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Campaigns

Send multi-step email sequences to contact lists with automatic enrollment, personalized variables, and configurable stop conditions.

Written by Michael Simmons
Updated today

Campaigns send multi-step email sequences to contact lists. Each contact receives emails on the schedule you define, with automatic stops for replies, clicks, or bounces. Rep can also create and manage campaigns for you.


Before you start

Requirements:

  • Connected email account (required to enable a campaign — you can create one without it)

  • A contact list with 1,000 people or fewer

Credit usage:

  • 1 credit per message successfully sent. Failed sends are not charged.

Campaign limits by plan:

Plan

Active campaigns

Monthly sending limit

Free

1

500 emails

Starter

5

Growth and above

Unlimited

When you hit your plan's limit, you'll see a prompt to upgrade.

Current limitations:

  • Active campaigns cannot be edited. Disable the campaign to make changes, then re-enable to resume sending.

  • Images and attachments are not yet supported in campaign emails.


How campaigns work

Email threading

Each campaign step sends as a separate email thread. Steps do not chain into a single thread, regardless of subject line.

Enrollment behavior

Choose between two enrollment modes in campaign settings:

  • Dynamic: Adding a contact to the campaign's list automatically enrolls them. Timing starts from their enrollment date — a contact added three days after the campaign starts begins at step one.

  • Fixed: A one-time enrollment of the current list members. New additions to the list are not enrolled.

Dynamic enrollment is enabled by default.

Stop conditions

Three configurable stop conditions control when a contact exits the campaign. All are enabled by default:

  • Stop on reply: When a contact replies to any email in the campaign, remaining emails are cancelled for that contact.

  • Stop on click: When a contact clicks a link in any campaign email, remaining emails are cancelled. Useful for calendar booking links or CTAs where a click signals engagement.

  • Stop on bounce: If an email bounces, that contact is automatically removed from all remaining emails. This cannot be disabled.

Variables and fallbacks

Variables populate when each email sends, not when you enable the campaign. Type { in the email editor to insert a variable.

Each variable can have an optional fallback value:

  • Blue tag — fallback is set. If the variable can't resolve, the fallback value is used.

  • Yellow tag — no fallback set. If the variable can't resolve, the email sends with a blank value.

Click any variable tag to set or change its fallback. Use Preview as... to verify variables resolve correctly before enabling. Missing variables display as red "Undefined" with a warning banner.

Email signatures

Campaign emails use your signature configured in Settings > Email & Calendar > Signature in Clarify. The signature is injected into the email editor so you can see exactly what will be sent.

  • Signatures apply to each new campaign step by default

  • Delete the signature from any individual step if you don't want it on that email

  • Clarify uses your Clarify signature, not your Gmail or Microsoft signature — email providers don't expose signatures via API

Signatures support basic text formatting but not images.

Sender identity and aliases

Campaigns send from your connected email account. To send from an alias, configure it under Settings > Connected Accounts — click your account and add the alias. The alias must also be configured as a valid alias in your Google or Microsoft account.

  • You cannot add another workspace member's email as your alias

  • If you delete an alias while a campaign is using it, Clarify shows a warning and resets the sender to your primary email before sending

CC and BCC

Add CC or BCC recipients to any campaign step. Important behavior to know:

  • CC/BCC recipients receive a copy of every email sent to every recipient. If your list has 100 contacts and you CC someone on step one, that person receives 100 emails.

  • Replies from CC/BCC recipients do not count as reply metrics. Only replies from the intended recipient trigger "stop on reply."

  • Opens are counted once per recipient per email. Email providers sometimes trigger automatic open events, so open rates may appear inflated.

  • Free plans: A "Sent with Clarify" footer is appended to all campaign emails and cannot be removed.

  • Paid plans: The footer is included by default but can be toggled off in workspace settings.

ℹ️ If you upgrade mid-campaign, future emails in that campaign will respect the updated setting.


How we protect your domain

Safeguards protect your sender reputation and email deliverability. These apply across all plans:

  • 250 emails per day per account. Emails exceeding this limit queue for the next day.

  • Lists must contain 1,000 people or fewer. This prevents mass sends that trigger spam filters.

  • Bounced emails are removed automatically. Continued sending to invalid addresses damages sender reputation.

  • Contacts cannot be re-enrolled once they've received a campaign email. This prevents duplicate sends.


Create a campaign

1. Go to Campaigns > Create Campaign

2. Under Audience, select a contact list

3. Write your first email:

  • Add a subject line and body content

  • Type { to insert variables — set fallback values for each (blue = fallback set, yellow = no fallback)

  • Use Write with AI or Improve with AI for content suggestions

4. Add more steps with + Add Step. Use the step menu to add steps above or below, remove a message, or send a test email.

5. Set delays between steps

6. Click Configure to adjust settings:

  • Enrollment behavior: Dynamic (auto-enroll new list members) or Fixed (one-time enrollment)

  • Stop on Reply: Toggle whether replies cancel remaining emails

  • Stop on Click: Toggle whether link clicks cancel remaining emails

  1. Use Preview as... to verify variable resolution for specific contacts

  2. Click Enable Campaign

The campaign name defaults to your first email's subject line. Click the name in the header to edit it. Changes save automatically.

⚠️ You cannot enable a campaign without selecting a list and connecting an email account.


Monitor campaigns

Click a campaign to open the Overview page, which shows send statistics for the overall campaign and individual steps.

Metrics include:

  • Sent — total emails dispatched, including any that later bounced or failed. A contact showing "Sent" does not mean the email was delivered successfully.

  • Open rate — percentage of recipients who opened at least once

  • Click rate — percentage of recipients who clicked a link

  • Reply rate — percentage of intended recipients who replied (CC/BCC replies excluded)

  • Bounce rate — percentage of emails that bounced

Recipient activity feed

The Recipients tab shows delivery status and a full activity feed for each contact:

  • Sent, opened, clicked, replied, bounced, and failed events

  • Manual actions: paused, resumed, skipped

  • Replies shown inline with message content

Manage individual recipients

From the Recipients tab, you can:

  • Pause a recipient — stops their remaining emails

  • Resume a paused recipient — continues their sequence


Manage active campaigns

On the main Campaigns page, use the Enabled toggle to control each campaign:

  • On: Sends to enrolled contacts and auto-enrolls new list members (if set to dynamic)

  • Off: Stops all sending and allows editing

Disabling a campaign lets you edit it. Re-enabling resumes sending. Recipients who already received an email won't receive it again.

Duplicate a campaign

Duplicating a campaign creates a copy without the original list attached. Select a new list before enabling the duplicate to avoid unintended sends.


Working with Rep

Rep can create, draft, and update campaigns. Ask Rep to:

  • Create a new campaign with specific content

  • Update email copy or subject lines

  • Add or modify steps

  • Work with variables and signatures

Rep applies signatures automatically unless told otherwise. Open Rep with Cmd + J (Mac) or Ctrl + J (Windows), or press /.

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