Getting Started with Community

 Welcome to Week 5 — the Season 2 finale! Complete this week's challenge, share your output in the comments, and comment to win swag 👀Over the last four weeks you benchmarked your campaigns, analyzed your CTAs, uncovered what made your best send work, and rebuilt your re-engagement sequence. This week, you get to zoom out.Your challenge: use Active Intelligence to run a full account health audit and walk away with a prioritized 60-day plan built around your own account. How to run your Week 5 taskPaste this into Active Intelligence:Run a full health audit of my account — campaigns, automations, contacts, and engagement. Tell me what's working, what's underperforming, and give me a prioritized 60-day plan based on what you find.Or use this quick-start prompt:What's working in my account right now? You'll get…A full account health read with what's performing, what's stalled, and where your biggest opportunities are hiding A prioritized 60-day plan built as a strategic roadmap around you

Huge thanks to everyone who jumped into the challenge last week!Congratulations to our Week 4 winners:​@koalabear_3  ​@erikcrighton  ​@Chandra at Pillai Center  ​@BBOperations  ​@kenderacademy  ​@Suzanne Castle  ​@johnhughesgolf  ​@adamsakry  ​@billyb Prize redemption details are headed your way 🙌Loved seeing the re-engagement sequences you all built — some smart segmentation in there. Week 5 drops tomorrow, and it's the big one: the Season 2 finale. We're running a full account health audit and walking away with a 60-day plan.

 Welcome to Week 4 of the Active Intelligence Challenge! Complete this week’s challenge, share your output in the comments, and comment to win swag 👀This week, we’re focusing on the contacts you already have but aren’t reaching. They opened once, maybe clicked once—and then went quiet. Your challenge: use Active Intelligence to build a multi-step re-engagement sequence for contacts who haven’t opened an email in 90 days, and give them a reason to come back. How to run your Week 4 task Paste this into Active Intelligence:Build a multi-step re-engagement sequence for contacts who haven’t opened an email in 90 days. Include timing, messaging angle for each step, and a final sunset step if they still don’t engage.Or use this quick-start prompt:Create a re-engagement campaign for contacts who haven’t opened an email in 90 days. You’ll get…A re-engagement sequence with timing, messaging angles for each step, and a sunset condition to help keep your list clean List health insights so you can

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Active Intelligence Challenge last week! Congratulations to our Week 3 winners: ​@koalabear_3  ​@erikcrighton  ​@adamsakry  ​@billyb  ​@BBOperations  ​@Suzanne Castle  ​@kenderacademy  We’ll be in touch with your prize redemption details 🙌Thank you again to everyone who participated last week and made the conversation so valuable for the community. Keep an eye out for Week 4 tomorrow— we're looking at the contacts you already have but aren’t reaching, thinking about ways to reengage and give them a reason to open your next campaign. 

 Welcome to Week 3 of the Active Intelligence Challenge! This week, you’ll turn a one-off win into a repeatable formula. Most marketers have had a campaign that performed better than expected: a standout open rate, a spike in clicks, or more replies than usual. The challenge is figuring out exactly why it worked so you can do it again.Your task this week: ask Active Intelligence to break down your best campaign and create a blueprint you can use for your next send. Here’s your prompt to run in Active Intelligence: “Break down the specific elements that drove performance, including subject line, send time, audience segment, and content. Tell me which elements had the biggest impact and why.”Or try this:My last campaign had an above-average open rate. What made it perform well, and how can I replicate that approach for my next send?  What you’ll get:Performance breakdown showing which campaign elements contributed most to your results Campaign blueprint with specific recommendations to a

Thank you to everyone who shared thoughtful, data-backed takeaways on content types, segmentation, personalization, and CTAs.Congratulations to our 10 Week 2 winners: Kkoalabear_3 billyb kenderacademy Aadamsakry Suzanne Castle johnhughesgolf BBBOperations Chandra at Pillai Center CoachToby Eerikcrighton We’ll be in touch with your prize redemption details!Thank you again to everyone who participated and made the conversation so valuable for the community. Keep an eye out for Week 3, where we’ll explore which campaigns performed best and what made them work.

