Integrations / Email Newsletters
Manage EmailOctopus contacts and tags from WhatsApp
Flann connects EmailOctopus to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right EmailOctopus action. Forget the dashboards for a moment. Tell Flann what you want to say and to whom, and it prepares the work inside EmailOctopus: the copy, the list, the schedule, the links.
20 actions in EmailOctopus. 6 only look things up, and 14 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in EmailOctopus
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which EmailOctopus action you mean.
“Show me my lists in EmailOctopus.”
“Look up the contact in EmailOctopus.”
“Show me my recent campaigns in EmailOctopus.”
“Create a contact in EmailOctopus.”
“Create an or update contact in EmailOctopus.”
“Delete the tag in EmailOctopus.”
What Flann can work with in EmailOctopus
EmailOctopus gives Flann 20 actions across 5 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Contacts | createdeletelook up | 4 |
| Tags | createdeletelook upupdate | 4 |
How the same contact job compares, in EmailOctopus directly and through Flann.
| Compare | EmailOctopus on its ownEvery step is yours | With FlannThe work comes to your chat |
|---|---|---|
| How you ask | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about contacts | Filters and searches you run yourself | 6 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 14 changes, made from a message |
| EmailOctopus records | All of them, one screen at a time | 5 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your EmailOctopus API key, once |
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Step by step: EmailOctopus jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in EmailOctopus.
Create a contact from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a contact in EmailOctopus with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Contactsin EmailOctopus and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Contactin EmailOctopus. - Flann creates it in EmailOctopus and confirms in the chat.
Fix a tag without opening EmailOctopus
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Change the tag in EmailOctopus: here is what is different.”
- Flann runs
List Tagsin EmailOctopus and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Update Tagin EmailOctopus. - Flann makes the change in EmailOctopus and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your campaigns
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our campaigns in EmailOctopus?”
- Flann runs
Get Recent Campaignsin EmailOctopus and shows you what it found. - Nothing in EmailOctopus is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The EmailOctopus jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Pruning bounces and sleepers
Today
Bounced addresses and subscribers who have not opened anything in months sit in EmailOctopus, dragging down your sender reputation. Cleaning them means exporting, filtering and importing again.
With Flann
“Find hard bounces and anyone in EmailOctopus who has not opened since spring.”
Searching EmailOctopus, 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.
Segments based on what people buy
Today
You know which customers buy for their children and which only come in for themselves, but EmailOctopus treats them all the same. Building segments by hand never quite happens.
With Flann
“Tag everyone in EmailOctopus who bought kids’ shoes this year so we can tell them about the sale.”
Matching purchase history against your subscribers, Flann builds a segment in EmailOctopus of everyone who fits and shows you who is in and who was left out. Quick to check.
What you stop doing: Targeted emails stop needing an afternoon of filtering.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to EmailOctopus
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose EmailOctopus.
- Paste your EmailOctopus API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your EmailOctopus account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in EmailOctopus whenever a request needs it.
Reading from EmailOctopus is instant. EmailOctopus stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use EmailOctopus with Flann
Check what worked
Ask how last week’s campaign did. Flann pulls the results from EmailOctopus and tells you what to change next time.
Write in your voice
Launch from your phone
Describe the offer in a message. Flann drafts the campaign in EmailOctopus and shows it to you before anything is scheduled.
Everything Flann can do in EmailOctopus
All 20 EmailOctopus actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 6
- Get All Lists
- Get Contact
- Get List
- Get Recent Campaigns
- List Contacts
- List Tags
Changes 14
- Batch Update Contacts
- Create Contact
- Create Field
- Create List
- Create or Update Contact
- Delete Contact
- Delete Field
- Delete List
- Delete Tag
- Unsubscribe Contact
- Update Field
- Update List
- Update Tag
- Create Tag
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What can Flann do with contacts in EmailOctopus?
Flann can create, delete and look up contacts in EmailOctopus, using 4 actions (Create Contact, Delete Contact, Get Contact, List Contacts). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change contacts in EmailOctopus.
What can Flann do with tags in EmailOctopus?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update tags in EmailOctopus, using 4 actions (Create Tag, Delete Tag, List Tags, Update Tag). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change tags in EmailOctopus.
How does Flann connect to EmailOctopus?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose EmailOctopus and paste your EmailOctopus API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your EmailOctopus account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 20 actions in EmailOctopus.
How do I ask Flann to do something in EmailOctopus?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the EmailOctopus action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Does connecting EmailOctopus cost extra?
No. EmailOctopus is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.