
ApproveThis manages your GrizzlyLeads Integration approvals.
April 17, 2025
Integration Category: Ads Conversion
When Lead Capture Meets Approval Automation
Let's cut through the bullshit: your sales team lives and dies by lead quality, while your operations team gets stuck playing email tag with approval requests. GrizzlyLeads throws gasoline on your lead gen fire with multi-platform advertising, but what happens when those hot leads hit your internal approval bottlenecks? That's where ApproveThis comes in – not as another tool, but as the missing link between capturing leads and actually closing them.
Why This Combo Doesn't Suck
GrizzlyLeads does the heavy lifting of scraping together leads from Facebook ads, Google campaigns, and whatever new platform your CMO read about on LinkedIn. ApproveThis handles the bureaucratic sludge of getting those leads approved by finance, legal, or whatever department currently has their stamp held hostage. Together through Zapier, they create a closed-loop system where:
- Leads get vetted before your sales team wastes time chasing dead ends
- Approval decisions automatically update lead records – no manual data entry
The Cold Hard Business Math
For companies between 50-5,000 employees, this integration solves three ugly problems:
1. Lost revenue from approval delays: That $250k commercial real estate lead? It's now someone else's deal because your legal team took 72 hours to approve the outreach.
2. Compliance nightmares: Missed approval steps mean your eager sales rep just pitched a lead that hasn't been credit-checked or territory-assigned.
3. Wasted ad spend: Paying $15/click for leads that get stuck in approval purgatory? Ouch.
Real-World Use Cases That Don't Put People to Sleep
Use Case 1: Filtering Gold from Garbage
When GrizzlyLeads captures a new lead (say, a property manager looking for 10,000 sq ft of office space), ApproveThis automatically:
- Checks if the lead meets minimum deal size thresholds
- Routes to the right regional sales manager
- Pings legal if the lead's in a regulated market
Who this helps: Commercial real estate teams drowning in unqualified leads from broad geo-targeted ads.
Use Case 2: Killing Zombie Follow-Ups
When ApproveThis rejects a lead (maybe the budget's too small or they're outside your service area), it automatically:
- Flags the lead as "Do Not Contact" in GrizzlyLeads
- Triggers a polite auto-response email template
- Updates your analytics to show why leads get rejected
Who this helps: Marketing teams tired of sales complaining about lead quality.
Department-Specific Wins
Sales Teams: Less Admin, More Selling
Your closers don't care about approval workflows – they care about hitting quota. With this setup:
- Auto-approved leads hit their CRM immediately
- Stalled approvals show clear reasons ("Waiting on legal until 3/12")
- Deal stage updates happen without 17 Slack follow-ups
Marketing: Prove Your Damn ROI
Connect lead approval rates directly to campaign sources. Now you can show:
- Which LinkedIn ad variants drive enterprise-ready leads
- What percentage of Google Ads leads actually meet budget requirements
- How approval timelines impact lead conversion rates
Operations: Stop Being the Approval Police
ApproveThis handles the rule enforcement so you don't have to:
- Automatic escalation when approvals stall
- Vacation coverage that actually works
- Audit trails for compliance without spreadsheets
Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind
Here's the 3-step no-BS guide:
1. Connect via Zapier: Zapier's pre-built templates do 80% of the work.
2. Map your deal breakers: Set approval thresholds in ApproveThis (deal size, location, lead source).
3. Test with real rejects: Run last month's unqualified leads through the system – if it catches them, you're golden.
The Killer Feature Everyone Misses
ApproveThis approvers don't need GrizzlyLeads licenses. External partners, legal teams, or execs review requests via email while your sales team lives in GrizzlyLeads. No more "$50/user/month" excuses for skipping approval steps.
When You Might Hate This Integration
This setup isn't for companies that:
- Enjoy manual data entry as a team-building exercise
- Prefer blaming other departments for lost deals
- Think "approval workflow" means CC'ing the entire company
Bottom Line: Stop Leaving Money on the Table
GrizzlyLeads already gets you more leads than your team can handle. ApproveThis makes sure they're actually worth handling. Together, they turn your lead gen engine into a revenue machine – not just another cost center.
Next steps:
→ Book a 15-minute demo to see approval thresholds in action
→ Check GrizzlyLeads' latest ad platform integrations
→ Stop letting unvetted leads clutter your pipeline
Integrate with GrizzlyLeads 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 GrizzlyLeads
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for GrizzlyLeads
Create approval requests for new GrizzlyLeads leads
When new leads are captured in GrizzlyLeads, use this integration to automate the approval process. Create a structured request in ApproveThis to ensure that each lead is vetted before being passed on to the sales team, enhancing lead quality through selective approvals.
Zapier Components

Trigger
New Leads Captured
Triggers when a new lead is captured in GrizzlyLeads.
Action
Create Approval Request on New Leads
Creates a new approval request in ApproveThis when a new lead is captured.
Capture approved ApproveThis requests as GrizzlyLeads leads
Once an approval request is processed in ApproveThis, use this automation to add approved leads directly into GrizzlyLeads. Streamline your workflow by ensuring only quality leads are captured for sales follow-up.
Zapier Components
Trigger
Approval Status Updated
Triggers when a request is approved or denied in ApproveThis.

Action
Capture Approved Leads to GrizzlyLeads
Records information about approved leads back into GrizzlyLeads for further sales engagement.
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