Welcome to Week 2 of the Active Intelligence Challenge!Your task this week: use Active Intelligence to analyze which content types and CTAs are driving the highest click-through rates across your campaigns. Here’s your prompt to run in Active Intelligence:"Analyze which content types and CTAs drive the highest click-through rates in my campaigns. Tell me what's working, what isn't, and what I should use in my next email."Or, if you want a faster start, use this quick-start prompt:"Analyze which content types and CTAs drive the highest click-through rates in my campaigns."What you’ll get: A breakdown of what campaign elements are driving engagement and which ones your audience is scrolling past Specific recommendations for your next send based on your own campaign data A reusable framework to help drive more clicks in every campaign going forward  To get credit for completing Week 2:Share your Active Intelligence output in the replies below. That earns your spot on the leaderboard a

Huge congratulations to our first round of winners this week!You all helped kick off Season 2 strong, and we’re just getting started.Round 1 Winners: @MaddyCook @erikcrighton @koalabear_3 @adamsakry @Suzanne Castle @BBBOperations @billyb @CoachToby @pynsw-dave @kenderacademy What’s next? Keep an eye on your DMs! We’ll be reaching out shortly with details on how to claim your prizes.Missed out on this round? Don’t sweat it! There are still plenty of chances to join the challenge, share your results, and grab a win before we wrap up. Stay tuned for next week’s challenge!

 Welcome to Week 1 of the Active Intelligence Challenge Season 2! Your task this week: use Active Intelligence to see how your campaigns performed last month compared to industry benchmarks and find out exactly what to improve next. Here’s your prompt to run in Active Intelligence:"I want to understand how my campaigns performed last month. Can you compare my open rates, click rates, and unsubscribe rates to industry benchmarks and show me exactly what to focus on to improve?"Or, if you want a faster start, use this quick-start prompt:"How did my campaigns perform last month compared to industry benchmarks?"What you’ll get: A full read on how your campaigns stack up against your industry across open rates, click rates, and more 2–3 specific things to improve or double down on next A prompt you can reuse every quarter to keep sharpening your results  Get credit for completing Week 1:Share your Active Intelligence output in the replies below. That earns your spot on the leaderboard a

Welcome to Week 2 of the Active Intelligence Challenge! 🏆Week 2 is here, and this task is a "Quick Win" you’ll likely use every single week from now on. The goal? Never starting with a blank subject line box again.Your task this week: Use Active Intelligence to brainstorm five subject line variations for your next send. Pick the one that fits, mix and match, or use the best parts of each—just don’t start from zero! Here is your prompt to run in Active Intelligence:"Write 5 subject line variations for an email about [your topic]. My audience is [describe them]. The goal of the email is [open, click, reply, etc.]." What you’ll walk away with:Five distinct options covering different tones and angles (e.g., curiosity vs. direct benefit). A 3-minute workflow that gives you a faster starting point for every email you write moving forward. Get credit for completing Week 2:Once you’ve generated your results, come back here and reply with a copy/paste of your Active Intelligence output. ⚡Don’t

Hi everyone! I'm Adriano, founder of BraBos Cleaning, a residential cleaning company in Boston (braboscleaning.com). Wanted to share how we use ActiveCampaign as a local, main-street service business — since most stories I see are SaaS or e-commerce.Our setup:Site tracking connected to a ~3,700-contact list, segmented by service type and neighborhood Post-cleaning lifecycle emails that ask happy clients for a Google review at the right moment Seasonal campaigns with Predictive Sending — our last milestone campaign (a deep-cleaning coupon celebrating a review milestone) drove both bookings and a wave of new reviews Win-back flows for clients who paused recurring serviceResults: our Google reviews grew past 635 five-star reviews, and review generation + rebookings now run mostly on autopilot through AC.Happy to answer questions about any of the automations — and if the AC team ever wants a home-services story for the Customer Stories section, we'd love to participate. 🙂

