How to Do This Without So Much Duplication?

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Hi,

So I’m not sure the best way to handle this workflow I’m trying to implement.

Basically I publish a recording on my site every week. If people want the transcript of that week’s recording, they can sign up for the list and it’ll be sent to them.

Every week obviously has a different transcript.

So far I’ve been creating a separate form for each week, and then a separate automation which fires when that form is submitted, and that automation sends them that week’s transcript.

It seems like this will get kind of out of control rather quickly though.

Is there an easier way of doing this that wouldn’t require so much duplication? I’m pretty new to automations so I very well could be missing something.

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One option is to publish the transcripts to a CMS that has an RSS feed. Wordpress, for example.

Then create an automation with an “RSS feed updated” trigger to begin the automation when a new post is published. Then, use the RSS content block in a campaign to display whatever content from the post you want to include in the campaign, or simply link to the post.

Let me know if this doesn’t work or you have any questions about how to set it up.

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Thanks for your response.

That seems possibly feasible, but I have a few questions about it:

  1. I already run my blog on Wordpress. How could I have this be part of a separate RSS feed that doesn’t feed into the main list?
  2. I want it to be private to subscribers to the list. My fear about putting it on the site somewhere is that it would be publicly accessible. Though, I can probably use WP Hide Posts to make it invisible to all but the rss feed.
  3. Okay so this one’s hard to explain. But let’s say I have 10 recordings. If someone goes to recording #5 and signs up, I want them to be sent that transcript, not just the latest one. That’s why I’ve found myself creating separate forms for each week.
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  1. I believe you can specify a category. Here’s some documentation from Wordpress that might be helpful: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Feeds#Categories_and_Tags
  2. I can definitely understand that concern and WP Hide Posts seems like it’d be a good solution. Some people may be able to find it if they’re really trying, but I think that would be a negligible amount given the benefits of automating this process a bit more. Seems like it could save you a lot of time.
  3. Hmm. Yeah, you might have to create a separate form then. I can’t think of a better solution but I’ll keep thinking about it and reply here if I come up with anything.

Let me know if you have any other questions! Hope that helps!

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