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Automate birthday and special occasion greetings

Purpose

1.1. Automate the delivery of personalized birthday and special occasion greetings to students, parents, or staff, enhancing community bond and increasing retention by acknowledging individual milestones.
1.2. Streamline administrative workload by removing manual tracking and sending of greetings, ensuring no important date is missed.
1.3. Enable multi-channel delivery (SMS, email, WhatsApp, in-app notifications) to ensure messages reach recipients via their preferred method.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Date match: Student’s birthday or registered special occasion matches today’s date.
2.2. Upcoming event: Automated reminder set for 7 days prior to a special occasion.
2.3. Member database update: New student entry or update triggers a check for upcoming dates.
2.4. Repeating annual trigger for recurring events (birthdays, dojo anniversaries).

Platform Variants


3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature: Messaging API
• Setting: Configure outgoing SMS with templated message and recipient number.

3.2. SendGrid
• Feature: Mail Send API
• Setting: Set up dynamic templates and schedule email sends via API on matched dates.

3.3. Gmail API
• Feature: Send Mail endpoint
• Setting: Use OAuth authentication to send personalized greeting emails.

3.4. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature: Message Send
• Setting: Register phone number and use template message to deliver greetings.

3.5. Slack
• Feature: chat.postMessage
• Setting: Post scheduled messages to select user channels for internal staff greetings.

3.6. Microsoft Teams
• Feature: Message API
• Setting: Configure bot to trigger and deliver greetings within Teams channels.

3.7. Mailchimp
• Feature: Campaigns API
• Setting: Set up automated campaigns with merge tags for recipient data.

3.8. HubSpot
• Feature: Workflows
• Setting: Trigger automated email workflow on date-based property (birthday).

3.9. Pipedrive
• Feature: Automation
• Setting: Schedule activities or emails to contacts on custom date fields.

3.10. Zoho CRM
• Feature: Workflow Rules
• Setting: Send email greeting using birthday date field automation.

3.11. ActiveCampaign
• Feature: Automations
• Setting: Configure “date-based trigger” to launch greeting email series.

3.12. Facebook Messenger (Meta API)
• Feature: Send API
• Setting: Automated personalized greetings through Messenger bot flows.

3.13. Telegram Bot API
• Feature: sendMessage
• Setting: Telegram bot sends direct messages using chat IDs from member database.

3.14. Salesforce
• Feature: Process Builder
• Setting: Date-based automation triggers message or task creation.

3.15. Outlook (Microsoft Graph API)
• Feature: SendMail
• Setting: Use delegated permissions to send scheduled greetings from institutional email.

3.16. Discord
• Feature: Channel messages
• Setting: Bot posts scheduled greetings to relevant dojo server channels.

3.17. Viber
• Feature: Messages API
• Setting: Automate sending personalized occasion greetings to user list.

3.18. Constant Contact
• Feature: Email Automation
• Setting: Create date-based trigger for recurring email greetings.

3.19. Airtable
• Feature: Scripts/Automations
• Setting: Link member records with integration to fire webhooks or send notifications.

3.20. Google Calendar API
• Feature: Events and Reminders
• Setting: Use calendar events to kick off notification/communication flows.

Benefits

4.1. Consistent and timely communications, boosting relationship quality in the dojo community.
4.2. Reduced administrative effort and errors from manual processing.
4.3. Enhanced member satisfaction, supporting retention and referrals.
4.4. Scalable approach adaptable to dojo growth or other engagement initiatives.
4.5. Multichannel reach ensures accessibility for varied member preferences.

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