Is there any way to combine goal + wait into a single action?
I have an automation for a summit I’m running, where emails go out daily. For folks who join before the summit begins, the automation uses wait conditions to send the right email. But for folks who join after the summit has started (i.e. Day 2 of the summit), I use the goal to jump them over the previous day(s) emails.
I’d love the ability to combine the two ie. “wait unless”
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The Goal step works has waiting steps. See here:
“Wait until conditions are met: Contacts will wait in this Goal action until they meet the Goal conditions. There is no time limit to how long contacts will wait”
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Yes using a Goal to jump to a different point in an automation is sometimes a good idea. In general, keeping automations small and modular is a great top level strategy. Might make sense to create a second automation for the category that join after the start.