How to Create an Email Sequence

Kayla M.

Updated

Use Email Sequences to nurture your contact list, engage with your members, and convert leads. Learn how to create, edit, and manage your Email Sequences. 


In this article:


Create a new email sequence

Create a new email sequence to automate your email marketing. 

What is an email sequence?

An email sequence is a series of emails sent with pre-set time intervals to contacts after they are subscribed to the sequence via trigger-based automations.

To create a new email sequence:

  • Open the Marketing tab from the Dashboard.
  • Click Email Campaigns.
  • Then, click + New Email Campaign on the Email Campaigns dashboard.
  • Select Email Sequence and enter your Internal Title in the text box.
  • Click Continue.
  • Select your email template or select the classic editor to begin building and designing the first email in your sequence.
  • Click Get Started.
  • Enter the internal title for the email in your Email Sequence.
  • Click Create:

Note:
If a contact is not subscribed to receive marketing emails they will not receive emails in an Email Sequence. Learn more about Subscribers for details. If your subscribers are not receiving your sequence, your emails may be getting marked as spam. Learn to improve your sender reputation and improve your email deliverability

Edit emails in your email sequence

After creating an Email Sequence, edit the emails in your Sequence according to your brand and language.

In the Email Editor:

  • Determine the number of Day(s) after a contact subscribes to receive the email in the Sequence.
  • Set the Time you want the email to send to the Email Sequence subscribers. Learn more
  • Enter an Internal Title to help you differentiate between the emails in your Email Sequence.
  • Add a Subject to encourage your recipients to interact with your content.
  • Build your content into the Body of the email:

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To edit your email:

  • Open the Marketing tab from the dashboard.
  • Click Email Campaigns.
  • Select the Email Sequence you wish to edit.
  • Click your Email Title to edit: 

Looking to stylize your old emails with the new visual editor? Learn to convert your email sequence emails from the classic editor to the visual editor.


Send multiple emails per day

With Email Sequences, you can send up to two emails per day to your email sequence subscribers.

This is a powerful way to leverage Email Sequences for various campaigns.

For example, you may have an Offer deadline approaching that you want to encourage your recipients to participate in. With multiple emails, you can send up to two emails on the last day of your sequence.

Set up multiple emails to be sent on the same day in your sequence by selecting the same Day (e.g., Day 1, Day 2, etc.) when creating two emails.

Note:
Email Sequences cannot send multiple emails set to send on Day 0 (i.e., immediately). If you wish to send multiple emails on the same day, you will need to set your send time for a future date.

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Customize your email sequence

Design your Email Sequence for your unique business:

Tip:
Send the first email in the sequence immediately after a contact is subscribed to the sequence by setting the Day to 0 when editing the email

Example of adding a trigger:

Note:
Adding emails to an active sequence retroactively will result in an inconsistent experience across your Email Sequence subscribers. If you created an Email Sequence with three emails sent on days 3, 5, and 7, and you wanted to add an email to be sent on day 6 of the sequence, that email will not be sent to subscribers who have already passed day 6 in the sequence.

Learn how to send yourself a test email prior to emailing your list.


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