SendGrid

The SendGrid integration is only available to users on a GrowSurf paid plan.
Sync with your SendGrid List
Step 1: In Campaign Editor > 4. Options > Integrations, open the SendGrid integration card and enter your SendGrid API key (click here to create your SendGrid API key)
Step 2: Once connected, choose the SendGrid list that you want to automatically sync to. GrowSurf will add/update your SendGrid 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 SendGrid tutorials to see different kinds of examples that you can copy/paste into your email templates.
Custom Fields
GrowSurf will automatically create these new custom fields for your SendGrid contacts.
Custom fields
FIELD NAME
FIELD TYPE
Description
Example
GrowSurf Share URL
growsurf_share_url
text
The participant's unique referral link
https://growsurf.com?grsf=absc123
GrowSurf Participant ID
growsurf_participant_id
text
The participant's unique GrowSurf ID
abc123
GrowSurf Participant First Name
growsurf_participant_first_name
text
The participant's first name
Bob
GrowSurf Participant Last Name
growsurf_participant_last_name
text
The participant's last name
Loblaw
GrowSurf Referrer First Name
growsurf_referrer_first_name
text
The first name of the participant's referrer (if applicable)
Gavin
GrowSurf Referrer Last Name
growsurf_referrer_last_name
text
The last name of the participant's referrer (if applicable)
Belson
GrowSurf Referrer Email
growsurf_referrer_first_email
text
The email address of the participant's referrer (if applicable)
[email protected]
GrowSurf Total Referral Count
growsurf_total_referral_count
number
The participant's all-time referral count
0
GrowSurf Monthly Referral Count
growsurf_monthly_referral_count
number
The participant's current month referral count
19
GrowSurf Prev Monthly Referral Count
growsurf_prev_monthly_referral_count
number
The participant's previous month referral count
20
GrowSurf Next Milestone
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
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
growsurf_total_invite_count
number
The participant's all-time invite count
112
GrowSurf Total Impression Count
growsurf_total_impression_count
number
The participant's all-time impression count
150
You can use these new properties in your SendGrid email templates. Whether you launch a new marketing campaign or have an automated drip campaign going on, make sure to always includegrowsurf_share_url in your emails to provoke your contacts to make referrals!
​​Click here to learn more about how to create custom fields in SendGrid.​​
Troubleshooting Tips
If the new participant isn't being added to SendGrid, or if they are being added but their unique referral link isn't being synced to SendGrid:
Activity logs will denote if a participant was added to SendGrid 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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Custom Fields

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