 Week 5 is here, and it's the last one! 🏁Over the last four weeks you've analyzed a campaign, generated subject lines, uncovered a new segment, and drafted an automation. This week, it's time to zoom out.Ask Active Intelligence to look at everything and tell you what to focus on next. Your Week 5 prompt:"Based on my account, what are the 3 most impactful things I should focus on in the next 30 days to improve my marketing results?"Want to go one step further? Try this follow-up:"For each recommendation, tell me what success looks like and how I'd measure it." To enter: Post your 30-day plan in the comments by the end of the week. First 10 to reply win an ActiveCampaign mug or an Amazon gift card. This is also your final leaderboard entry! Grand prize reminder 🏆 — Top 5 finishers across all five weeks take home the Full Swag Bundle plus a featured spot on our LinkedIn (185,000+ followers). Drop your Active Intelligence results below and lock in your grand prize entry! 👇   

 Starting next Tuesday, we're running one challenge a week for five weeks. Each one takes about 5 minutes, uses Active Intelligence, and ends with something you actually made. By the end of May, you’ll have used Active Intelligence five times in five different ways and know exactly how to make each one work for you. Here's what's coming:Week 1: Analyze your last campaign and find out what to change before your next send Week 2: Generate subject line variations for an upcoming email Week 3: Uncover a segment in your list you haven't reached out to yet Week 4: Draft that automation you've been putting off Week 5: Ask Active Intelligence to build your next 30-day marketing planEach week, come back to the weekly challenge thread, post your screenshot and share what you learned, and you're on the leaderboard. The top 10 commenters each week win swag. Finish in the top 5 overall and you’ll win the grand prize, plus we'll feature your business to our 185k+ LinkedIn followers.Week 1 starts Apr

Thank you to everyone who has participated in our Active Intelligence Challenge! We’ve loved seeing what you’ve all built throughout the challenge. We have our Week 5 winners! Congrats to:​@advancedutility  ​@erikcrighton  ​@patagoniahealth1  ​@billyb  ​@koalabear_3  ​@pameladenise  ​@J5wood  ​@kenderacademy  ​@fitness.training  ​@johnhughesgolf And for the final leaderboard, here are our top 5 participants from the challenge, winning our grand prize! ​@erikcrighton  ​@advancedutility  ​@pameladenise  ​@koalabear_3  ​@billyb These five are walking away with the full swag bundle — Notebook, Mug, Hat, Shirt, Backpack or Blanket — plus a feature across our LinkedIn and Instagram. Well earned and BIG congratulations! Winners, keep an eye on your DMs this week for information on how to claim your prizes and next steps.  Whether you completed one week or all five, you showed up and you've got real AI outputs to show for it. Check your inbox — we are sending a full recap of everything you bui

Big thank you to everyone who participated in the Active Intelligence Challenge last week! We’ve loved seeing your results. Week 4 winners - congrats to: ​@erikcrighton  ​@advancedutility  ​@pameladenise  ​@koalabear_3  ​@kenderacademy   ​@sereedy  ​@J5wood  ​@theinstitutesiasa  ​@johnhughesgolfCheck your DMs! I’ll be reaching out shortly with your personal links to claim your ActiveCampaign swag. 🎁 The Grand Prize race is still on 🏆 Every week you participate earns points on the Overall Leaderboard, and our Top 5 finishers will take home the Full Swag Bundle (Notebook, Mug, Hat, Shirt, plus your choice of Backpack or Blanket) and a featured spot in front of 185k+ followers on LinkedIn.Our current leaderboard: ​@erikcrighton  ​@advancedutility  ​@pameladenise  ​@koalabear_3  ​@kenderacademy  ​@billyb  ​@dbrok23  ​@sereedy  ​@sangfroidweb  ​@theinstitutesiasa See you all tomorrow for Week 5! 

