MailerLite

Note: The MailerLite integration is only available to users on a GrowSurf paid plan.
Sync with your MailerLite Group
Step 1: In Campaign Editor > 4. Options > Integrations, open the MailerLite integration card and enter your MailerLite API key (click here to get your MailerLite API key)
Step 2: Once connected, choose the MailerLite Group that you want to automatically sync to. GrowSurf will add/update your MailerLite subscribers 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 MailerLite tutorials to see different kinds of examples that you can copy/paste into your email templates.
Subscriber Fields
GrowSurf will automatically create these new Subscriber fields for your MailerLite Subscribers. 

Field Name
Merge Tag
Type
Description
Example
GRSF Share URL
{$grsf_share_url}
TEXT
The participant's unique referral link
https://growsurf.com?grsf=absc123
GRSF Participant ID
{$grsf_participant_id}
TEXT
The participant's unique GrowSurf ID
abc123
GRSF Participant First Name
{$grsf_participant_first_name}
TEXT
The participant's first name
Bob
GRSF Participant Last Name
{$grsf_participant_last_name}
TEXT
The participant's last name
Loblaw
GRSF Referrer First Name
{$grsf_referrer_first_name}
TEXT
The first name of the participant's referrer (if applicable)
Gavin
GRSF Referrer Last Name
{$grsf_referrer_last_name}
TEXT
The last name of the participant's referrer (if applicable)
Belson
GRSF Referrer Email
{$grsf_referrer_email}
TEXT
The email address of the participant's referrer (if applicable)
[email protected]
GRSF Total Referral Count
{$grsf_total_referral_count}
NUMBER
The participant's all-time referral count
0
GRSF Monthly Referral Count
{$grsf_monthly_referral_count}
NUMBER
The participant's current month referral count
19
GRSF Prev Monthly Referral Count
{$grsf_prev_monthly_referral_count}
NUMBER
The participant's previous month referral count
200
GRSF Next Milestone
{$grsf_next_milestone}
TEXT
The text for the next/upcoming milestone reward  (only applies to milestone rewards. See an example here)
You are only 2 referrals away from winning a free t-shirt!
GRSF Next Monthly Milestone
{$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!
GRSF Total Invite Count
{$grsf_total_invite_count}
NUMBER
The participant's all-time invite count
112
GRSF Total Impression Count
{$grsf_total_impression_count}
NUMBER
The participant's all-time impression count
150
You can use these merge tags in your MailerLite email templates. Whether you launch a new marketing campaign or have an automated drip campaign going on, make sure to always include {$grsf_share_url} in your emails to provoke your subscribers to make referrals!
​Learn more about MailerLite merge fields here.​
Troubleshooting Tips
If the new participant isn't being added to MailerLite, or if they are being added but their unique referral link isn't being synced to MailerLite:
Activity logs will denote if a participant was added to MailerLite or if they were failed to be added. (In the case of failure, GrowSurf will re-attempt to add them for 7 days).

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Sync with your MailerLite Group

Examples

Subscriber Fields

Troubleshooting Tips