How to Schedule Email Autoresponders & SMS Notifications

Take Email Notifications to the Next Level with Scheduled Autoresponders

When autoresponder emails are directly linked to your entry data, you have far more flexible options available to you than when using a service like MailChimp alone. You are now just a click away from the new form Autoresponder add-on for email and SMS notification scheduling.

Regular email notifications in Formidable Forms Pro can be triggered after the following conditions: Create, Save Draft, Update, or Delete. The new Autoresponder add-on takes email notifications to a new level by allowing scheduling. The Autoresponder add-on allows you to schedule emails based on dates that entries were created or updated. You can also base your scheduling on a future date field in your form.

 

When this add-on is activated, the Autoresponder option appears in the Form Action for Email Notification as shown below.

You can choose to "Ignore" or "Respect" the Formidable Forms Pro trigger action setting above the Autoresponder. If "Respect" is selected, The Autoresponder will send out whatever it is told to send, in addition to the original email notification. If "Ignore" is selected, Autoresponder will prevent the original email notification from being sent, and only send Autoresponder notifications.

Schedule SMS Text Notifications when Used with Twilio Add-on

Formidable Forms Autoresponder add-on can be used in conjunction with the Twilio add-on to allow for scheduling of SMS texts. Possibilities abound for SMS text notifications, including appointment and service reminders and post creation notifications. See more about how to use the Twilio add-on here.

How Autoresponders Can Work for You

One Formidable Forms Pro user recently let us know he wanted the ability to schedule out emails every two weeks for a trash removal service to remind customers when recycling day is. Perfect use for Autoresponder add-on!

Other possible uses include sending appointment reminders, onboarding emails, and weekly digest consolidated emails. Schedule automated invoice payment reminders until a payment is made. With something like invoice payment reminders, you may want repeat email notifications. Use Autoresponder to schedule repeats. You can control how many times it will repeat.

Check out these other potential uses:

• Trigger an email reminder around a deadline when a user creates a "to-do" with a deadline.
• Schedule an email after a determined length of time after a purchase (such as a 3 month reminder to change a furnace air filter after purchasing an air filter).
• Notifications to complete additional forms at scheduled intervals, such as with a medical trial study.
• Prescription refill notifications (i.e. veterinarian use).
• Send a user whose payment failed an email saying "Do you need help with Paypal?"
• Schedule notifications to let content submitters know the status of their posts (i.e post hasn't yet been published)
• ...And so much more.

Autoresponder Add-On Available Now

New to Formidable add-ons? The Autoresponder add-on is included with the Elite license package and can be purchased individually as well. Autoresponder works with Formidable Forms free version as well. However, the Pro version is required if you'd like conditional logic in your Email Notification Form Actions.