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Birthday and special occasion greetings via email/SMS

Purpose

1.1. Automate the sending of birthday and special occasion greetings via email/SMS to increase customer engagement, strengthen loyalty, boost word-of-mouth referrals, and enhance the overall experience for bocce ball court visitors.
1.2. Streamline personalized communication workflows by automating the identification of relevant dates, ensuring no important customer celebration is missed.
1.3. Automating these touchpoints anticipates customer needs, driving retention and long-term value without manual intervention.
1.4. The automated system enables scalable, timely, and consistent greetings, reinforcing a positive brand image for the sports facility.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Customer birth date matches today's date (for birthday greetings) or matches any registered special occasion (anniversary, milestone, club membership anniversary).
2.2. Automated trigger from CRM when new customer details or special dates are entered.
2.3. Recurring automation for annual triggers or according to custom date frequency settings.
2.4. Customer opt-in status for marketing and notifications is confirmed before automating messages.

Platform Variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature: Programmable Messaging API
• Setting: Configure "Messages" endpoint with templated message and automate trigger via their API when customer date matches.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature: Marketing Campaigns
• Setting: Create automated email templates; use their "Automations" to trigger based on date fields.
3.3. Mailchimp
• Feature: Customer Journeys
• Setting: Use journey triggers for date-based automation; set filter as "Birthday" field.
3.4. HubSpot
• Feature: Workflow Automation
• Setting: Automate email/SMS action with workflow triggered by contact property (date match).
3.5. Salesforce
• Feature: Process Builder/Flow
• Setting: Configure automated flows for date-based greetings using "Scheduled Flows".
3.6. ActiveCampaign
• Feature: Automations
• Setting: Automated emails or SMS using "Date-based triggers" on contact fields.
3.7. Zoho CRM
• Feature: Workflow Rules
• Setting: Automate greeting messages with scheduled workflow rule on birthday or occasion fields.
3.8. Pipedrive
• Feature: Workflow Automation
• Setting: Automate personalized greetings using date filter in automation setup.
3.9. Constant Contact
• Feature: Email Automation
• Setting: Birthday series trigger under "Automated Email".
3.10. Klaviyo
• Feature: Flows
• Setting: Automated flow triggered by "Birthday" property or custom date.
3.11. Google Calendar + Gmail
• Feature: Calendar API & Gmail API
• Setting: Automate event-reminder to email flow based on customer event calendar.
3.12. Outlook 365
• Feature: Power Automate Connection
• Setting: Automate birthdays in calendar with scheduled email flow.
3.13. Intercom
• Feature: Customer Engagement Automation
• Setting: Automated in-app or email messages with "Date attribute triggers".
3.14. Slack
• Feature: Automated Bots and Workflows
• Setting: Configure bot to send greetings or reminders to staff for manual reach out.
3.15. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature: Automated Messaging
• Setting: Automate personalized greetings using "message templates" triggered on date match.
3.16. Plivo
• Feature: SMS Notifications
• Setting: Automate SMS greetings via "Message API" based on scheduled dates.
3.17. Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)
• Feature: Automation
• Setting: Automated emails/SMS activated via "Contact’s birthday" property.
3.18. Customer.io
• Feature: Automated Messaging
• Setting: Configure campaign logic with "date trigger" for messaging automation.
3.19. MoEngage
• Feature: Automated Campaigns
• Setting: Personalize and automate messages via "Event Trigger" using custom date fields.
3.20. Odoo
• Feature: Marketing Automation
• Setting: Workflow automates greeting emails with date-based actions in CRM module.

Benefits

4.1. Automating greetings increases customer retention via consistent, personalized engagement.
4.2. Automation reduces manual workload, saving staff time and resources on repetitive tasks.
4.3. Automated flows eliminate errors and missed dates, ensuring precise outreach.
4.4. Scaling automatable communications supports business growth and customer-centric experiences.
4.5. Automator solutions leverage customer data for targeted, timely, automatedly delivered messaging.
4.6. Automating this process reinforces the bocce ball court brand as attentive, tech-forward, and relationship-focused within the recreation sector.

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