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About HubSpot Workflows
You can use HubSpot Workflows to automate email schedulingemails, lead notifications, and other essential marketing and recruitment tasks. These workflows ensure timely and relevant communication with prospective and current students, as well as stakeholders who might need additional information about a campaign.
Your college's marketing office manages a master workflow that automatically sends emails to any student who has filled out a form and selected your college. Additionally, several marketing-specific workflows are set up for targeted communications.
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🥇 Best Practice
Be Aware of Existing Workflows and Email Automation
When creating or updating a workflow, make sure that the new workflow does not interfere with existing workflows in the system, as this can create an over-proliferation of emails and/or texts in students' inboxes and phones.
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To view existing workflows and associated messaging, navigate to Automation > Workflows to see what already exists for your Business Unit. |
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💻 Watch Our Video on Workflows
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📄 Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating and Managing Workflows
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View a WorkflowTo view your college’s existing workflows or create new ones, navigate to Automations > Workflows in HubSpot. Only some individuals have access to edit or create workflows to protect against the number of messages that |
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students receive and preserve our District's email deliverability rating. If you do not have access to workflows, you will need to work with your local college |
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marketing office to create them. |
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🥇 Best Practices
Manage Your Workflows
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In your HubSpot account, navigate to Automations > Workflows.
In the top right, click the Folders tab.
Hover over the workflow and click Actions. Then, click Move to folder.
In the dialog box, select your college’s folder.
At the bottom, click Move.
Test your workflow.
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Use the "Test" feature, and click the Test button in the upper right corner of the screen.
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Choose a Contact to Test:
You'll be prompted to select a contact. This allows you to simulate the workflow for a specific person to ensure it functions correctly.
Select the contact you want to test with, ensuring they meet the enrollment criteria you've set up in the workflow.
Review the Workflow:
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HubSpot will run through the workflow as if the chosen contact has entered the workflow, showing you each step of the process and what actions would be taken, like sending an email or updating a property.
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Troubleshoot Errors:
If there are any issues, HubSpot will alert you with error messages. Review and adjust the workflow actions or triggers based on the feedback provided.
Test specific workflow actions by clicking into the individual steps within the workflow and selecting "Test action" to ensure they work correctly.
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After running the test, carefully review the results. Make sure the correct emails are triggered, contacts are enrolled and unenrolled properly, and all actions execute as planned.
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🔀 Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating and Managing Workflows
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Edit a Workflow
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Create a new workflow from scratch:Workflow In your HubSpot account, navigate to Automations > Workflows. Assign your college’s business unit to your workflow. Hover over the workflow's name and click More > Then, select Assign business unitIf you are unable to see workflows or do not have access to create them, you will need to reach out to your college enrollment and marketing teams for permission.
If you are unable to see workflows or do not have access to create them, you will need to reach out to your college enrollment and marketing teams for permission. | ||
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When you're ready to activate the workflow: Select Review and publish. (If only "Review"Mange a Workflow
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Test a Workflow Before PublishingTesting workflows before publishing them ensures that your automation function properly and that contacts will receive the correct messages or actions at the right time.
Publish a WorkflowWhen you are ready to publish the workflow,
After Publishing the WorkflowOnce the workflow is live:
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For additional instructions on creating and managing Workflows, view All all HubSpot Workflow articles. |