Sync Apollo Saved Searches to Instantly Campaigns
The problem
Sales ops manually exports Apollo lists and imports them to Instantly weekly, delaying campaign launches.
Implementation steps
- 1
Connect Apollo and Instantly to Make
- 2
Set up daily trigger to fetch contacts from Apollo saved search
- 3
Filter out contacts already in Instantly using HTTP API lookup
- 4
Push new contacts to Instantly campaign via API
- 5
Log additions to Google Sheets for audit trail
Template outline
The structure to recreate in your own workspace. Field names and thresholds are starting points.
Make Scenario:
1. Schedule: Daily at 9 AM
2. Apollo API: List contacts from saved search ID
3. Iterator: Loop through contacts
4. Instantly API: Check if email exists
5. Filter: Only proceed if not found
6. Instantly API: Add contact to campaign ID
7. Google Sheets: Log email and timestampKeep going
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