Constant Contact

Update Constant Contact contacts with their unique share link and referrer information.

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

Sync with your Constant Contact List

Step 1: In Campaign Editor > 4. Options > Integrations, click the Connect to Constant Contact button.

IMPORTANT: Because the GrowSurf data sync to Constant Contact 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 Constant Contact.

Step 2: Log in to Constant Contact and authorize GrowSurf

Step 3: Once connected, choose the Constant Contact list that you want to automatically sync to. GrowSurf will add/update your Constant Contact contacts every time a new participant is added or referred to your referral campaign.

Examples

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

Contact Fields

GrowSurf will automatically create these custom contact fields for your Constant Contact contacts.

Custom Field	Variables	Type	Description	Example
GrowSurf Share URL	[[custom.growsurf_share_url]]	TEXT	The participant's unique referral link	https://growsurf.com?grsf=absc123
GrowSurf Participant ID	[[custom.growsurf_participant_id]]	TEXT	The participant's unique GrowSurf ID	abc123
GrowSurf Referral Status	[[custom.growsurf_referral_status]]	TEXT	The referral status of the participant*
GrowSurf Participant First Name	[[custom.growsurf_participant_first_name]]	TEXT	The participant's first name	Bob
GrowSurf Participant Last Name	[[custom.growsurf_participant_last_name]]	TEXT	The participant's last name	Loblaw
GrowSurf Referrer First Name	[[custom.growsurf_referrer_first_name]]	TEXT	The first name of the participant's referrer (if applicable)	Gavin
GrowSurf Referrer Last Name	[[custom.growsurf_referrer_last_name]]	TEXT	The last name of the participant's referrer (if applicable)	Belson
GrowSurf Referrer Email	[[custom.growsurf_referrer_email]]	TEXT	The email address of the participant's referrer (if applicable)	[email protected]
GrowSurf Total Referral Count	[[custom.growsurf_total_referral_count]]	NUMBER	The participant's all-time referral count	0
GrowSurf Monthly Referral Count	[[custom.growsurf_monthly_referral_count]]	NUMBER	The participant's current month referral count	19
GrowSurf Prev Monthly Referral Count	[[custom.growsurf_prev_monthly_referral_count]]	NUMBER	The participant's previous month referral count	200
GrowSurf Next Milestone	[[custom.growsurf_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	[[custom.growsurf_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	[[custom.growsurf_total_invite_count]]	NUMBER	The participant's all-time invite count	112
GrowSurf Total Impression Count	[[custom.growsurf_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 contact fields in your Constant Contact email templates. Whether you launch a new marketing campaign or have an automated drip campaign going on, make sure to always include [[custom.growsurf_share_url]] in your emails to provoke your contacts to make referrals!

​​For more information about Constant Contact Merge Tags click here.

Troubleshooting Tips

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

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