Daily Message Sequence or Drip
# 🤝help
l
Can I set up a daily drip, such as sending out daily image & message that is sent to a subscriber. If so, how can I achieve this? I have looked through the bot builder and docs and do not see anything that stands out for this.
f
Would you want to send it through the chat window or to their email?
l
Chat window like FB, IG and maybe SMS or other later. Initially just the first two.
f
I haven't seen anyone proactively initiating a conversation on Messenger or Instagram, so I am not sure if its possible. You would use a 3rd party software for this. SMS is possible. I think you can use Twilio or SendGrid, but I am not sure. I have only used SendGrid for emails. https://www.cm.com/blog/increase-conversion-with-instagram-marketing-messages/
l
Thanks I know some of the other platforms I have tested it seemed you can accomplish this either with a sequence or message delay. Just not finding where I can do here so far
f
I don't have a lot of knowledge about those integrations. Maybe a @User knows?
a
@lively-pharmacist-69609 , i have done automations with Twillio before. One way to do it is to schedule execution on a serverless function to be called up on schedule you'd like. e.g. https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/schedule-functions in it, you can send a prompt to the bot, and dispatch the response via SMS channel https://www.twilio.com/docs/messaging
l
Thanks! If I can now find FB and IG
a
something along these lines, depends on use case:" https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/reference/send-api/
l
This looks way more complex than it needs to be for simple messaging
Anyone else have any ideas how to so possibly simpler?
a
agreed. but can you describe the use case clearer ? from your initial message: you have subscribers to have messages pushed to on schedule, correct? define term "subscriber"
l
Thank you, and your point is well taken. Allow me to provide a clearer description: A user initiates a conversation on Facebook or Instagram chat. Within this conversation, they are given the option to subscribe to receive daily messages for a duration of 10 days. These messages will be sent back to the same chat platform—whether initiated from Facebook, Instagram, or other channels. However, at present, my focus is solely on Facebook and Instagram. Each of these daily messages will contain both text and an accompanying image. To define a subscriber: they are a Facebook or Instagram user who has commenced a chat message and opted in to receive daily messages for the specified 10-day period. I hope this clarification helps to elucidate the process.
a
it does. i will rely on team, @fresh-fireman-491 and co to supply a better response here.
l
I even played with triggers today as it seems triggers have a scheduler as an option. Pulled my hair out for hours could not even get the trigger to fire and push one message based in the schedule. Not sure why
f
I unfortunately don't know if it's possible or how a conversation would be proactively started on Messenger or Instagram
l
Unfortunately I may have to go with another platform this kind of automation is pretty basic in some of the other platforms I have tested. I really like some of the others featured botpress has but this is a must have feature for my use case but thank you for your help
f
I think we should wait and hear from @famous-jewelry-85388 about this as he knows much more than me
l
Ok thanks
f
Hi! I've been trying to install my bot on Instagram for a week but I can't get it approved in Meta instagram_manage_messages and instagram_basic to make the bot public. Do you have any experience to contribute regarding approval?
l
ONG why is this? its because you have to go throught he developer path I bet
f
hey guys, I hope I am not late, and I hope my answer is relative. @lively-pharmacist-69609 did you try the fixed scheduler?
- just make sure the cron configuration is correct. Check it here: https://crontab.guru/
- and make sure it is published for testing, as it only runs in published bots for design reasons
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