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How to use 1 opt-in form to fill 2 email lists (on different autoresponder services)

by cotton9
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Hey guys,

I'm co-producing an online symposium with another marketer in my niche. The plan is to share the list of subscribers/registrants. ** Yes, we'll make it clear that they are agreeing to receive emails from both of us. I'm not too worried about spam complaints with our niche. **

We're trying to figure out a way to have 1 opt-in form add subscribers to both of our lists.

He's using Infusionsoft and I'm with OfficeAutopilot. We'd like to send the double opt-in script from OfficeAutopilot and the Infusionsoft list will end up single opt-in only. (Unless you can think of a way to get double opt-in on both, with a single email request.)

It's been a while since I've coded, but I need to somehow submit the form data (and the hidden fields for both IS/OAP) to both services. Should we create our own form, and send the data to a php page that will then send the data to both services? Or should I use their APIs instead of posting from the forms?

What's the best way to do this? Any help is appreciated.
#autoresponder #email #fill #form #lists #optin #services
  • Profile picture of the author cotton9
    I just found this on a different thread posted by Neil Morgan . . .

    "The way I would set this up would be to have a simple script written in PHP that processes the form when submitted.

    This script maps the entered field names to the field names required by the two autoresponders then submits separate POST requests to each of those autoresponders' form processing scripts with the required form fields."

    (Can't post a link because of low post count)

    Does this seem like the best approach?
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    • Profile picture of the author TomHudson
      Have you found a solution to this?
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      • Profile picture of the author cotton9
        Hello,

        We ended up creating a stand-alone html form and some custom php that essentially copied the submitted data into the variables used by OfficeAutopilot and Infusionsoft and sent them as if two forms were submitted. It worked fairly well, but there was a bit of a delay.

        If we were to do it again, being much more familiar with Infusionsoft, I would use an Infusionsoft form and the Infusionsoft API to submit the data to OfficeAutopilot.

        Good luck!
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        • Profile picture of the author TomHudson
          Would you be willing to share the php you used?
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  • Profile picture of the author cotton9
    I wouldn't mind sharing, but that site is long gone now, and I don't have access to the code anymore.

    However, if I were to do the same type of thing today, I'd probably use an API service like Zapier instead of bothering with custom code.
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