apHarmony offers Constant Contact integration.  Whether you are looking to integrate Constant Contact with an existing web application, add event and email processing, or perform advanced workflow integration, we will be happy to bring our team to your software project.  Please feel free to give us a call at 630-855-7522 for a free evaluation and quote.

Constant Contact integration can help bring advanced email and even marketing functionality to existing applications.  An integration project can help simplify existing marketing efforts, by keeping all the lead information in one place.  The challenge in implementing this, however, is that the various applications used by the marketing department are often build using different frameworks and platforms.  An app will store its information in one place, while the website will often use a different platform.  A Constant Contact integration project can bridge all those platforms together and keep the lead information in one place

There are three primary methods of integration.  The first and most streamlined is native integration.  Native integration usually requires working directly with the application code, and placing calls to the Constant Contact REST API through the web at the appropriate touch-ponts in the application.  Depending on the native language of the application and the availability of the source code, the API or email-based methods may be necessary.

API integration is possible if a platform exposes a set of hooks or methods for external integration.  The code for Constant Contact uploads can then be inserted at this point.  API integration is often offered in more advanced systems as an alternative to source code, while still allowing the customer to make changes and customizations to their system.

Finally, email-based integration is the most challenging, yet also the most flexible.  If the leads end up as email messages in a designated inbox, a integration project could poll the inbox for leads, parse the messages, and then send the leads from that email to Constant Contact.  The primary challenge in email-based integration is correct parsing of the email.  In addition, if the email format changes at some point in the future, the email integration all will also need to be updated.

For a free evaluation and quote on a Constant Contact integration project, please give us a call at 630-855-7522.