Bulk Register Contacts to Event
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David Lamoureux (Product Support Analyst)
RIght now the only way to register a contact to an event without them landing on a page, is to register the contact one by one in the event settings.
Suggesting adding a bulk action option to register to event.
Use case: Let's say contacts went through a funnel before an event was created and we want to show the users a sales countdown timer in an email. The timer is linked to an event, and we have to register the contact to an event before the email timer will sync.
Or another case, let's say many contacts already went through a funnel, later you created an Countdown event and a workflow for that event.
Adding this feature will provide an easy way to do this.
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Hugh (Product Support Manager)
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Enable Bulk Addition to Countdown Events and Integration with Email Automations
Justin Cheng
Currently, ClickFunnels requires users to add contacts to countdown events individually, which is impractical for large-scale promotions like Black Friday sales. Additionally, there is a lack of tutorials or documentation on how one-time countdown events function, making it challenging to maximize their potential.
Feature Proposal:
- Bulk Addition of Contacts to Countdown Events:
Introduce the ability to bulk add contacts or entire lists to a countdown event, eliminating the need for one-by-one additions.
Allow selection of segments, tags, or entire customer databases to be assigned to a specific countdown event with a single action.
- Integration with Email Automations:
Enable adding contacts to countdown events directly through email automation workflows, not just via funnel pages.
Provide triggers and actions within the automation builder that allow users to assign or remove contacts from countdown events based on their behavior or other conditions.
- Enhanced Documentation:
Develop comprehensive tutorials and guides on how one-time countdown events work, including best practices for various types of promotions.
Benefits:
- Time Efficiency: Significantly reduces the time and effort required to set up countdown events for large groups of customers.
- Improved Marketing Flexibility: Allows marketers to seamlessly integrate countdown timers into emails and pages, creating cohesive and timely promotions.
- Enhanced Customer Experience: Provides customers with synchronized countdowns across different platforms, increasing engagement and urgency.
- Better Resource Utilization: Frees up time for marketers to focus on strategy and creative aspects rather than administrative tasks.
Use Case:
A business is preparing for a Black Friday sale and wants all existing customers to see a countdown timer leading up to the event. With this feature, they can bulk add their entire customer list to the Black Friday countdown event. Additionally, they can set up email automations that add new customers to the countdown as they sign up, ensuring everyone receives consistent messaging and urgency cues across emails and sales pages.
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David Lamoureux (Product Support Analyst)
Hey Justin Cheng Thank you for your feedback and adding this request. Those are great suggestions. We'll be sure to keep this open for others to vote on and for our dev team to review.
In the meantime, I have some questions and tips for you.
- Regarding documentation. Have you already found and reviewed these 2 articles?
- https://support.myclickfunnels.com/support/solutions/articles/150000156579
- https://support.myclickfunnels.com/support/solutions/articles/150000156577-countdown-events-event-settings
- If not, after reading them, do you still feel the docs need enhancements? What do you feel is missing?
- Correct, we only have individual adding for the moment, and because of that, this request is a good one.
TIP: If I may offer some advice, the only thing that will allow you to do that can't be done now, is adding an event timer that updates with the event.
What you can do now:
- In promotional emails, send them to a page where they are registered for the event on pageview.
- Use the Countdown Timers' current ability to set a date in an email. This will achieve the same FOMO as if they are registered for the event. (see image)
I hope this helps! If you have any questions about this please reach out to our support team for help. Thank you for your contributions and enthusiasm!