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Connect Bigmailer to WhatsApp: contacts, campaigns and segments by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Bigmailer once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Marketing tends to slip when the business is busy.
57 actions in Bigmailer. 27 only look things up, and 30 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Bigmailer
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Bigmailer action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Look up the contact in Bigmailer.”
“Show me my contact lists in Bigmailer.”
“Look up the suppression list in Bigmailer.”
“Create a contact in Bigmailer.”
“Create a transactional campaign in Bigmailer.”
“Create a suppression list in Bigmailer.”
What Flann can work with in Bigmailer
Bigmailer gives Flann 57 actions across 13 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Contacts | createdeletelook upupdate | 6 |
| Segments | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Templates | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Users | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Campaigns | createlook upupdate | 4 |
| Transactional campaigns | createlook upupdate | 4 |
| Brands | createlook upupdate | 4 |
| Suppressions | createlook up | 2 |
Doing it yourself, wiring up a rule, or asking an agent: here is how they compare for Bigmailer.
| Compare | Opening BigmailerLog in, find it, do it | A fixed workflowTriggers built in advance | Bigmailer through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Only what was wired up in advance | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about contacts | By hand, screen by screen | Only the look-ups someone built | 27 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 30 changes, made from a message |
| Bigmailer records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 13 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Bigmailer API key, once |
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Step by step: Bigmailer jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Bigmailer action Flann actually runs.
Create a contact from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a contact in Bigmailer with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Contactsin Bigmailer and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Contactin Bigmailer. - Flann creates it in Bigmailer and confirms in the chat.
Fix a campaign without opening Bigmailer
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the campaign in Bigmailer: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Bulk Campaignsin Bigmailer and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Bulk Campaignin Bigmailer. - Flann makes the change in Bigmailer and confirms in the chat.
Clean up segments you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which segments in Bigmailer are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
List Segmentsin Bigmailer and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Segmentin Bigmailer. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Repetitive Bigmailer work Flann takes off your plate
These are the jobs that come back every day or every week. Message Flann instead, and keep the decisions for yourself.
The monthly newsletter, drafted
Today
Each month you stare at a blank template in Bigmailer, trying to remember what happened that customers would care about. The newsletter goes out late, or not at all.
With Flann
“Draft this month’s newsletter in Bigmailer: new autumn menu, the quiz night and our Sunday opening.”
Flann writes the newsletter in your voice, uses a layout you have sent before from Bigmailer and offers a choice of subject lines. It saves nothing yet.
What you stop doing: No more blank template at the end of the month.
Gaps in the marketing calendar
Today
On Monday you rarely know what is already scheduled in Bigmailer and what has quietly run out. Gaps appear right before the busy dates.
With Flann
“Anything scheduled in Bigmailer for the next fortnight? Where are the gaps?”
Instantly, because it is only a look-up, Flann lists every scheduled email and post in Bigmailer by date and points out the empty stretches before the dates that matter to you. It can suggest something for each gap.
What you stop doing: Quiet weeks stop catching you by surprise.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Bigmailer
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Bigmailer.
- Paste your Bigmailer API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Bigmailer account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Bigmailer whenever a request needs it.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Bigmailer. You can disconnect Bigmailer from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Bigmailer with Flann
Check what worked
Ask how last week’s campaign did. Flann pulls the results from Bigmailer and tells you what to change next time.
Grow the audience you already have
Ask Flann to add this month’s new customers to a list in Bigmailer.
Write in your voice
Everything Flann can do in Bigmailer
The full list of Bigmailer actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 27
- Get Brand
- Get Bulk Campaign
- Get Contact
- Get List
- Get Segment
- Get Template
- Get User
- Get User Information
- List All Brands
- List Bulk Campaigns
- List Contact Lists
- List Contacts
- List Fields
- List Segments
- List Templates
- List Users
- Get Brand Property
- Get Contact Batch Status
- Get Custom Field
- Get Suppression List
- Get Transactional Campaign
- List Brand Properties
- List Connections
- List Message Types
- List Senders
- List Suppression Lists
- List Transactional Campaigns
Changes 30
- Create Brand
- Create Bulk Campaign
- Create Contact
- Create Contact Batch
- Create Field
- Create List
- Create Segment
- Create Template
- Create Transactional Campaign
- Update Contact
- Update Template
- Upsert Contact
- Create Brand Property
- Create Suppression List
- Create User
- Delete Brand Property
- Delete Contact
- Delete Custom Field
- Delete List
- Delete Segment
- Delete Template
- Delete User
- Update Brand
- Update Brand Property
- Update Bulk Campaign
- Update Field
- Update List
- Update Segment
- Update Transactional Campaign
- Update User
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What can Flann do with contacts in Bigmailer?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update contacts in Bigmailer, using 6 actions (Create Contact, Delete Contact, Get Contact, List Contacts and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change contacts in Bigmailer.
What can Flann do with segments in Bigmailer?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update segments in Bigmailer, using 5 actions (Create Segment, Delete Segment, Get Segment, List Segments and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change segments in Bigmailer.
How does Flann connect to Bigmailer?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Bigmailer and paste your Bigmailer API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Bigmailer account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 57 actions in Bigmailer.
Can I use Bigmailer from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Bigmailer for you. You do not need to open Bigmailer.
Which Flann plan do I need for Bigmailer?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Bigmailer and every other app.