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In this guide, we'll show you how to integrate Deadline Funnel with Flodesk and use our email links in your Flodesk emails.
If you are setting this up for the first time, please check out our guide to see how to connect your Flodesk API key with Deadline Funnel.
Integrate Deadline Funnel with Flodesk
The integration between Deadline Funnel and Flodesk is based on segments. When a user enters the segment you’ve set up, they will automatically be added to your Deadline Funnel campaign and receive a deadline.
1. Create Your Segment
First, you must create your segment in Flodesk. You can do this by going to Audience → New Segment:
2. Name Your Segment
Give your segment a name and a color:
3. Verify That Your Segment was Created
You should now be able to see your newly created segment in the segment overview:
4. Select Your Segment in Deadline Funnel
Open your Deadline Funnel campaign, and select your segment in the list. If you can't see it, please refresh your browser:
5. Create A Webhook
Once you have selected your segment, click on Create A Webhook:
The integration is now complete. Any time a user is added to your Flodesk segment, they will be automatically added to your Deadline Funnel campaign, and Deadline Funnel will create a unique deadline for that lead for your special offer.
Add Deadline Funnel Email Links to Your Flodesk Emails
Deadline Funnel email links are very important to use in your emails wherever you are linking to your special offer (i.e. sales page or checkout page) that subscribers will only be able to access before the deadline.
Deadline Funnel email links pass the subscriber's email address through the link so Deadline Funnel can look up the subscriber's deadline based on their email address and redirect them to your special offer page (or to the expired page if their deadline is expired).
1. Copy the Email Link
Navigate to the relevant campaign in your account and then click into the 'Emails' tab in the left-hand menu.
Select the correct Page URL and click on the Email Link to copy it so you can use it in your Flodesk email and automatically include the subscriber's email address in your link for tracking purposes:
2. Choose Where to Add Your Email Link
In your Flodesk email, highlight the text that you want to link to your sales page and then click the link button:
3. Insert the Email Link
Paste your Deadline Funnel Email Link URL into the link box shown and then press Enter:
4. Save Your Email
When you are done, click on Finish in the top right corner:
Your email link now appears in your email and will track your subscribers who click that link and take them to your campaign page.
Add an Email Timer to Your Flodesk Emails
This is how you can add an email timer to your Flodesk emails.
1. Copy the Email Timer Code
Open the Emails tab on the left side of your campaign editor, and copy the email timer HTML code:
2. Open Your Flodesk Email
In your Flodesk email editor, click to add an element at the point where you want the countdown timer to display, then select the Text block element:
3. Insert Your Email Timer Code
Now replace the placeholder text with the email countdown HTML code that you copied from your campaign in Deadline Funnel:
4. Preview Your Timer
Click anywhere outside of the text box and now you will see a preview of your countdown timer:
(Just note that in Flodesk, once the HTML code has been saved to the text block, it won't show again if you want to go back to view/edit the HTML. The timer will continue to work)
Note: If you are adding the Email Timer to multiple emails in your campaign, you must copy a fresh code for each email that you’re adding it to.
Each time you copy the code, DF generates a new, slightly different code. So, for example, if you are using the timer in two different emails, you would click to copy the code and add it to the first email, then come back to Deadline Funnel, click to copy the code a second time, and paste that new code into your second email.
This helps to ensure that your subscribers always see an update deadline timer in their emails.
Test Your Campaign
Once you've set up your integration, make sure to do a quick test to make sure all the pieces are connecting properly.
1. Clear Your Tracking
Open the Test Your Campaign tab inside your campaign editor, and click on Clear My Tracking:
2. Enter Your Email Address
Enter the email address that you want to use for this test:
You can now see that Deadline Funnel is waiting for your test user to go through the webhook in your GoHighLevel automation:
3. Add Your Contact in Flodesk
You should now add your test user to the segment in Flodesk. You can do that by clicking on Add subscriber and Add an individual:
Insert the email address for your test user, and select the segment for your Deadline Funnel campaign:
4. Confirm Your Test User
Once you have opted in to your automation, you should be able to see the user in your campaign (it might take a few minutes, so make sure to wait and refresh the page):
If you can see that the event was received, it means that your integration is working!
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If you have any questions please chat with us through the messenger in your account, send an email to help [at] deadlinefunnel [dot] com, or schedule a quick call with our team. We'd love to hear from you and we're happy to help!