How to Connect OptinMonster with SharpSpring

OptinMonster offers seamless integration with the SharpSpring email marketing service. Connecting OptinMonster to your SharpSpring email list is quick and easy.

In this article, you will learn how to connect OptinMonster with your SharpSpring account.

Before you start, as a best practice we recommend you also connect your campaigns to Monster Leads as a backup.

Connecting with SharpSpring

When you create a campaign in OptinMonster that you intend to collect leads with you’ll want to integrate with one or more services to send those leads to.

To send leads to SharpSpring, follow these steps:

1. Before you start, you’ll need your SharpSpring Account ID and Secret Key. You can generate and copy these from your SharpSpring account following this guide.
2. Navigate to the Integrations view in the campaign builder, search for and select SharpSpring.
   
3. Enter a SharpSpring Account Name (*internal use only), your SharpSpring Account ID and SharpSpring Secret Key in the appropriate fields, then select the Connect to SharpSpring button.
   
   *The SharpSpring Account Name can be anything that helps you identify the specific integration within OptinMonster. It’s possible to add more than one SharpSpring integration to your account and this is an easy way to differentiate between them when assigning integrations to individual campaigns.
4. Required: Once the SharpSpring integration has been connected select the SharpSpring List you wish to send leads to from the Email Provider Lists field.
   
5. Optional: You can also Assign Leads to Campaign.
   
6. When you’re finished, Save your campaign.

Add Extra Fields

Our native SharpSpring integration supports the following fields:

• Email (required)
• Name
• Phone
• Privacy Checkbox (display only, no data sent)

To add more fields to your campaign you’ll want to build the form as you wish it to appear using the SharpSpring form builder, and add it to your campaign using our Form Embed block.

Get started adding a custom form to your campaign.

Email Automations

To send emails automatically to new leads you’ll want to configure email automations within your SharpSpring account.

The following guides from SharpSpring may be helpful to get started:

• Creating marketing email drip campaigns
• Getting started with email marketing automation

Testing

We strongly recommend you test the optin form before publishing your campaign to ensure it is working as you expect.

Before you begin, please be aware of the following details when testing SharpSpring integrations:

• Previously submitted or already subscribed leads may be treated differently by SharpSpring than new leads. For this reason, we recommend using a completely unique email address each time you test submit your campaign’s form. You can use a free tool like TempMail.io or learn how to create an unlimited number of unique email addresses from a single Gmail account.
• If the lead is captured in SharpSpring but you do not receive any automated emails it indicates the integration from OptinMonster to SharpSpring is correct, and the issue is with the automated email configuration. SharpSpring controls email automation exclusively. If you require assistance in troubleshooting email automations we recommend reaching out to SharpSpring support directly.

Get started testing with the Live Site Inspector tool.

Spin-a-Wheel Support

If you are configuring a Gamified spin-to-win campaign, spin-a-wheel support is not available at this time to send the coupon data to SharpSpring.

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FAQs

Can I send leads to more than one Campaign?

Yes! See our Lead Sharing guide to accomplish this.

How do I configure single or double opt-in?

See our guide on single vs. double opt-in.

Is it possible for me to add a phone field to my campaign?

Yes! You can add a phone field. Learn how to capture phone numbers with OptinMonster.

Troubleshooting

The campaign is capturing leads but shows 0 conversions in analytics.

Confirm that conversion tracking is turned on for the submit button in your campaign. See our guide on How to Enable Conversion Tracking.