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Poper Integration

ApproveThis manages your Poper Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Ads Conversion

When Lead Generation Meets Approval Automation

Let’s cut to the chase: Poper makes sexy pop-ups that actually work. ApproveThis makes corporate red tape slightly less soul-crushing. Together? They’re the ultimate “get shit done” duo for mid-sized companies tired of losing hot leads in approval purgatory.

Think about your last big campaign. How many high-intent leads got stuck waiting for someone in Legal to OK the discount? How many sales reps wasted time chasing unqualified tire-kickers because Marketing couldn’t filter properly? That’s why this integration exists – to turn “we’ll circle back on that” into actual decisions while the lead’s still warm.

What Happens When You Plug a Lead Rocket Into an Approval Engine

Poper’s AI-driven popups are like a never-ending lead buffet. But here’s the thing about buffets – you still need someone to check the health inspection certificate before diving in. That’s where ApproveThis comes in:

The Nuts and Bolts

Every time Poper scores a new lead (whether it’s a $500K enterprise deal or a free trial signup), ApproveThis automatically:

  • Routes it to the right approver based on deal size, lead source, or 20+ other criteria
  • Triggers escalations if Karen from Finance is on her third margarita in Cabo
  • Logs every decision so you can audit why that big client walked six months later

Meanwhile, your sales team isn’t sitting on their hands waiting for answers. They’re either:

  • Chasing pre-approved hot leads
  • Ignoring tire-kickers that got auto-rejected by your approval thresholds

Real Companies Doing Real Things (No Fluff)

The SaaS Playbook

Take RenewFlow – 150 employees, $20M ARR. Their Poper popups offer custom demos for enterprise leads. Problem? Their sales engineers kept wasting time on “enterprise” leads that were really 3-person startups fishing for freebies.

Solution: Any lead requesting a custom demo now triggers an ApproveThis workflow that:

- Checks company size via Clearbit integration
- Auto-approves if >200 employees
- Routes to Sales Ops for manual review if 50-200
- Auto-rejects anyone smaller (with a nice “Here’s our self-serve option” email)

Result? 23% more demos booked, 41% less sales engineer burnout.

The E-Commerce Hustle

BoldBrew (85 employees, $12M revenue) uses Poper for flash sales. Their old process? Email chains with 7 people to approve discount tiers. Now:

- 10% off coupon? Auto-approved
- 20% off? Needs CMO sign-off
- 30%+? Triggers a 3-person exec review

Last Black Friday: 18,000 coupons issued in 4 hours with zero human bottlenecks.

Why Your Teams Will Actually Use This

Marketing Gets to Play Grown-Up

No more “We generated 500 leads!” chest-thumping when 490 were garbage. Set approval thresholds that force qualification before leads ever hit Salesforce. Bonus: Prove campaign ROI with ApproveThis’ audit trails showing exactly which approved leads converted.

Sales Stops Chasing Ghosts

Your reps get leads that are already:

- Budget-approved
- Compliance-checked
- Scored against your ideal customer profile

Translation: More commission checks, less rage-quitting.

Ops Keeps Its Sanity

Built-in features like vacation delegation and approval chains mean no more:

- “But I was OOO!” excuses
- Approval request spreadsheets from hell
- Legal department meltdowns over unvetted offers

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Here’s the 3-step no-BS guide:

  1. Connect the Dots: Zapier links Poper to ApproveThis in about 7 minutes. Seriously – it’s just picking triggers and mapping fields.
  2. Build Your Safety Nets: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-flag leads needing special attention. Example: “If lead score >80 AND requested discount >15%, require VP approval.”
  3. Test Like You Mean It: Run dummy leads through every possible path. Better to catch a “rejects all enterprise leads” bug now than during your CEO’s pet campaign.

The Secret Sauce Other Tools Miss

What makes this combo killer for 50-5,000 employee companies?

No License Headaches: Approvers (even external partners) can OK/Cancel requests via email without needing a Poper login. Huge for regulated industries where auditors need visibility but not system access.

Real-Time Math That Matters: ApproveThis’ calculated fields automatically apply your business rules. Think “Auto-approve popup coupon requests under $10K lifetime value” or “Flag any lead from competitors for legal review.”

Emergency Overrides: Founders love this one – set thresholds that auto-approve during server outages or PR crises when you need fast decisions.

When to Use This vs. When to Keep Walking

Good Fit If:

- You’re scaling past 50 employees and approval chaos is creeping in
- Different departments fight over lead quality
- You offer tiered discounts/packages through popups
- Compliance needs to audit lead handling processes

Not Magic Beans If:

- You get 10 leads/month (just use a Google Form)
- Your founder still approves every request manually (bless your heart)
- You change approval rules daily (stick to post-its)

Bottom Line for Busy People

Poper makes lead generation effortless. ApproveThis makes decision-making less painful. Together via Zapier, they’re the silent workhorses that:

- Prevent sales/marketing fistfights over lead quality
- Turn week-long approvals into 4-hour decisions
- Give ops teams actual data to optimize processes

Best part? You can set this up before your next coffee break. ApproveThis starts at $99/month – less than you’ll waste on unqualified leads this week.

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Best Approval Workflows for Poper

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Poper

Create approval requests for new leads

When new leads are generated from Poper popups, this integration creates approval requests in ApproveThis to facilitate decision-making. It streamlines the lead verification process by routing information for approval to ensure timely follow-up. *Note: Adjust the request parameters in ApproveThis as needed.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Lead

Triggers when a new lead is obtained from popups.

Action

Create Request

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