How to create an autoresponder? Video
From the Dashboard, go to Autoresponders. On the Manage Autoresponders page, click the Create Autoresponder button to create your autoresponder message. You can now enter the details for it.
To create an autoresponder:
- Go to Autoresponders.
- Click Create autoresponder.
- Click Use an AI email creator or By myself in the popup window. If you want to use the AI generator, check out this article for detailed instructions.
- Give your message an internal name.
- Choose the list linked to the autoresponder. This is the list your contacts subscribe to. If you’re planning to create more than one autoresponder in a cycle, make sure to select the same list for all of them.
- Assign the autoresponder to a specific day in a cycle. For example, messages start on Day 0 (the day the contact subscribes) and Day 1 is the day after the opt-in. Whenever you create a new autoresponder message, you assign it to a specific day in the cycle, depending on when you want it to go out.
- Select if you want to send the message on same time signed up, with a delay of, or exactly at a specific time.
- Choose the days of the week you’d like for the message to go out on.
- Select the from and reply-to addresses.
- Add your message subject line.
- Next click Design message to design how your message should look like. For more on using the new editor visit this section.
- Choose if you want to send the message as a source to Google Analytics.
- Click Save, or Save and Publish if you want the message to go live right away.
Legacy editor
1. Enter the autoresponder message name (this is the name you’ll see on the Manage Autoresponders page).
2. Assign the autoresponder to a specific day in a cycle. For example, messages start on Day 0 (the day the contact subscribes) and Day 1 is the day after the opt-in. Whenever you create a new autoresponder message, you assign it to a specific day in the cycle, depending on when you want it to go out.
3. Choose a list for the autoresponder. This is the list your contacts subscribe to. If you’re planning to create more than one autoresponder in a cycle, make sure to select the same list for all of them.
4. Select when to send the message:
– same time signed up sends time-based autoresponders as soon as your contact is added to your list,
– with a delay of sends the message with a delay you specify, from 1-23 hours,
– exactly at a specific time. Enable Time Travel if you want it delivered at the local time of your subscribers.
5. Choose the days of the week you’d like for the message to go out on.
6. Click Choose the message to use an existing message, or Create to go into the message editor and build one from scratch.
7. Click Save, or Save and Publish if you want the message to go live right away.
Can I choose the days of the week to send my autoresponders (i.e. only business days)?
Yes, you can enable only specific days on which your message should go out.
Please note that if you block your autoresponder from sending on certain days, contacts who reach that day on the blocked day will get your email on the earliest day allowed. For example, if your autoresponder on day 0 is blocked from going out on Sundays, this means that if someone subscribes to your list on Sunday, they will get your autoresponder for day 0 on Monday.
Legacy editor
Yes, you can do that. In Enable on, uncheck the days you want to exclude from delivery. Leave the boxes checked next to the days you want to have the autoresponder sent on.
What is autoresponder cycle day?
Autoresponder cycle day determines when your autoresponder will go out to a contact. Autoresponders can be scheduled in a sequence or at specified intervals, starting from the moment a contact subscribes to your list. For instance, messages can be scheduled for Day 0 (the day of subscription), Day 3, Day 7, and Day 14.
Autoresponders prove valuable when you aim to send automatic messages to contacts who join your list. Upon configuring an autoresponder cycle, messages will be sent on designated days within a contact’s subscription timeline, based on the cycle settings you establish.
How many messages can I send per day from one list?
There is no limit on how many messages you can send from one list. However, we don’t recommend sending too many emails in a short period of time, unless the contact expects it. Otherwise, they may find that you are sending them too many emails and opt out.
