Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 10 min | Tier: Business & Above
Automations let you put repetitive tasks on autopilot. Instead of manually sending a follow-up email every time a contact fills out a form, DreamFlow can do it for you — instantly, every time, without fail.
With the visual flow builder you design automations by dragging triggers, actions, and conditions onto a canvas and connecting them. No code required.
What Can Automations Do?
Automations respond to events (triggers) and perform work (actions). Here are a few examples:
- Welcome new leads — When a contact is created via your web form, send a welcome email and assign a sales rep.
- Nurture sequences — Add contacts to an email sequence after they download a resource.
- Task reminders — Create a follow-up task when a deal sits in a stage for more than 5 days.
- Pipeline management — Move a deal to "Qualified" when a contact opens 3 or more emails.
- Internal alerts — Send a Slack-style team chat message when a high-value deal is created.
The Visual Flow Builder
- Navigate to Tools > Automations in the sidebar.
- Click + New Automation.
- Give your automation a name (e.g., "New Lead Welcome Flow").
- Drag a Trigger onto the canvas — this is the event that starts the automation.
- Connect one or more Actions — these are the steps DreamFlow performs.
- Optionally add Conditions to branch logic (e.g., "If contact has tag VIP, send premium email; otherwise send standard").
- Click Activate when you are ready to go live.
When Should You Use Automations?
If you find yourself doing the same task more than twice a week, it is a candidate for automation. Common signals:
- You manually send the same follow-up email to every new lead.
- You copy-paste contact data between DreamFlow and another tool.
- You forget to create follow-up tasks after calls.
- Deals sit in pipeline stages without any outreach.
Related Articles
- Build Your First Automation — Step-by-step walkthrough
- Automation Triggers — Every trigger type explained
- Automation Templates — Start from a pre-built flow
Still have questions? Ask Sally in the chat bubble — she can walk you through setting up your first automation.
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