 Week 4 of the Active Intelligence Challenge is live — and this one's for the automations collecting dust on your to-do list. 🔧You know what I'm talking about. The automation you've been meaning to build for months. The one that's going to save you hours every week once it's done… but you never quite get around to starting it. This week, you're building it. And Active Intelligence is doing the heavy lifting.Your Week 4 task: Open Active Intelligence and describe the automation you want to build. That's it. You don't need to know how to set it up — you just need to know what you want it to do.Paste this prompt to get started:"Help me build an automation for [describe your use case]. Walk me through the trigger, the steps, and what the goal of the automation should be." ⭐ This week's featured build: The 7-Day Drip CampaignIf you're not sure where to start, here’s an idea. A drip campaign that nurtures new contacts automatically over 7 days — no manual sends, no forgetting to follow up.

Welcome to Week 3 of the Active Intelligence Challenge! 🚀Week 3 is here, and it’s time to stop sending to the same old segments just because they’re already there. Most marketers use the same lists because building new ones is time-consuming, but this week, you’re letting Active Intelligence do the heavy lifting. Your task this week: Use Active Intelligence to uncover a "hidden" audience in your list that you haven’t targeted yet. One prompt, one fresh audience, zero manual digging. Here is your prompt to run in Active Intelligence:Copy and paste this directly into the tool:"Look at my contact list and suggest a segment I haven't targeted yet that might respond well to a re-engagement or nurture campaign."To get even more specific, try adding:"Focus on contacts who haven't opened in 60 days" or "Look at contacts tagged as [your tag] but never purchased."Or, skip the typing and use this quick-start prompt instead:“Help me segment my audience for my next campaign based on engagement pat

Huge thanks to everyone who participated in the Active Intelligence Challenge this week! It’s been great seeing the community dive into these features and share their results. Congratulations to our Week 3 Winners:​@erikcrighton  ​@koalabear_3  ​@advancedutility  ​@billyb  ​@kenderacademy  ​@sereedy  ​@pameladenise  ​@J5wood  ​@CoachToby  ​@johnhughesgolf  What’s next? Keep a close eye on your DMs! I’ll be reaching out shortly with your personal links to claim your ActiveCampaign mug. 🎁 The Race to the Grand Prize 🏆Remember, every week you participate adds points to your name on the Overall Leaderboard. We are still looking for our Top 5 performers to take home the Full Swag Bundle (Notebook, Mug, Hat, Shirt, and the choice of a Backpack or Blanket!) plus a featured spot on our LinkedIn for 185k+ followers to see. Our current leaderboard with 2 weeks left to go!​@erikcrighton  ​@advancedutility  ​@pameladenise  ​@koalabear_3  ​@billyb  ​@dbrok23  ​@sangfroidweb  ​@kenderacademy  ​@ta

A massive shout-out to everyone who jumped into the Active Intelligence Challenge this week! It was incredible to see how you all used the "Strategic Scout" to move past the blank-page syndrome and brainstorm high-impact subject lines.We saw some brilliant variations; from curiosity-driven hooks to direct, value-first headers.  Congratulations to our Week 2 Winners:​@erikcrighton  ​@koalabear_3  ​@dbrok23 ​@pameladenise ​@tatumhanna ​@advancedutility ​@billyb ​@kenderacademy ​@patagoniahealth1 ​@J5wood What’s next? Keep a close eye on your DMs! I’ll be reaching out shortly with your personal links to claim your ActiveCampaign mug. 🎁 The Race to the Grand Prize 🏆Remember, every week you participate adds points to your name on the Overall Leaderboard. We are still looking for our Top 5 performers to take home the Full Swag Bundle (Notebook, Mug, Hat, Shirt, and the choice of a Backpack or Blanket!) plus a featured spot on our LinkedIn for 185k+ followers to see.

