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Email marketing

Marketing automation software for small business

Follow-up emails, SMS and WhatsApp messages that send themselves when leads act, built on the same contacts as your CRM.

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Automation for businesses without a marketing team

Marketing automation usually means complex tools built for large teams. Small businesses need a few flows that run reliably: welcome new leads, remind people before a booking, win back cancellations and chase overdue invoices.

startbuddi runs all of those on one engine. Pick a template or describe the flow to Chip, check who it will reach and switch it on. Emails, texts, WhatsApp messages, tasks, waits and conditions are all steps.

  • Triggers from forms, bookings, payments, tags, deal stages and messages.
  • Steps across email, SMS and WhatsApp.
  • A review of who is reachable before you go live.
  • Activity for every contact who went through it.
  • One engineMarketing, sales and booking flows together.
  • Chip builds itDescribe the flow in plain words.
  • Every channelEmail, SMS and WhatsApp steps.
  • Safe launchSee who is reachable before you switch it on.
Build with Chip

Describe it. Chip builds it.

A clear WHEN, DO, WAIT and CHECK plan first, then the messages, saved as a draft.

  • A clear WHEN, DO, WAIT and CHECK plan first
  • Friendly, Professional or Casual writing
  • Nothing goes live until you turn it on
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Triggers and steps

Anything in startbuddi can start one.

Forms, bookings, payments, tags and messages start flows with email, SMS, WhatsApp, tasks and waits.

  • Triggers across forms, bookings, money, email, contacts and deals
  • Wait for their reply, then branch on what they said
  • Send to Google Sheets or Zapier when you need to
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Test and activity

Test it and see every run.

Validate before launch, see who is reachable and check the history for each contact.

  • Validate catches missing steps before launch
  • Review before activating: reachable, suppressed and why
  • Enrollment history for every contact
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Same workspace

Your email list is your contact list.

The people you email are the same contacts who fill your forms, book your time and pay your invoices.

01

Forms that feed your records

Grow the list from your forms, with marketing consent recorded on each contact.

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02

Follow-ups that run themselves

Welcome and follow-up emails that send themselves when someone signs up.

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03

Every client on one record

Every open, click and reply shows on the contact's page.

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04

WhatsApp campaigns

Reach the same people on WhatsApp when email is not enough.

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05

Dashboards and reports

Your email results sit in Analytics beside your forms, bookings and website. Start a monthly marketing report from its template.

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Plans

Email marketing unlocks on Starter

Email campaigns are part of the Marketing hub, which is not on Free. Starter sends 3,000 emails a month, with a 30-day free trial.

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  • Free Not on this plan $0
  • Starter Included, 30-day trial $29/mo
  • Growth Included, 30-day trial $79/mo
  • Scale Included, 30-day trial $199/mo
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Questions people ask

What can marketing automation do for a small business?
Send the right message when something happens: a welcome when someone signs up, a reminder before a booking, a nudge when an invoice is overdue.
Can Chip build an automation for me?
Yes. Describe it in plain words and Chip plans it, writes the messages and saves it as a draft for you to check.
Can it send WhatsApp messages?
Yes, once WhatsApp is connected. Use an approved template to reach anyone, or free text for people who messaged you in the last 24 hours.
What does it cost?
Automations unlock on Starter ($29 a month) with 250 runs a month; Growth includes 2,000.

Send your first campaign this week.

Start from a template or let Chip draft it, send from your own domain and see who read it. Try it free for 30 days.

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Free plan available. Every paid plan starts with a 30-day trial.