ProspectReach's "New Contact" trigger
  2. Map contact fields to ApproveThis' request form
  3. Set approval rules (thresholds, required reviewers)
  4. Connect approved requests back to ProspectReach as subscribers

Critical pro tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-flag leads needing special handling. Example: IF{leadScore}>900 → Route to VP Sales

Why Your Approvers Will Actually Use This

Unlike clunky approval modules in CRMs, ApproveThis requires zero training for external reviewers. Clients or executives get clean email prompts:

"Approve adding 1,247 leads from ZoomInfo to Q3 Campaign?
[View Lead Samples] [Approve] [Reject]"

Bonus: Vacation delegation prevents holiday delays. If your CMO is OOO, requests auto-reroute to their designee.

Department-Level Impact

Marketing Operations

Finally prove campaign ROI with ApproveThis' audit trails showing exactly who approved each lead list and email variant. Slash Monday morning fire drills about "who let this through?"

Sales Leadership

Ensure SDRs aren't wasting time on junk leads. Configure ApproveThis to auto-approve prospects matching ideal customer profiles but require manual review for outliers.

Legal/Compliance

Sleep better knowing every ProspectReach campaign using regulated terms ("guarantee", "ROI") gets mandatory legal sign-off. Denied requests include revision notes for quick fixes.

The Bottom Line

ApproveThis isn't just another approval tool - it's the control layer ProspectReach needs for enterprise-grade scaling. By embedding structured approvals directly into your outreach engine, you remove the speed vs. compliance tradeoff.

Key advantage: External approvers (clients, partners, legal counsel) don't need ProspectReach logins. They interact solely through ApproveThis' email or portal, keeping your tech stack access tight.

Ready to Transform Your Outreach?

ApproveThis offers free 14-day trials with prebuilt ProspectReach templates. For complex workflows, book a custom demo showing how approval thresholds and conditional routing apply to your use case.

New to Zapier? Visit their learning hub for integration best practices. Already a ProspectReach pro? Launch your ApproveThis trial in 6 minutes flat.

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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 ProspectReach

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for ProspectReach

Create approval requests for new ProspectReach contacts

When a new contact is added in ProspectReach, this integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis to verify prospect details before further processing. It helps standardize lead validations and ensures proper review. *Note: Ensure all required contact fields are mapped correctly.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Contact

Triggers when a new contact is created.

Action

Create Request

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

Create ProspectReach subscribers for approved requests

When an approval decision is made in ApproveThis, this automation adds new subscribers to ProspectReach automatically. It streamlines campaign enrollment and ensures that only verified contacts are added. *Note: Verify subscriber information for consistency.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

A Request Is Approved/Denied

Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

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Action

Create Subscriber

Creates a subscriber and add to campaign