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FOLLOW-UP, ONE PERSON AT A TIME

Follow-up emails, sent to one person at a time

A sequence starts the moment someone clicks your campaign, fills in its landing-page form or replies. From there it sends your designed emails in order, to that one contact, never in bulk, until the emails run out.

  • Starts on a click, a form or a reply

  • Designed emails, sent in order, never in bulk

  • Pause or stop anyone's sequence right from your inbox

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Click. Reply. Off I hop, just for you.
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Wait, everyone gets the same email?

THE OLD WAY OF FOLLOWING UP

Generic automations treat everyone the same

A typical automation sends the same drip to every contact, whatever they did. Someone who clicked gets the same emails as someone who never opened a thing.

It reads like a robot wrote it, because in the way that counts, one did: one script, for everyone, regardless of what any single person actually showed you they wanted.

A sequence works differently. It starts for one person, because of something that one person did, and it sends the emails you designed for exactly that moment, to that person, in order.

HOW A SEQUENCE RUNS

From one click to a finished sequence

Five steps, and the sequence runs itself once it's set up.

They act

A contact clicks a campaign, fills in its landing-page form, or replies. That's the only trigger a sequence needs.

Their sequence begins

It starts for that one person alone, not your whole list, and not anyone who didn't act.

Designed emails send in order

Write them yourself or describe what you want, and AI plans and writes them in your voice.

You stay in control

Pause or stop anyone's sequence right from your inbox, any time you want to step in yourself.

It wraps up

No emails left, no more sends. The sequence ends on its own.

IN DETAIL

What a sequence actually does

Three moving parts, and how each one works.

THE TRIGGER

Starts on a click, a form or a reply

A sequence doesn't go out because a date arrived or a tag got added. It starts because one contact clicked a link in your campaign, filled in the form on its landing page, or wrote back to you.

That means the first email always follows something real: an interest they showed you, not a guess you made for them.

  • Click, form fill or reply, each one its own trigger

  • No sequence starts without an action

  • Every contact's reason is right there in their activity

ONE AT A TIME

Sent to one person, never a crowd

Once a sequence starts, it runs for that single contact. It isn't added to a batch and blasted out with everyone else's triggers.

Your emails go out in the order you built them, one to that one inbox, the same way you'd follow up by hand if you had the time.

  • Never bulk, never a batch

  • Runs in the order you built it

  • Ends when its emails run out

WHO WRITES IT

Write it yourself, or hand it to AI

Build each email in the sequence yourself, the same way you design a campaign.

Or describe what you want to happen, and AI plans the steps and writes them in your voice, using your brand's own way of talking.

  • Write every email yourself

  • Or describe it and AI plans and writes

  • Always in your voice

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Drafting this one in your voice now.

WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU

Follow-up that actually follows up

Five things a sequence gives you that a blanket automation can't.

Every message matches the moment

A sequence only ever speaks to what someone just did, so every email feels like you noticed, because you did.

Catches real interest

A sequence starts for the people who clicked, filled a form or wrote back, the ones already leaning in.

Never lost in a bulk send

Sequences send one at a time, so a reply never gets buried in a mass mailing meant for everyone.

You're always in charge

Pause or stop any sequence straight from the inbox, the second a conversation needs your own reply instead.

No extra writing if you're busy

Describe what you want and AI plans the steps and writes them in your voice, ready for you to send.

COMPARED

What follow-up looks like elsewhere

A typical automation platform

  • Sends your whole drip to everyone, whatever they did.
  • Blasts in bulk, one big batch out the door.
  • Generic templates that read like a robot wrote them.
  • Keeps running until you dig through settings to stop it.
  • One script fits every contact, no matter what happens next.

Six and Two

  • Starts for one person who actually clicked, filled a form or replied.
  • Sends one at a time, as each person earns it.
  • Designed emails in your voice, written by you or planned by AI.
  • Pause or stop from the inbox, the moment you reply yourself.
  • Ends when its emails run out, no half-finished drip hanging around.

QUESTIONS ABOUT SEQUENCES

Sequences, answered

Is this an automation that emails everyone?

No. A sequence starts for one person when they act on a campaign: a click, a landing-page form or a reply. It sends that one contact its designed emails in order, never your whole list at once.

What exactly starts a sequence?

Three things: a contact clicks a link in your campaign, fills in the form on its landing page, or replies to it. Any one of those is enough to begin.

Can I write the emails myself?

Yes. Build each email in the sequence the same way you build a campaign, or describe what you want and AI plans the sequence and writes it in your voice.

Does a sequence ever send in bulk?

No. It sends to one contact at a time, in the order you set, so it never goes out as a mass mailing.

How do I stop a sequence for someone?

Pause or stop it right from your inbox, whenever you want to step in and reply yourself.

What happens when a sequence finishes?

It ends when its emails run out. There's no ongoing drip left running after the last one sends.

Do I need a landing page for a sequence to start?

Not necessarily. A sequence can also start from a campaign click or a reply, a landing-page form is just one of the three triggers.

WORKS WITH

Pairs well with sequences

A few other features that make follow-up even sharper.

Campaign inbox and leads

Every reply lands in one inbox, sorted by campaign, with each lead's stage beside it.

See the campaign inbox

Segments and follow-ups

Save who clicked, who opened and who didn't, straight from any campaign you've sent.

See segments and follow-ups

AI email design

A one-line brief becomes a fully designed email in your brand, ready to drop into a sequence.

See AI email design

Market research and AI copywriter

A research file on your market, read by every AI writer on the platform, sequences included.

See market research
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