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ApproveThis manages your LinkAce Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Bookmarks

Why Your Team Needs Fewer Meetings and More Automation

Let’s be real: approval processes suck. They’re the soggy fries of office life – nobody wants them, but everyone gets stuck with them. Now imagine if you could automate the whole “Hey, can someone check this link?” routine. That’s exactly what happens when you connect ApproveThis (the approval ninja) with LinkAce (your bookmark library) using Zapier.

For teams managing hundreds of links – whether it’s marketing tracking competitors, legal vetting resources, or IT curating tools – this combo turns manual review processes into background noise. No more chasing down approvers or wondering where that urgent request disappeared to. Just clean, trackable workflows that keep everyone honest.

What Happens When Approval Meets Organization

LinkAce is where you stash every useful link like a digital packrat. ApproveThis is the bouncer that decides what gets in. Together, they’re the ultimate gatekeepers for:

  • Compliance teams vetting external resources
  • Marketing departments managing campaign trackers
  • IT groups curating approved software links

Here’s the kicker: ApproveThis approvers don’t need LinkAce licenses. Perfect for agencies sharing client resources or cross-department projects where not everyone lives in your bookmark tool. Just send approvals via email and let people decide with one click.

Real-World Use Cases That Don’t Feel Like Corporate Fluff

For Marketing Teams: No More “Oops” Links in Campaigns

Your intern just added 50 new competitor links to LinkAce. Instead of hoping someone checks them, set up a Zap that:

  1. Triggers when new links hit a “Campaign Research” folder
  2. Routes to your senior marketer via ApproveThis
  3. Auto-tags approved links as “Ready for Use”

Bonus: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-approve links under a certain domain authority score, so only the questionable ones need human eyes.

Legal Departments: Kill Paper Trails, Keep Compliance

Every new regulatory resource needs three sign-offs? Set up sequential approvals in ApproveThis where:

  • Junior counsel reviews first
  • Automatically escalates to senior partners if denied
  • Approved links get moved to a “Case Reference” list in LinkAce

The vacation delegation feature ensures no single point of failure when someone’s out – critical for deadline-driven legal work.

IT Teams: Stop Being the Link Police

When engineers add new tool documentation to LinkAce, use approval thresholds to:

- Auto-approve links from whitelisted domains
- Flag anything from new vendors for security review
- Create archived lists of deprecated tools automatically

Pro tip: Combine ApproveThis’ conditional logic with LinkAce tags to sort links by risk level without manual sorting.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Here’s the 3-step process even your least techy manager can handle:

Step 1: Create a Zapier account (free tier works for testing)
Step 2: Connect LinkAce and ApproveThis as apps in Zapier
Step 3: Choose your trigger (like “New Link Added” in LinkAce) and action (“Create Request” in ApproveThis)

Most teams build their first workflow in under 15 minutes. The real time-saver comes from ApproveThis’ pre-built templates – steal ours for LinkAce integrations to skip the guesswork.

Why This Isn’t Just Another Integration

Most approval tools treat every request the same. ApproveThis adds layers that actually respect how businesses work:

Approval Groups: Require 3/5 team leads to sign off on high-impact links without bottlenecking every decision.
Real-Time Dashboards: See which marketing assets are stuck in review limbo vs. ready to deploy.
Email Approvals: Let external contractors vet links without giving them full system access.

For finance teams: Set auto-approval thresholds for links related to budget under $5K, so only big-ticket items need manual review.

The Bottom Line (No Corporate Jargon Edition)

If your team spends more than an hour weekly debating link approvals, you’re bleeding money. The ApproveThis-LinkAce integration via Zapier isn’t about flashy features – it’s about making sure the right people can say “yes” or “no” faster, with less grunt work.

Best part? You’re not locked into some enterprise contract. ApproveThis scales from 10 to 10,000 users without turning into a Frankenstein monster of permissions. And since approvers don’t need LinkAce seats, it’s budget-friendly for teams working with external partners.

Ready to Stop Being a Approval Middleman?

Get started with ApproveThis – free for 14 days, no credit card needed. Or book a 10-minute demo where we’ll show exactly how to automate your ugliest approval process (we’ve seen it all).

Pro tip: Bring your LinkAce account info. We’ll help you build your first Zap live – no “schedule another call” nonsense.

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Best Approval Workflows for LinkAce

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for LinkAce

Create approval requests for new LinkAce links

When a new link is added in LinkAce, this integration creates an approval request in ApproveThis to ensure every new link is verified. It helps streamline review processes and reduce manual oversight. *Note: Confirm approval criteria in ApproveThis to match your workflow requirements.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Link Added

Triggers when a new Link was added to LinkAce.

Action

Create Request

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

Add new LinkAce tags for received approval requests

When a new approval request is received in ApproveThis, this automation adds a new tag in LinkAce to help categorize the request. It simplifies tracking and organizing approval workflows effectively. *Note: Ensure tag names align with your internal categorization standards.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Add a New Tag

This action adds a new tag to LinkAce.

Add new lists for completed approvals

After an approval request is completed in ApproveThis, this integration adds a new list in LinkAce to manage or archive approved items. It enhances organization and ensures that completed approvals are tracked effectively. *Note: Customize list settings in LinkAce to best fit your post-approval workflow.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

A Request Is Approved/Denied

Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

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Action

Add a New List

This action adds a new list to LinkAce.