Constant Contact
Note: The Constant Contact integration is only available to users on a GrowSurf paid plan.
Step 1: In Campaign Editor > 4. Options > Integrations, click the Connect to Constant Contact button
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.
View our Constant Contact tutorials to see different kinds of examples that you can copy/paste into your email templates.
GrowSurf will automatically create these new contact fields for your Constant Contact contacts.
Field Name | Field Code | Type | Description | Example |
GrowSurf Share URL |
| TEXT | The participant's unique referral link | https://growsurf.com?grsf=absc123 |
GrowSurf Participant ID |
| TEXT | The participant's unique GrowSurf ID | abc123 |
GrowSurf Participant First Name |
| TEXT | The participant's first name | Bob |
GrowSurf Participant Last Name |
| TEXT | The participant's last name | Loblaw |
GrowSurf Referrer First Name |
| TEXT | The first name of the participant's referrer (if applicable) | Gavin |
GrowSurf Referrer Last Name |
| TEXT | The last name of the participant's referrer (if applicable) | Belson |
GrowSurf Referrer Email |
| TEXT | The email address of the participant's referrer (if applicable) | |
GrowSurf Total Referral Count |
| NUMBER | The participant's all-time referral count | 0 |
GrowSurf Monthly Referral Count |
| NUMBER | The participant's current month referral count | 19 |
GrowSurf Prev Monthly Referral Count |
| NUMBER | The participant's previous month referral count | 200 |
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 |
| 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 |
| NUMBER | The participant's all-time invite count | 112 |
GrowSurf Total Impression Count |
| NUMBER | The participant's all-time impression count | 150 |
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 Personalization Tags click here.
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).