Creating a Welcome Email Series

Learn how to set up a welcome email series for new subscribers

A Welcome campaign is a sequence of automated emails you send after a user confirms their subscription (Double Opt-In). It introduces users to your brand and helps build ongoing communication.

Create a Welcome Дampaign

Define the logic of your campaign based on your business goals. For example:

  • introduce your brand,
  • offer a welcome bonus,
  • collect additional data,
  • prepare users for their first purchase.

In this example, we create a welcome campaign with two emails:

  • the first email — a welcome message;
  • the second email — a survey.

Step 1. Prepare Emails

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Use default templates, edit them, or create your own.

  1. Go to Messages → Messages → Email.
  2. Click New Email.
Messages page with the Messages menu and New Email button highlighted, listing existing email messages
  1. Create two emails:
  • the first — based on the Welcome template;
Create new Email gallery with the Lifecycle emails category and Welcome template highlighted
  • the second — based on the Form template.
Create new Email gallery with the Lifecycle emails category and Form template highlighted
  1. Add content to the emails.
  2. Preview emails (1) on different devices and send a test email (2).
Email editor for the Welcome to our family message with the Preview and Test buttons numbered 1 and 2
  1. Click Save.
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Review the workflow setup guide before you start.

Step 2. Create a Workflow

  1. Go to Automation → Workflows.
Automation menu open with Workflows highlighted and the New workflow button highlighted
  1. Create a workflow with the following blocks:
  • Start (added automatically);
  • Task: Confirm contact;
  • Email — first message;
  • Timer — set to 5 days;
  • Email — second message;
  • End.
Workflow editor titled Welcome campaign showing Start/Stop configuration, Confirm contact, Email 1, a 5 days Timer, Email 2, and End blocks connected in sequence

Step 3. Set Up the Workflow Launch

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In the Double Opt-In email, the confirmation button is linked to the Subscription confirmed event. When a user clicks the button, the event triggers.

Confirm your email message with the Confirm email button's Event type field highlighted and set to Subscription confirmed

Use this event as the launch condition for the Welcome campaign workflow.

  1. Go to Automation → Workflows.
  2. Open Start/Stop configuration.
Workflows list with the Automation menu and Start/Stop configuration link highlighted for the Welcome campaign workflow
  1. Enable Start configuration.
  2. Select:
  • Event-based launch condition;
  • Subscription confirmed event.
Start/Stop configuration panel with Start configuration enabled, Event-based selected, and Event set to subscriptionConfirmed
  1. Click Apply.
  2. Activate the workflow.
Workflows list with the play icon highlighted to activate the Welcome campaign workflow

Result

After a user confirms the subscription:

  • send the first email immediately;
  • send the second email after 5 days.

This approach helps you gradually engage subscribers with your brand.


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