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Getting started with Smart Messages

Stronger, more intelligent and easier to navigate – Smart Messages changes how you leverage automation to engage fans.

Updated over a week ago

With Smart Messages, you can:

  • Automatically message fans as soon as they’re online

  • Send mass messages straight to the priority inbox

  • Build message sequences

  • Exclude fans who’ve already seen the same content or you’ve spoken

What's next?

FAQs

Why can't I see Welcome Message, Expired Message, Expiring messages anymore?

Smart Messages replaces these and gives you a lot more control over your messaging. For more information on how we've migrated these messages, see here.

Which roles can create Smart Messages?

Team leaders, Chatters & Creators have full access to create Smart Messages and check their statistics. Please check if this correlates with your previous settings.

I have multiple automated messages live. Will a fan receive multiple messages?

If a fan meets the criteria to receive multiple messages, there's a hierarchy in place that determines which one they'll receive.

The hierarchy is:

1. Birthday
2. Expired
3. Nearing expiry
4. Resubscribe
5. Purchased
6. Delayed welcome
7. Nudge

For example, if the fan is nearing expiring but it's their birthday today – they'll only receive the birthday message.

What does viewed media include? Does it include media a fan might watch in the story?

Media viewed includes free messages to fans and unlocked PPV messages.


It doesn't include Story's media or S4S-used media.

Old auto messages

Smart Messages replaces Welcome Message, Expired Fans message and Expiring Fans message.

Our new feature gives you a lot more control over when the message is sent, your audience and the message content.

Message migration

[Active] Auto Message

Smart Message

Notes

Welcome Messages

Delayed welcome

  • These messages will be automatically migrated and set to active.

Expired Fans

Expired

  • Messages set to "Send to all fans" will be automatically migrated and set to active

  • Messages set to "Send to Free Loaders/Small spenders/Big Spenders" will be automatically migrated and set to cancelled

    • Why? Smart Messages has more options for sending the message so it doesn't perfectly match the old settings

    • Duplicate the cancelled message to create a new message

Expiring Fans

Nearing expiry

  • Messages set to "Send to all fans" will be automatically migrated and set to active

  • Messages set to "Send to Free Loaders/Small spenders/Big Spenders" will be automatically migrated and set to cancelled

    • Why? Smart Messages has more options for sending the message so it doesn't perfectly match the old settings

    • Duplicate the cancelled message to create a new message

Inactive messages are migrated and set to cancelled.

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