How do I test automation in ActiveCampaign?
- Manually add a test contact to your automation.
- From the contact's record, click the automation you just added them to.
- A modal window will open. Click the "View" button.
- You will be redirected to the contact's path in your automation. Click the "Skip this wait action" link.
Create a split test a campaign
Click "Campaigns" on the left menu. Click the "New Campaign" button. Type the name of the campaign into the field provided and click "Split Testing."
The ActiveCampaign SurveyMonkey integration allows you to embed your survey link into your email and update contacts in your account with survey responses. Learn more about our SurveyMonkey integration.
- From the Campaign Designer, click the Gear icon. This is located above the right sidebar. A Settings modal will appear.
- Type the email address you would like to send a test to in the "Test Your Campaign" Field.
- Click "Send Test."
- Watch a video about automations.
- Take Note. ...
- Create a new automation. ...
- Add a start trigger. ...
- Add the "Send an email" action to your automation. ...
- Customize your welcome email. ...
- Review the Campaign Summary page. ...
- Adding a “Wait” condition.
- Head over to Automations.
- Click Start from Scratch.
- Click Continue.
- Select the Event is recorded trigger.
- Click Continue.
- Select the event that adds the user to this newly created list. ...
- Click Add Start.
- Add an Action that adds the contact to your list.
Automation split action
Click here to learn more about split testing a campaign. A split action allows you to create A/B split tests inside an automation. This can help you determine which marketing and sales approach works best, and help you optimize your marketing and sales efforts over time.
The Split action allows you to create two types of splits within an automation: a conditional split and an even split (traditional A/B split test).
Predictive Sending targets the optimal send time by individual, using machine learning to analyze each person's opens, clicks, and conversions to determine an optimal send time for each individual in your automation.
The primary difference between email automation and email drip campaigns is that email drip campaigns are static campaigns that are pre-determined, while automated emails are dynamic and different for each recipient.
How do I use an ActiveCampaign template?
- Click “Campaigns” on the left menu.
- Click “Create a campaign.”
- Provide a campaign name and select the type of campaign you wish to send. ...
- Select the list you want to send the campaign to, then click “Next.”
- Select your template type, then click “Continue.”
The Exclusion List is a list of email addresses that are prevented from receiving campaigns and automation emails from you. These email addresses can be added to the exclusion list in a variety of ways: An account user can manually add them.

- Create your email survey. Go to Create new survey from the main dashboard and select Email or shareable link survey. ...
- Customize your design and survey experience. ...
- Choose the distribution tool. ...
- Set up integrations for your survey. ...
- Send out your email survey.
Survicate is a survey tool for businesses that want to collect customer feedback.
Connect as many typeforms as you like to ActiveCampaign. The integration automatically tags each form submission, so you can trigger automated workflows like personalized welcome series, scoring and lead nurture sequences, sales team notifications, and more.
- Click "Automations" on the left menu then click "Automation Messages."
- Locate the automation containing the email you want to update then click the right caret.
- A list of your automation messages will expand. ...
- The email designer will open. ...
- Click "Save and exit."
Survey & feedback emails
Sending out surveys to gain feedback on products, services, and updates is another excellent marketing automation example. These are typically sent out after triggers, such as purchases, or program, site, or product updates.
In the Home app, tap or click the Add button , then select Add Automation . Choose if you want the automation to occur when People Arrive or when People Leave your home. To choose a specific person to start the automation, tap or click Information . You can also choose a location3 and time for the automation.
- Install an email marketing tool. To start, you'll need easy-to-use email automation software (like Omnisend).
- Build and segment an email list. ...
- Set up an automation trigger. ...
- Create email campaigns. ...
- Activate the automation.
- On your computer, go to Gmail .
- At the top left, click Compose.
- Create your email.
- At the bottom left next to "Send," click the Down arrow .
- Click Schedule send.
What is accelerated onboarding?
Accelerated Onboarding is a 90-minute webinar that will teach you the introductory strategies & navigation within the platform as a new customer. We will cover different topics on how you can effectively learn, build & organize your account.
Scroll down to the Automations section of the contact's record. Click the automation name that you want to end for the contact. Click the "End" button.
- An email with subject line A is sent to up to 50% of your selected contacts, while a second email with subject line B is sent to an equal portion.
- After a specified amount of time, the subject line with the most opens is declared the winner.
- Watch a video. ActiveCampaign. ...
- Create your landing page. ...
- Customize the page design. ...
- Add a form to your landing page. ...
- Add tracking and analytics code to your landing page. ...
- Set meta information for your landing page. ...
- Branded page footer. ...
- Preview your landing page.