Scheduled SMS and email campaign deployment

PURPOSE

1.1 Automate regularly scheduled SMS and email campaign deployments to veteran members, service personnel, and affiliates.
1.2 Automated communication for event notifications, wellness checks, membership renewals, policy updates, or emergency alerts.
1.3 Ensures automating seasonal greetings, benefit reminders, support resources, and survey requests.
1.4 Scalable campaign automation for targeted or broadcast engagement, maximizing reach and member activation.
1.5 Streamlines automatable outreach, reducing operational burden and human error.

TRIGGER CONDITIONS

2.1 Specified scheduled datetime (e.g., every Monday at 8am, monthly, or custom intervals).
2.2 User-defined campaign calendar for automator activation.
2.3 API/webhook triggers from CRM or member management systems.
2.4 Trigger on milestone events (membership anniversaries, post-deployment, birthdays).
2.5 Conditional logic (e.g., custom fields, engagement scores, service status).

PLATFORM VARIANTS

3.1 Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Use Programmable SMS API; configure message template, scheduling, and contact list.
• Sample: Automate using `Messages.schedule` and `to` parameters for target numbers.

3.2 SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Marketing Campaigns automation; schedule campaign and configure recipient segments.
• Sample: Use `/mail/send` endpoint with `send_at` parameter.

3.3 Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled email via Campaigns API; automate with `delivery-time` property.
• Sample: Set delivery schedule in API payload.

3.4 Nexmo (Vonage)
• Feature/Setting: SMS API; configure automating batch SMS with scheduled triggers.
• Sample: Use `messages-scheduler` function.

3.5 Amazon SES
• Feature/Setting: Email automation via `SendBulkTemplatedEmail`; schedule with Lambda function.
• Sample: Lambda cron as automator.

3.6 Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automate flows for Outlook email or SMS gateway scheduling.
• Sample: Flow trigger = Scheduled recurrence.

3.7 HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Automate workflows for email campaigns with time-based triggers.
• Sample: Workflow scheduled email/send SMS via integration.

3.8 ActiveCampaign
• Feature/Setting: Automated Campaigns; configure automating scheduled sends.
• Sample: Campaign builder with scheduling.

3.9 Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Journey Builder; automatedly deploy emails/SMS at defined intervals.
• Sample: Entry event = schedule, channel = email/SMS.

3.10 Google Calendar + Gmail API
• Feature/Setting: Trigger Gmail API for emails on Google Calendar automator.
• Sample: Event reminder activates batching script.

3.11 MessageBird
• Feature/Setting: Flow builder; schedule automatable SMS campaigns.
• Sample: Use flow event “Time-based trigger”.

3.12 ClickSend
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled SMS or email campaigns through Campaigns API.
• Sample: Set `schedule` in payload.

3.13 Constant Contact
• Feature/Setting: Automated Email Series with user-defined timing.
• Sample: Series step with schedule.

3.14 Slack + SMS gateway
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled reminders via Slackbot and SMS bridge.
• Sample: Scheduler + custom command.

3.15 Intercom
• Feature/Setting: Auto Message; schedule push via Campaigns automation.
• Sample: Custom audience, schedule time.

3.16 Zoho Campaigns
• Feature/Setting: Automate regular email blasts with recurring campaigns.
• Sample: Campaign recurrence setting.

3.17 Freshmarketer
• Feature/Setting: Automated campaigns scheduler for both SMS and email.
• Sample: Trigger on date/time.

3.18 Pipedrive + SMS Integration
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation for outreach tasks; SMS plug-in for scheduled sending.
• Sample: Automation rule = scheduled action.

3.19 Drip
• Feature/Setting: Automation Rules; schedule workflow for automating emails.
• Sample: “Scheduled trigger” in Rule.

3.20 Iterable
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Studio; automate recurring messages/SMS campaign.
• Sample: Time-based workflow activation.

3.21 Klaviyo
• Feature/Setting: Flows for scheduled messaging (email/SMS).
• Sample: Recurring date trigger in flow setup.

3.22 Infobip
• Feature/Setting: Automate SMS Campaign manager; scheduled and recurring automating tools.
• Sample: Set frequency and time.

3.23 Emarsys
• Feature/Setting: Automation Center for email and SMS campaign scheduling.
• Sample: ‘Scheduler’ node.

BENEFITS

4.1 Automates member engagement at scale, saving substantial manual effort.
4.2 Automatedly ensures timely, consistent, and relevant outreach to all stakeholders.
4.3 Reduces administrative workload with seamless automator workflows.
4.4 Enhances response rates and engagement via strategic, automatable timing.
4.5 Minimizes manual errors; automating ensures compliance with communication policies.
4.6 Streamlines operational execution for military and veteran organizations through automation.