From your Tipline settings, you can collect opt-in subscriptions and send scheduled weekly newsletters direct from the bot. Newsletters are available on all supported messaging platforms.
This article explains how to:
Directing users to the Tipline newsletter subscription
Navigate to your Tipline main menu, and add an option for users to subscribe to the newsletter.
Click '+ Scenario'
In the 'If' box input the option you listed in the main menu content.
In the 'Then' box, select the message 'Subscription opt-in'.
Configuring newsletter subscriptions
To promote your newsletter and collect opt-ins from Tipline users:
Navigate to the Tipline settings and click ‘Subscription opt-in’ (1).
You will see an automated message to notify your Tipline user whether they are subscribed or not to the newsletter (2).
Add a description of the newsletter and include prompts to either subscribe or be redirected to the Tipline main menu (3).
Using the scenarios to set subscription (4) or redirecting to the main menu (5).
Publish the settings (6).
After publishing, from the Tipline user interface:
The greeting and main menu is displayed including an option to subscribe to the published newsletter (7).
Once the newsletter option is selected, the Tipline user’s subscription status is displayed (8).
The user is then given the option to either subscribe or go back to the main menu (9).
If the user subscribes, they see a confirmation message and can be redirected to the main menu if they input the option (10).
Composing content and scheduling newsletter delivery
To create your newsletter:
From the Tipline settings menu, click ‘Newsletter’ (1).
Schedule the newsletter delivery inputting a day of the week, time, and timezone (2).
Input an introduction (3), and either manually add links or use RSS feed to automatically update the newsletter content (4).
The indicator becomes green when the newsletter is ready to send. Publish the newsletter (5).
Note: if the newsletter header (3) includes the name of the Tipline channel e.g Facebook Messenger that dispatches the newsletter to the opt-in subscriber.