Integrations / Social Media Marketing
Dotsimple on WhatsApp: manage tags and media files with an AI agent
Flann turns Dotsimple into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in Dotsimple for you. Flann already talks to your customers on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Linking Dotsimple lets it turn what it hears there into lists, segments and campaign drafts. You stay the editor.
11 actions in Dotsimple. 8 only look things up, and 3 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Dotsimple
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into Dotsimple actions.
“Show me my posts in Dotsimple.”
“Show me my reports in Dotsimple.”
“Show me my accounts in Dotsimple.”
“Delete the media files in Dotsimple.”
“Create a tag in Dotsimple.”
What Flann can work with in Dotsimple
Dotsimple gives Flann 11 actions across 6 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Tags | createdeletelook up | 4 |
| Media files | deletelook up | 3 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in Dotsimple:
| Compare | Opening DotsimpleLog in, find it, do it | Dotsimple through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about tags | Filters and searches you run yourself | 8 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 3 changes, made from a message |
| Dotsimple records | All of them, one screen at a time | 6 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Dotsimple API key, once |
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Step by step: Dotsimple jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real Dotsimple actions, one step at a time.
Create a tag from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a tag in Dotsimple with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Tagsin Dotsimple and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Tagin Dotsimple. - Flann creates it in Dotsimple and confirms in the chat.
Clean up media files you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which media files in Dotsimple are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
List Media Filesin Dotsimple and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Media Filesin Dotsimple. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Get answers about your posts
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our posts in Dotsimple?”
- Flann runs
List Postsin Dotsimple and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Dotsimple is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in Dotsimple
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once Dotsimple is connected.
Pruning bounces and sleepers
Today
Bounced addresses and subscribers who have not opened anything in months sit in Dotsimple, dragging down your sender reputation. Cleaning them means exporting, filtering and importing again.
With Flann
“Find hard bounces and anyone in Dotsimple who has not opened since spring.”
Searching Dotsimple, Flann separates hard bounces from subscribers who have simply gone quiet. For the quiet ones it can draft a last-chance email that asks whether they still want to hear from you.
What you stop doing: List hygiene no longer means a spreadsheet export.
Spotting the ads that waste money
Today
Ad spend leaks when a campaign keeps running after it has stopped working. Checking every ad set in Dotsimple is tedious, so it waits.
With Flann
“Which ads in Dotsimple spent the most this week for the fewest sales?”
It compares spend against conversions for each live campaign in Dotsimple and names the weakest in plain words. Where it makes sense, Flann suggests pausing one or moving budget to a stronger one.
What you stop doing: Underperforming ads stop running unnoticed for weeks.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Dotsimple
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Dotsimple.
- Paste your Dotsimple API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Dotsimple account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Dotsimple whenever a request needs it.
Of the 11 Dotsimple actions, 8 only read. The other 3 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect Dotsimple in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use Dotsimple with Flann
Keep lists clean
Tell Flann a customer asked to stop hearing from you. It prepares the change in Dotsimple so they are not contacted again.
Write in your voice
Launch from your phone
Describe the offer in a message. Flann drafts the campaign in Dotsimple and shows it to you before anything is scheduled.
Everything Flann can do in Dotsimple
Every Dotsimple action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 8
- Get Media File
- Get Tag by UUID
- List Accounts
- List Autoresponders
- List Media Files
- List Posts
- List Reports
- List Tags
Changes 3
- Create Tag
- Delete Media Files
- Delete Tag
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FomoCommon questions
What can Flann do with tags in Dotsimple?
Flann can create, delete and look up tags in Dotsimple, using 4 actions (Create Tag, Delete Tag, Get Tag by UUID, List Tags). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change tags in Dotsimple.
What can Flann do with media files in Dotsimple?
Flann can delete and look up media files in Dotsimple, using 3 actions (Delete Media Files, Get Media File, List Media Files). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change media files in Dotsimple.
How does Flann connect to Dotsimple?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Dotsimple and paste your Dotsimple API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Dotsimple account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 11 actions in Dotsimple.
Do I need to open Dotsimple to use it with Flann?
No. Once Dotsimple is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in Dotsimple.
Does connecting Dotsimple cost extra?
No. Dotsimple is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.