Creating Email Automations
Email automations allow you to create sophisticated follow-up sequences that nurture leads and maintain contact with your prospects automatically. Build multi-step sequences with customizable delays between emails. Unsubscribe mechanism is built in. Unsubscribers can be found in the Settings → Blacklist tab.
Automation Creation Process
- 1. Navigate to Automations → Create Automation
- 2. Give your automation a descriptive name
- 3. Add email steps by selecting from your existing templates
- 4. Configure delay durations between steps (hours, days, or weeks)
- 5. Repeat step 3 and 4 as desired
Starting Automations for Contacts
Once your automations are created, you can enroll contacts in multiple ways. Automations can be started in numerous ways.
Manual Enrollment Methods
- • Individual Contact: From contacts table action menu
- • Bulk Enrollment: Select multiple contacts and use bulk action menu
- • From Contact Details: Use automation button on contact profile
- • From Deal Details: Enroll deal contacts directly from deal page
- • Automation Dashboard: Use manual enrollment from automation detail page
Managing Active Enrollments
Monitor and manage all running automations in the Automations → Active Automations tab. This gives you complete visibility into your email sequences and allows for real-time management.
Monitoring Features
- • Real-time Enrollment Tracking: See who's currently in each automation
- • Step Completion Status: See which contacts are in which step of the automation
Automation Performance Tips
Timing Optimization
- • Send emails during business hours for B2B contacts
- • Space emails at least 2-3 days apart to avoid fatigue
Content Strategy
- • Use different subject lines for each email in the sequence
- • Personalize content with contact variables from your templates