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Building a multi-step email sequence

Use the visual builder to create a multi-step email sequence. Each step is drafted on schedule for you to review and send.

A sequence is a series of emails on a schedule you set. When a step is due, ultragent drafts it and it waits for you to review and send it with one click, so no prospect slips through the cracks and your follow-up stays consistent. Nothing is sent without you.

Create a new sequence

  1. Open Email Sequences from the Sales menu.
  2. Click New sequence to open the visual builder.
  3. Give your sequence a clear name and an optional description.

Add and arrange your steps

The builder shows your sequence as a simple flow from Start to End. Add email steps from the panel on the left, then drag them into the order you want. Each email step sets its own delay — the days and hours to wait after the step before it — so there is no separate wait step.

Write each email

Click any email step to open the editor. Here you set when it is drafted and what it says.

  1. Set the timing under Days after previous and Hours.
  2. Write your Subject Line and Email Body.
  3. Click ultragent Assist to have a draft written for you, then edit to taste.
  4. Use the Quick insert tags such as {{firstName}} and {{companyName}} to personalize each message.
  5. Switch to Preview to see exactly how the email will look.

Tip

Keep Skip if contact replied switched on. When someone answers, ultragent stops drafting further steps for them so your prospect never gets a follow-up after they have already responded.

Set your sending rules

Click Settings to control how the whole sequence behaves:

  • Business hours only: steps are drafted between the start and end times you choose, ready for you to send during the workday.
  • Exit on reply: stop the sequence the moment a contact replies.
  • Exit on meeting booked: stop the sequence once a meeting is on the calendar.

Save and activate

  1. Click Save to keep your work.
  2. Review your steps in the flow one more time.
  3. Click Activate to turn the sequence on and make it ready for contacts.

Good to know

You can pause an active sequence at any time, make changes, and switch it back on. Your enrolled contacts pick up right where they left off.

How many steps should a sequence have?

Four to five steps is a great starting point. Set a delay of a few days on each email to space them out comfortably so you stay persistent without feeling pushy.

Can ultragent help me write the emails?

Yes. Click ultragent Assist on any subject line or body to generate a draft, then edit it to sound like you before it goes out.

Will contacts keep getting emails after they reply?

No. With Exit on reply and Skip if contact replied turned on, follow-ups stop automatically the moment someone responds.

How do I make sure emails only land during work hours?

Turn on Business hours only in Settings and set your start and end times, so each step is drafted during the workday, ready for you to send.

Can I change a sequence after it is already live?

Yes. Pause it, make your edits, and switch it back on. Your enrolled contacts simply pick up right where they left off.

Build your first sequence →