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ApproveThis manages your Sendiio Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Email

When Email Marketing Meets Approval Sanity

Let’s cut through the fluff: approval processes suck. Especially when your team’s trying to launch email campaigns while juggling compliance checkboxes and stakeholder sign-offs. That’s where pairing ApproveThis with Sendiio isn’t just convenient—it’s a straight-up productivity hack.

Sendiio handles the "sending mountains of emails without going broke" part. ApproveThis handles the "making sure three directors don’t ghost your campaign review" part. Together? You get campaigns that move faster without tripping over legal landmines or waiting weeks for Karen from compliance to check her inbox.

Why These Two Actually Make Sense

Most app integrations feel like forcing a square peg into a round hole. This isn’t that. Here’s the breakdown:

  • Sendiio’s Angle: Unlimited email campaigns without monthly fees. Great for teams blasting out content regularly.
  • ApproveThis’s Edge: Approval workflows that don’t require approvers to learn new software. Critical for involving external partners or execs who won’t log into Yet Another Platform™.

The Zapier integration acts like a bilingual translator between them. No coding, just simple “if this then that” logic. For example: New subscriber in Sendiio? Automatically ping the legal team in ApproveThis to vet them. Approval came through? Instantly dump that email into the right Sendiio list. No spreadsheets. No chasing people down.

Real-World Uses That Don’t Feel Like Corporate BS

1. Compliance Teams Stopping Dumb Mistakes

Imagine you’re a financial services firm using Sendiio for client newsletters. Every new subscriber needs FINRA compliance checks. Without automation, that’s some intern cross-referencing spreadsheets. With the integration:

How it works: New Sendiio subscriber → Auto-create ApproveThis request with their details → Compliance team reviews → If approved, subscriber stays. If denied, they’re booted from the list automatically.

Why it matters: Zero manual handoffs. Compliance gets audit trails. Sales doesn’t accidentally email unvetted leads.

2. Marketing Teams Launching Faster

Your e-commerce team wants to blast a 50% off email. But legal needs to approve disclaimer copy, and the CMO wants to review design. Classic week-long stall.

How it works: Draft campaign in Sendiio → ApproveThis sends simultaneous design + legal approval requests → Once both greenlight, campaign auto-sends.

Bonus: Use ApproveThis’s calculated fields to auto-approve discounts under 20%, but escalate anything higher to execs. Because micromanaging discounts is nobody’s idea of fun.

3. Operations Keeping Lists Clean

Sales teams are notorious for dumping unqualified leads into Sendiio lists. Operations ends up cleaning up the mess. Fix it by gatekeeping list access:

How it works: Sales submits lead import request via ApproveThis → Ops reviews lead source + quality → Approved leads auto-feed into Sendiio. Denied? Sales gets feedback without ever touching the list.

Hidden win: ApproveThis’s vacation delegation means no approvals get stuck if someone’s OOO. Operations keeps moving.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

If you can set up a Zoom call, you can build this integration. Here’s the TL;DR:

  1. Zapier Account: Free tier works. Sign up here if you’re new.
  2. Connect Sendiio: Zapier’s got a step-by-step guide. Basically, plug in your API key from Sendiio’s settings.
  3. Connect ApproveThis: Same deal—grab your API key from ApproveThis and paste into Zapier.
  4. Build Your “Zap”: Pick a Sendiio trigger (like new subscriber) → Choose ApproveThis action (create request). Test it. Boom.

Total setup time: 15 minutes if you’re slow. Cheat sheet: Use ApproveThis’s pre-built templates for Sendiio to skip the guesswork.

Who Actually Cares About This? (Spoiler: More Teams Than You’d Think)

Marketing & Comms Teams

They care about sending campaigns fast without legal blowing a gasket. The integration means they can prove every email was approved, track who signed off, and auto-archive records for compliance. No more “I never approved that!” from the C-suite.

Compliance/Legal

They get to veto sketchy content without attending 17 meetings. ApproveThis gives them a single dashboard to review requests, add comments, and deny stuff with a paper trail. Plus, they don’t need a Sendiio login—huge when working with external counsel.

Sales Ops

They’re tired of importing/exporting leads. Set up rules where only approved leads (like those from webinars) get added to Sendiio lists automatically. No more manual grunt work.

The Quietly Powerful Features You’ll Actually Use

We’re not here to sell you vaporware. Beyond the basics, these matter:

  • Approval Thresholds: Auto-approve small stuff (e.g., under $100 discounts), escalate big spends. Sendiio campaigns get nuanced control without bureaucracy.
  • Email-Based Approvals: Approvers click “Approve” right from their Gmail. No training. No passwords. Just sanity.
  • Real-Time Dashboards: See every pending Sendiio-related request. Know who’s dragging their feet. Shame them politely.

Bottom Line: This Isn’t Just Another Integration

Most tools promise efficiency. This combo actually delivers by solving two specific problems: email scale and approval chaos. For teams between 50-5000 people, that’s the difference between launching 10 campaigns a month versus 50—without hiring more coordinators.

ApproveThis isn’t trying to replace your CRM or email tool. It’s the glue that lets Sendiio (and 200+ other apps) work without human babysitting. The fact that approvers don’t need licenses for your other apps? That’s just the cherry on top.

What Now?

If your approval delays are measured in days (not hours), you’re leaving money on the table. Either:

A) Keep doing manual reviews and hope nobody screws up. (Spoiler: They will.)

B) Get ApproveThis, connect it to Sendiio via Zapier, and let the robots handle the busywork.

We’re partial to option B. But hey, we’re biased. Book a 10-minute demo if you want to see real-life workflows, or just poke around the free trial. Worst case? You go back to CC’ing everyone on emails and hoping for the best.

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Best Approval Workflows for Sendiio

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Sendiio

Create approval requests for new Sendiio subscribers

When a new subscriber is added in Sendiio, this integration initiates an approval workflow in ApproveThis. It sends subscriber details as a request for review to ensure that each new entry meets compliance standards.

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Subscriber

Triggers when a new subscriber is added to specified list(s) through Sendiio form.

Action

Create Request

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

Import emails to Sendiio list for new approval requests

When a new approval request is initiated in ApproveThis, this automation imports the requester’s email into a Sendiio mailing list. This workflow helps maintain up-to-date subscriber data and streamlines follow-up communications.

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Import to List

Imports emails to your Sendiio list