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Using Personas in Automation

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Justin Garrett
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Personas are fictional representations of your customer audiences, designed to produce higher conversions by making personalized messaging simple.

This article provides a walkthrough on how to use personas across the automation engine.


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Personas with Lists

Personas are available as both a trigger or filter when creating lists. These lists can be both dynamic lists (built in real-time as changes occur) or a simple static list.

To use a persona with a list, do the following:

  1. In SharpSpring's top toolbar, click
    Contacts > Lists.
  2. Create or edit a list.
  3. In the list, scroll to the Triggers and Filters section.
  4. In the When a contact drop-down menu, select
    is the persona.
  5. Select the desired persona.
  6. Click Add Rule.
  7. Click Save Changes.
  


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Personas with Action Groups

Personas are available for use when creating action groups. Leads can have their personas changed through the action group.

To use a persona with an action group, do the following:

  1. In SharpSpring's top toolbar, click
    Automation > Tasks.
  2. Create or edit an action group.
  3. In the action group, under Start or an applicable branch, click + Add.
  4. Select Action.
  5. Under Contact Edit Actions, select change contact persona.
  6. Select the applicable persona from the drop-down menu.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Complete the action group as necessary.
  


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Personas with Workflows

Personas can be changed or assigned to a lead through a Workflow Lead Edit Event.

To use a persona with a workflow, do the following:

  1. In SharpSpring's top toolbar, click
    Automation > Visual Workflows.
  2. Create or edit a workflow.
  3. In the workflow, under Start or an applicable branch, click + Add.
  4. Select either Trigger or Filter.
  5. Under Lead, select is the persona.
  6. Select the applicable persona from the drop-down menu.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Complete the workflow as necessary.
  


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