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Olabimpe Salami

Email and outreach specialist at startbuddi

Olabimpe Salami is the email and outreach specialist at startbuddi. Olabimpe writes about the messages that bring customers in and back: email, WhatsApp and SMS campaigns, follow-ups, and turning enquiries into paying clients.

Runs email and outreach at startbuddi

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Published by Olabimpe Salami

Email9 min read · Oct 10

Email subject lines that get opened: rules and examples

Seven rules and eight formulas for email subject lines that get opened, with examples for small businesses, preview text tips and how…

Marketing8 min read · Oct 9

Digital Marketing for a Startup: A Practical Guide for Bootstrapped Founders

Digital marketing for a startup on a small budget: the order to build your page, tracking, search, email and social, a worked…

WhatsApp9 min read · Oct 9

WhatsApp Business app vs WhatsApp Business API: which do you need?

The WhatsApp Business app and the WhatsApp Business API compared: features, limits, per-message pricing, coexistence and when to switch.

GuideOct 6, 2026

How to Name Your Business: A Small Business Name Generator Method, Rules and 100+ Ideas

A small business name generator you run yourself: 8 naming patterns, 100+ ideas by style, a scoring sheet and how to check…

Marketing7 min read · Oct 5

Startup Marketing: A Practical Guide for Bootstrapped Founders

Startup marketing for founders with no budget: find your first customers, pick two channels, track CAC and follow a 90-day plan you…

Help articleSep 28, 2026

How to set up a sending domain for your emails

Verify your own domain so marketing emails come from your address, reach more inboxes and use your plan's full sending allowance.

Help articleSep 28, 2026

How to set up WhatsApp automation flows

Build a step-by-step reply that runs when someone messages your WhatsApp: greet them, ask a question, branch on the answer, tag them…

Help articleSep 28, 2026

How to set up your first email sequence in startbuddi

Build a series of emails that sends itself: pick what starts it, write each email, add waits between them, test it and…

Help articleSep 28, 2026

How to send a WhatsApp campaign

Get a message template approved by Meta, then send it to your opted-in contacts now or later, and watch who read and…

Help articleSep 28, 2026

How to send an SMS campaign in startbuddi

Write a bulk text, personalise it with first names, pick who gets it, then send it now or schedule it. Opt-outs are…

Help articleSep 28, 2026

How to schedule social media posts

Write a post once, pick the accounts, choose a date and time, and let it publish on its own. Or ask Chip…

Help articleSep 28, 2026

How to segment your email audience

Group your contacts with lists you manage by hand and segments that fill themselves from rules, then email exactly the right people.

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