ApproveThis manages your Startquestion approvals.

When Surveys Meet Approvals: No More Stalled Processes

Let’s cut to the chase: approvals suck when they’re manual. Surveys suck when they’re ignored. Combine them? You get a dysfunctional game of corporate telephone. But here’s the plot twist – when you connect ApproveThis (the approval ninja) with Startquestion (the survey powerhouse) via Zapier, you turn chaos into a well-oiled machine. We’re talking automated workflows that actually make sense for mid-sized companies juggling 50-5,000 employees.

Why This Combo Works Like Caffeine for Your Processes

ApproveThis cuts through approval gridlock with military precision – routing requests, enforcing rules, and tracking every “yes” or “no.” Startquestion? It’s your company’s professional feedback layer, handling everything from NPS surveys to compliance checks. Together through Zapier, they create closed-loop systems where:

• Survey responses trigger instant approvals (no more letting feedback rot in inboxes)
• Approvals automatically launch follow-up surveys (because decisions need accountability)

The kicker? Approvers only need ApproveThis access – no extra Startquestion licenses required. Perfect for involving clients, contractors, or execs who shouldn’t be knee-deep in your survey tools.

Real-World Use Cases That Don’t Sound Like BS

1. When Surveys Need Green Lights

The Flow: Startquestion survey → ApproveThis review → Action
Who Cares: HR, Customer Success, Operations

HR Example: Employees request training via Startquestion form. Zapier fires the $5,000+ requests to ApproveThis for CFO sign-off. Budget stays intact, employees get timely answers.

Customer Success Play: Detractors in your NPS survey? Auto-route their gripes through ApproveThis. Service leads prioritize fires, ops tracks resolution rates. Churn drops, customers feel heard.

2. After Approval: The Feedback Loop

The Reverse: ApproveThis decision → Startquestion survey → Insights
Who Uses This: Procurement, Legal, Finance

Procurement Scenario: Vendor approved? Zapier triggers a Startquestion satisfaction survey to the requester. Track vendor performance without spreadsheet hell.

Legal Hack: Contract gets approved? Auto-survey the stakeholder about process clarity. Find bottlenecks before they cause delays.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Zapier does the heavy lifting. Here’s the 30-second version:

1. Create Zap in Zapier
2. Pick trigger: “New Survey Response” (Startquestion) or “New Approval Request” (ApproveThis)
3. Choose action: “Create Request” (ApproveThis) or “Send Survey Invitation” (Startquestion)
4. Map fields (survey answers → approval details, or approval notes → survey questions)
5. Test with real data (because “it worked in theory” means nothing)

Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-flag surveys needing approval. Example: If survey response includes budget request > $10K, route to CFO. Under? Auto-approve.

Department-Specific Wins

HR Teams: Stop Being the Middleman

Employee surveys about benefits changes? Route high-impact feedback through ApproveThis. Vacation requests via Startquestion form? Approval thresholds auto-approve standard PTO, escalate conflicts.

Customer Success: From Surveys to Action, Fast

Critical feedback in CSAT surveys triggers ApproveThis workflows. Service credits, account reviews, churn risks – all get prioritized without CSMs begging for internal sign-offs.

Procurement & Legal: Approval Audits Made Simple

Every vendor approval in ApproveThis auto-sends Startquestion surveys. Rate vendor performance, track legal compliance satisfaction. Data lives where decisions happen.

Operations: Killing Manual Processes Quietly

Facility request surveys → approval workflows → post-approval feedback loops. Track request types, approval bottlenecks, and requester satisfaction – all automated.

Why This Isn’t Just Another Integration

ApproveThis brings weapons your survey tool doesn’t have:

• Approval Thresholds: Auto-approve routine survey responses, escalate exceptions
• Vacation Delegation: Surveys don’t stall because Karen from Legal is OOO
• Email Approvals: External partners approve without logging into anything

Startquestion adds context most approval tools ignore. That NPS detractor? Their survey response includes usage data, sentiment trends, renewal dates – all attached to the approval request.

Bottom Line: Decisions Need Data, Data Needs Decisions

Linking ApproveThis and Startquestion via Zapier isn’t about automation porn. It’s about closing loops:

1. Feedback (surveys) should trigger actions (approvals)
2. Actions (approvals) should inform better feedback (surveys)

Your teams spend less time chasing, more time doing. Approvers see full context. Survey data drives real decisions. And you? You look like the process wizard who actually fixed approval bottlenecks.

Ready to Stop the Madness?

If your approval processes still involve forwarding emails or your surveys never lead to action, it’s time to adult. Get ApproveThis, connect it to Startquestion via Zapier, and watch decisions happen at human speed.

Or, if you’re not quite ready to play in traffic, book a demo. We’ll show you how HR saved 20 hours/month on training approvals – without the sales fluff.