What you'll need:
▶ A Blinq Business Admin account
▶ Google Workspace Super Admin access, either yourself, or access to someone who has it
Connecting Google Workspace
Navigate to dash.blinq.me in a browser tab
Log in to Blinq if you aren't already
Click on your workspace in the top left of the screen (your team logo and name)
Under the Integrations page, find the Google Workspace section and click Connect
Click Yes in the prompt window to confirm you are the Google Workspace Administrator. Note: If you are not the Super Administrator, click No instead. You'll get a link to send to your Google Workspace Super Administrator to complete the remaining steps. Once they confirm it's done, skip ahead to Activating the sync below.
Clicking Yes opens a new tab asking you to log in to Google Workspace. Choose your account
Approve the first three permissions Blinq requires to sync with your account
Check all relevant domains and click Continue. Note: These permissions ensure only Blinq account emails on the selected domains sync to Google Workspace.
A pop up confirms you're connected. Click Next
Click Install App to install Blinq in your Workspace. Marketplace opens in a new tab. Note: Check Google Marketplace opened in the same profile as your Google administrator account by hovering over the profile icon in the top right corner.
Follow the prompts to install Blinq to your Google Workspace
Select whether you're installing for your whole organization or specific groups. Note: Choosing specific groups may cause the sync to fail for Blinq users who aren't included in the selected Google Workspace group.
Installation is complete. Click back to the Blinq Dashboard tab
You'll see the app installing
You can close the integration setup window at any time. Google will email you once the sync is complete
Note: Installation is usually quick, but Google advises allowing up to 24 hours. Contact [email protected] if you have concerns about the wait. |
Activating the sync
Once you've received confirmation the Google Workspace install is complete, activate the sync:
Navigate to dash.blinq.me in a browser tab
Log in to Blinq if you aren't already
Click on your workspace in the top left of the screen
Scroll to the Integrations page and find the Google Workspace section
Toggle Sync New Email Signatures to enable all new signatures created in Blinq to sync to their matching Gmail account. Once a signature has synced, future edits to it sync automatically too
Click Sync. This applies the sync to all existing signatures active in your account. New signatures sync automatically upon creation. Note: Existing signatures can't be individually pushed to sync if they weren't synced upon creation. Best practice is to keep Sync New Email Signatures turned on so an active link is created for every signature.
Return to the Email Signatures menu on the Dashboard to see the sync status for your team's signatures:
Synced. A matching Gmail account was found and the signature updated.
Syncing. Blinq is currently attempting to sync with this Gmail address.
Can't be synced. A matching Gmail address wasn't found in the Google Workspace or nominated group. Note: If the Can't be synced reason isn't User not found, contact [email protected].
The sync is one way only. Users who previously synced a signature but have since been removed from Google Workspace won't reflect in the sync status. Users can log in to Gmail and set the Blinq signature as their default for On reply/forward use if they want. Note: Blinq's signature sync only adjusts the Gmail default signature for new emails. If someone manually changes that field between syncs, it updates again the next time Blinq syncs.
Need help?
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