Welcome to Week 1 of the Active Intelligence Challenge! Your task this week: Analyze your last campaign's performance and find out what to change before your next send.  Here's your prompt to run in Active Intelligence:"Analyze my last campaign and tell me what I should change for my next send." Once you've got your results, come back here and reply with a screenshot or share what you found out. It doesn't need to be perfect, just needs to be yours!  Replying here enters you into this week's swag drop and the overall leaderboard. Here's what's on the line:🏅 Weekly prize (top 10 each week): An ActiveCampaign mug🏆 Grand prize (top 5 overall): A full swag bundle — think notebook, mug, hat, shirt, and a backpack or blanket 📣 Bonus: Finish in the top 5 and we'll feature your business to our 185k+ LinkedIn followers Drop your results below, win some swag, and let's see what Active Intelligence surfaces for you. 👇

Huge congratulations to our first round of winners this week! You all set a massive pace for the challenge, and we’re just getting started. 👏 Round 1 Winners: ​@erikcrighton, ​@sangfroidweb, ​@advancedutility, ​@pameladenise, ​@dbrok23, ​@theinstitutesiasa, ​@billyb, ​@patagoniahealth1, ​@strategiceventprocur, ​@universityatalbanymb What’s next? Keep an eye on your DMs! I’ll be reaching out shortly with your links to claim your prizes.  Missed out on this round? Don't sweat it. There are still plenty of opportunities to get involved and grab a win before we wrap up. Stay tuned for next week’s challenge!

We're so glad you're here! This community is filled with marketers, business owners, and ActiveCampaign users who love sharing ideas, solving challenges, and celebrating wins together. We'd love to get to know you! Drop a comment below and tell us:💫 A little about yourself and your business - What do you do? Who do you serve?💫 What brought you to ActiveCampaign? - What are you most excited to accomplish with the platform?💫 What you're hoping to learn or explore here💫 A fun fact about you or your business! Whether you're just getting started with ActiveCampaign or you're a seasoned pro, this is your space to ask questions, share insights, and connect with others on the same journey. Don't hesitate to jump into conversations or start your own thread. This community thrives when we all contribute! Welcome aboard – we can't wait to see what you build! Little Local Farm LLCKim Abt WestMaija KiljunenDax GulliverRachel SnareOliver KozakJohnson ZhangFathima SumaiahCalvin SeowChris GlasbeyT

Following up on our conversation yesterday about list hygiene, I wanted to dive deeper into a "hidden" profit killer: Data Decay.We often spend hours building the perfect segments in ActiveCampaign, but if the data inside those segments is "dirty" (spam traps, typos, or expired bouncers), your deliverability (and your ROI) takes a hit.I’ve invited our partners at ZeroBounce to share a guest deep-dive on why "Smarter Segmentation Starts With Better Data." Smarter Segmentation Starts With Better DataGuest Post written by ZeroBounceThe difference between emails that convert and emails that get ignored often comes down to one thing: segmentation. With platforms like ActiveCampaign, marketers can build highly dynamic audiences based on behavior, engagement, purchase history, lifecycle stage, and more.But even the most advanced segmentation strategy depends on one critical factor: data accuracy.If the data behind your segments is incomplete, outdated, or invalid, your personalization efforts

Hi everyone!I'm Alanna Hurley, Community Manager here at ActiveCampaign, and I'm so excited to officially welcome you to our brand-new community platform!After months of planning and building, we've created a space designed to better support your success with ActiveCampaign, making it easier to connect, learn, and grow together. About MeI've been with ActiveCampaign for over 6.5 years and have worked across several teams:Implementations Team - Helping customers migrate from other platforms Content Marketing - Contributing to thought leadership and strategic content Education Team - Creating helpful, accessible content to support your success with the platformYou might've seen me in some of our YouTube tutorials, providing support in the Forum, or engaging in our Slack and Facebook communities. I love connecting with customers and hearing about your goals, wins, and challenges. Some Fun Facts About Me:I'm based in Chicago, IL  Dog mom to a 120 pound Bernese Mountain Dog named Chonk 🐾 I