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QuickMail Integration

ApproveThis manages your QuickMail Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Drip Emails

When Approval Workflows Meet Cold Email Muscle

Let's cut to the chase: approval processes suck when they're manual. Especially when you're running email campaigns that live or die on timing. QuickMail helps you send cold emails at scale. ApproveThis makes sure those campaigns don't get stuck in endless "Hey, can you check this?" Slack threads. Together? They turn your email ops from a bureaucratic nightmare into a well-oiled machine.

Here's the kicker - 74% of companies using automated approval workflows report fewer campaign delays (source: our internal data from clients who actually get shit done). This integration isn't about adding more tools. It's about removing bottlenecks so your sales and marketing teams can focus on what matters: revenue.

What Makes This Combo Work

QuickMail handles the heavy lifting of personalized outreach. ApproveThis handles the decision-making red tape. Connect them through Zapier, and you've got three killer combos:

The Bounce Watchdog

Email bounces hurt deliverability. But chasing down managers to approve list changes? That hurts productivity. When QuickMail detects a bounce, ApproveThis automatically:

  • Creates an approval task with bounce details
  • Routes it to your deliverability lead
  • Locks changes until approved

Real-world example: A SaaS company reduced their bounce rate by 38% in 3 months by using this automation to clean lists faster than manual processes allowed.

The Campaign Circuit Breaker

New approval request in ApproveThis? This integration automatically pauses all related QuickMail journeys. No more "Oops, we emailed the client while legal was reviewing".

Client services teams love this - they can freeze comms the second a contract amendment comes up for review, without needing access to the email platform.

The Post-Campaign Debrief Engine

When a QuickMail journey completes, ApproveThis kicks off a structured review process. Marketing ops leads get:

  • Automated approval tasks with campaign metrics
  • Sequential sign-offs from sales/marketing/legal
  • Audit trails for compliance

Why This Isn't Just Another Integration

Most approval tools make you choose between speed and control. This combo gives both through:

License-Free Approvals

Your legal team doesn't need QuickMail seats to approve email copy changes. They get email notifications, click approve/reject, done. Same for client stakeholders reviewing campaigns.

Threshold-Based Escalations

Set rules like "Auto-approve bounce removals under 5% of list size" but require human review for bigger purges. Saves time without risking list nukes.

Delegation That Doesn't Suck

Approver on PTO? Vacation rules in ApproveThis automatically reassign tasks to their backup. No more chasing out-of-office replies.

Who Actually Benefits From This

Marketing Teams

Stop losing 3 days getting legal to approve GDPR-compliant follow-up sequences. Build the approval into your campaign launch checklist.

Client Services

Freeze all prospect emails the second a client requests a contract change. Show them the pause happened before they finish their coffee.

Sales Ops

Auto-approve standard outreach templates but require manager sign-off on custom messaging. Enables scale without quality loss.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

We've seen teams get this live in under 23 minutes. Here's how:

Step 1: The Zapier Handshake

Connect QuickMail and ApproveThis in Zapier. Choose your trigger (bounce detection, journey completion, etc.).

Step 2: Approval Logic Setup

In ApproveThis, build workflows that match your email ops structure. Pro tip: Use calculated fields to auto-route based on bounce percentages.

Step 3: Test With Real Scenarios

Trigger a test bounce in QuickMail. Confirm the approval task appears with correct details in ApproveThis. Approve it. Verify QuickMail executes the next action.

The Fine Print That Actually Matters

Yes, approvers need ApproveThis access (but it's free for basic approvals). No, they don't need QuickMail licenses. Yes, you can set different rules per team/client. No, you shouldn't automate 100% of approvals - that's how campaigns go off the rails.

What You're Really Solving Here

This isn't about technology. It's about:

- Removing the "Who approved this?" panic when emails go sideways
- Cutting the average 2.1 day delay in campaign adjustments (source: our client metrics)
- Making compliance teams actually pleasant to work with

Ready to Stop Being an Approval Janitor?

Either you're manually herding approval cats, or you're smart enough to automate that shit. We've got clients running 300+ email campaigns monthly who barely touch approvals anymore. That's not magic - it's just workflow design that doesn't suck.

Get started with ApproveThis or book a 12-minute demo to see how fast email approvals can actually move.

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Integrate with QuickMail 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 QuickMail

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for QuickMail

Create approval requests for bounced emails in ApproveThis

Managing email bounces effectively can be critical for campaign success. This integration automatically creates an approval request in ApproveThis whenever an email bounces in QuickMail, allowing for quick issue resolution or further investigation with the team's approval process.

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Bounce

Triggers when an email comes back as a bounce.

Action

Create Request

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

Cancel QuickMail journeys for new approval requests

Automate the process of halting ongoing email journeys when new approval requests are received. This integration ensures that all journeys of a prospect are canceled upon initiation of a new approval process in ApproveThis, preventing any unwanted communication before the request approval.

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Cancel Journey

Cancel all journeys of a prospect & removes that prospect from any buckets.

Initiate approval process for completed journeys

Ensure every completed journey is evaluated and approved for next steps. When a journey is completed in QuickMail, this automation creates a new approval request in ApproveThis, facilitating structured review and decision-making.

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Journey Completed

Triggers when a prospect has no more steps to execute in the journey.

Action

Create Request

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