Integrations / Sales & CRM
ContactOut on WhatsApp: manage campaigns with an AI agent
Flann turns ContactOut into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in ContactOut for you. Leads arrive on WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook long before they reach ContactOut. Flann answers those conversations and can prepare the matching record in ContactOut, so nobody falls between the chat and the CRM.
25 actions in ContactOut. 19 only look things up, and 6 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in ContactOut
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into ContactOut actions.
“Look up the campaign in ContactOut.”
“Show me my hashed email identifiers in ContactOut.”
“Check the LinkedIn contact availability in ContactOut.”
“Start a campaign in ContactOut.”
“Add campaign recipients in ContactOut.”
What Flann can work with in ContactOut
ContactOut gives Flann 25 actions across 7 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Campaigns | look up | 2 |
| Campaign recipients | adddelete | 2 |
| Peoples | countsearch | 2 |
How the same campaign job compares, in ContactOut directly and through Flann.
| Compare | Opening ContactOutLog in, find it, do it | ContactOut through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about campaigns | By hand, screen by screen | 19 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 6 changes, made from a message |
| ContactOut records | All of them, one screen at a time | 7 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your ContactOut API key, once |
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Step by step: ContactOut jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real ContactOut actions, one step at a time.
Get answers about your campaigns
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our campaigns in ContactOut?”
- Flann runs
List CampaignsandGet Campaignin ContactOut and shows you what it found. - Nothing in ContactOut is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your LinkedIn contacts from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our LinkedIn contacts in ContactOut stand.”
- Flann runs
Get LinkedIn Contact Infoin ContactOut and shows you what it found. - Nothing in ContactOut is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Get answers about your peoples
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our peoples in ContactOut?”
- Flann runs
Search PeopleandCount Peoplein ContactOut and shows you what it found. - Nothing in ContactOut is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in ContactOut
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once ContactOut is connected.
Renewals and reorders on time
Today
Contracts renew, stock runs out and regular customers are ready to reorder, but the dates are buried in ContactOut. You find out when a competitor has already called them.
With Flann
“Who is due to renew or reorder next month according to ContactOut?”
Reading the renewal dates, contract ends and purchase patterns in ContactOut, Flann gives you a short list of customers coming up, with what they bought last time. It can draft a personal note to each.
What you stop doing: Repeat business no longer depends on you spotting a date.
Today’s call list
Today
Tasks, callbacks and reminders are scattered across contacts in ContactOut. Finding today’s means clicking through views you set up long ago.
With Flann
“Give me today’s call list from ContactOut.”
Pulling every task and callback due today from ContactOut, Flann gives you a call list with a line of context for each name: what was promised, what is open and the best number to ring. A look-up, so it is instant. When you report back after each call, Flann prepares the update and asks you to confirm it.
What you stop doing: Mornings start with a list instead of a search.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to ContactOut
- Search for ContactOut in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your ContactOut API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your ContactOut account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right ContactOut action itself.
Of the 25 ContactOut actions, 19 only read. The other 6 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect ContactOut in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use ContactOut with Flann
Move deals forward
Tell Flann a deal closed or stalled.
Know who you are talking to
Before a meeting, ask Flann for the contact’s history in ContactOut: last deal, last note, last time you spoke.
See the pipeline at a glance
Ask what is open and what is at risk. Flann summarises ContactOut in a few lines you can read in a queue.
Everything Flann can do in ContactOut
Every ContactOut action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 19
- Check LinkedIn Contact Availability
- Count People
- Enrich Companies by Domain
- Enrich LinkedIn Profile
- Enrich Person
- Enrich Person by Email
- Find LinkedIn Profile by Email
- Get API Usage Stats
- Get Bulk Email Verification Job
- Get Campaign
- Get Hashed Email Identifiers
- Get LinkedIn Contact Info
- Get LinkedIn Contact Info Batch
- Get LinkedIn Contact Info Batch Job
- List Campaigns
- List Decision Makers
- Search Companies
- Search People
- Verify Email
Changes 6
- Add Campaign Recipients
- Create Bulk Email Verification Job
- Create LinkedIn Contact Info Batch Job
- Remove Campaign Recipients
- Start Campaign
- Stop Campaign
More Sales & CRM apps Flann works with
ZendeskCommon questions
What can Flann do with campaigns in ContactOut?
Flann can look up campaigns in ContactOut, using 2 actions (Get Campaign, List Campaigns). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
What can Flann do with campaign recipients in ContactOut?
Flann can add and delete campaign recipients in ContactOut, using 2 actions (Add Campaign Recipients, Remove Campaign Recipients). Each one changes something in ContactOut.
How does Flann connect to ContactOut?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose ContactOut and paste your ContactOut API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your ContactOut account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 25 actions in ContactOut.
Do I need to open ContactOut to use it with Flann?
No. Once ContactOut is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in ContactOut.
Is ContactOut included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, ContactOut included.