Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)

Update Brevo contacts with their unique share link and referrer information.

Note: The Brevo integration is only available to users on a GrowSurf paid plan.

Sync with your Brevo List

Step 1: In Campaign Editor > 4. Options > Integrations, open the Brevo integration card, and enter your Brevo API secret (click here to get your Brevo private API key).

IMPORTANT: Because the GrowSurf data sync to Brevo only occurs after you have connected with the integration, it is imperative to connect with the integration BEFORE importing participants. Click here to see remedy options if you have already imported participants into your campaign but would like to sync their GrowSurf data to Brevo.

Step 2: Once connected, choose the Brevo list that you want to automatically sync to. GrowSurf will add/update your Brevo contacts every time a new participant is added or referred to your referral campaign.

Step 3: Save changes. You should now see a screen that looks like the one below:

Examples

View our Brevo tutorials to see different kinds of examples that you can copy/paste into your email templates.

Custom Contact Attributes

GrowSurf will automatically create these contact attributes for your Brevo contacts.

Contact Attribute

Attribute Name

Attribute Type

Description

Example

GrowSurf Share URL

{{ contact.GRSF_SHARE_URL }}

TEXT

The participant's unique referral link

https://growsurf.com?grsf=absc123

GrowSurf Participant ID

{{ contact.GRSF_PARTICIPANT_ID }}

TEXT

The participant's unique GrowSurf ID

abc123

GrowSurf Referral Status

{{ contact.GRSF_REFERRAL_STATUS }}

TEXT

The referral status of the participant*

CREDIT_PENDING

GrowSurf Participant First Name

{{ contact.GRSF_PARTICIPANT_FIRST_NAME }}

TEXT

The participant's first name

Bob

GrowSurf Participant Last Name

{{ contact.GRSF_PARTICIPANT_LAST_NAME }}

TEXT

The participant's last name

Loblaw

GrowSurf Referrer First Name

{{ contact.GRSF_REfERRER_FIRST_NAME }}

TEXT

The first name of the participant's referrer (if applicable)

Gavin

GrowSurf Referrer Last Name

{{ contact.GRSF_REFERRER_LAST_NAME }}

TEXT

The last name of the participant's referrer (if applicable)

Belson

GrowSurf Referrer Email

{{ contact.GRSF_REFERRER_EMAIL }}

TEXT

The email address of the participant's referrer (if applicable)

gavin.belson@hoolie.io

GrowSurf Total Referral Count

{{ contact.GRSF_TOTAL_REFERRAL_COUNT }}

NUMBER

The participant's all-time referral count

0

GrowSurf Monthly Referral Count

{{ contact.GRSF_MONTHLY_REFERRAL_COUNT }}

NUMBER

The participant's current month referral count

19

GrowSurf Prev Monthly Referral Count

{{ contact.GRSF_PREV_MONTHLY_REFERRAL_COUNT }}

NUMBER

The participant's previous month referral count

20

GrowSurf Next Milestone

{{ contact.GRSF_NEXT_MILESTONE }}

TEXT

The text for the next/upcoming milestone reward (only applies to milestone rewards. See an example here)

You are only 2 referrals away from winning a free t-shirt!

GrowSurf Next Monthly Milestone

{{ contact.GRSF_NEXT_MONTHLY_MILESTONE }}

TEXT

The text for the next/upcoming monthly milestone reward (only applies to milestone rewards. See an example here)

You are only 2 referrals away from winning a free t-shirt!

GrowSurf Total Invite Count

{{ contact.GRSF_TOTAL_INVITE_COUNT }}

NUMBER

The participant's all-time invite count

112

GrowSurf Total Impression Count

{{ contact.GRSF_TOTAL_IMPRESSION_COUNT }}

NUMBER

The participant's all-time impression count

150

*GrowSurf Referral Status can be the following: CREDIT_PENDING (This participant must still trigger a referral for their referrer to receive referral credit), CREDIT_AWARDED (This participant triggered a referral, and their referrer received referral credit), CREDIT_EXPIRED (This participant did not trigger the referral credit within the referral credit expiration window, so their referrer did not receive referral credit).

You can use these new properties in your Brevo email templates. Whether you launch a new marketing campaign or have an automated drip campaign going on, make sure to always include{{ contact.GRSF_SHARE_URL }} in your emails to provoke your contacts to make referrals!

Click here to learn more about how to personalize Brevo emails.​

Troubleshooting Tips

  • If the new participant isn't being added to Brevo, or if they are being added but their unique referral link isn't being synced to Brevo:

    • Activity logs will denote if a participant was added to Brevo or if they failed to be added. (In the case of failure, GrowSurf will re-attempt to add them for 7 days).

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