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Marketing Automation Use Cases

Five flows to get you started

Updated this week

Not sure which automation to build first? These five flows cover the most common and highest-impact use cases. Each includes a quick setup guide and a note on which nodes you'll need.

1. Welcome flow

Greet new subscribers immediately when they sign up — before they forget who you are.

Trigger

Form Submit (sign-up form)

Nodes

Listen → Email → End Flow

Entry Limit

1 (once per profile)

Pro tip

Add a Time Node and Check profile after the Email Node to build on your flow with more activities over time.

2. Birthday flow

Send a personalised message or an offer on each subscriber's birthday.

Trigger

Date Attribute — Date of Birth, on birthday, every year

Nodes

Listen (Date Attribute) → Email → End Flow

Prerequisite

Date of Birth must be stored as a Date Attribute on the Profile.

Bonus

Mile stone birthdays

3. Re-engagement flow

Win back inactive subscribers before they churn.

Trigger

Segment entry — 'No email engagement in 90 days' (daily scheduled)

Nodes

Listen → Email (re-engagement) → Time (7 days) → Check Profile (engaged?) → Yes: Update Profile / No: Email (last chance) → End Flow

Entry Limit

Consider limiting to for instance 1 per 90 days (use Entry Limit with time-based restriction in flow settings)

4. Follow-up flow after conversion

Follow up automatically after engages with your CTAs.

Trigger

CTA click (or segment on clicks)

Nodes

Listen (Segment or CTA interaction) → Wait (x day/s) → Email (thank you + resources) → Wait (x days) → (Check profile)→ Email (feedback or next step) → End Flow

5. Lead nurture flow

Route qualified leads to sales automatically based on engagement behaviour.

Trigger

Email Click — high-intent CTA (e.g. pricing page, demo request)

Nodes

Listen (Email Click or Segment on clicks on specific campaign CTAs) (→ Check Profile) → Update Profile (tag: sales-ready) → Notification Node (alert sales) → End Flow

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