Start from a template, or import and export one

In short

• Templates are ready-made automations. Fill in a few boxes and go live.
• Export one of yours as a file to share.
• Import a file someone sent you.

Start from a template

1. Open Automation and click New.
2. Search in Find a template, or filter by goal: Grow your followers, Engage your audience, or Drive traffic.
3. Pick one and fill in the boxes.
4. Click Go live. Want to change more first? Click Edit everything.

Export one

1. In Your automations, open the menu at the end of the row.
2. Click Export template. A file downloads.

Import one

1. In Your automations, click Import.
2. Click Pick a file, or paste the file in Or paste it here. Then click Read it.
3. Pick the post it should watch, check the words, and click Turn it on.

Good to know

• A template file holds no account details.
• WhatsApp button links are taken out of the file. It has {link} in their place, so your number stays with you.
• Other button links stay, and so do the words. Check them before you share the file.
• Got a file with {link} in it? Put your own link in each button first.
• A template holds the words and the keyword. You pick the post.
• Nothing is saved until you turn it on.
• A draft cannot be exported. Turn it on first.

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