How Follow-up Messages Work & how to Replace and Edit Existing Templates
Follow-up messages are sent to the members that accepted to connect with you, or are already a 1st connection contact.
When attaching follow-up messages to a campaign, set the number of days the follow-up message should be sent.
For example:
If a member connected on June 1st, and the first follow-up message is set to be sent +1 day, it will be sent on June 2nd.
If the second follow-up message is set to be sent for +7 days, it will be sent on June 8th.
NOTE: All follow-up messages will be sent based on the connection date and not on the previous follow-up message date.
How to edit existing dates on a campaign?
To change the existing follow-up messages dated (e.g. change +7 days to +6 days), you need to
First, make sure to stop your campaign.
Click on the Message Sequences tab
Then, remove the existing Follow-Up messages
Once the Follow-Up messages have been removed, add a new one with the new day's range.
NOTE: Removing the existing follow-up messages will delete all due dates for all pending follow-up messages in a campaign, hence why we cannot simply edit the date directly.Save and restart your campaign.
Once you add the follow-up messages with the new days set, the due dates will be rescheduled, however, this action will cause some contacts that already received a Follow-Up message, to receive the same Follow-Up message again. When we replace the Follow-Up message, the system understands that this is a new template and will send it to all the contacts again.
How to edit existing templates on a campaign?
If you would like to make changes into the template, instead of replacing it for a new one, you can make the edits to the existing one. This will prevent contacts getting the same message twice. To do so: