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Setting up email automation

Last updated April 25, 2026

Answer

With email automation you send emails automatically based on triggers, such as a new signup, completing an assessment, or a contact joining an email list. You configure automations via the email section of the dashboard.

Steps

  1. Go to Email > Automations to open the automations overview.
  2. Click "New automation" and choose a trigger (e.g. new contact signup, assessment completed, purchase made, or contact added to a list).
  3. Set the delay: send immediately, or after a certain number of hours or days.
  4. Write your email or choose an existing template. Use personalisation fields such as name and company.
  5. Activate the automation with the toggle. You can pause or edit the automation at any time.

Tips

  • Test your automation by creating a test contact via Email > Contacts and manually triggering the event.
  • Keep automations short and relevant. A welcome email of 3 to 5 lines converts better than a long story.
  • Combine automations with tags to target specific segments.
  • Use the "contact added to list" trigger to automatically enroll subscribers into a sequence the moment they join a specific email list. This works well for welcome flows tied to newsletter signups. Contacts are enrolled as soon as they confirm their subscription via the double opt-in email.
  • You can add a newsletter signup form directly to your pages using the Newsletter CTA type. When a visitor submits their email, they are added to the chosen list and any matching automations start automatically after confirmation.
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