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Email Automation: Lifecycle Flows and Deliverability

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Email Automation: Lifecycle Flows and Deliverability

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Design automated lifecycle email journeys using customer behaviour data

  • Configure email authentication and improve sender reputation

  • Build multi-step drip campaigns with segmentation and personalization

  • Analyse and optimize email automation performance using testing

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April 2026

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Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

This module builds the foundation for understanding how email automation supports every stage of the customer journey. Learners explore the role of lifecycle marketing within modern retention strategies and discover how automation drives timely, relevant communication. The module begins by introducing career pathways in email automation, emerging tools, and the growing impact of AI in retention marketing. It then guides learners through mapping customer journeys from awareness to loyalty, identifying behaviour patterns, and aligning messaging with intent. Through structured lessons, students examine essential flow types—welcome, nurture, cart abandonment, win-back, and reactivation—while learning how behavioral triggers and data signals initiate each sequence. The module concludes with practical instruction on building lifecycle blueprints, visualizing automation paths, and ensuring each flow supports customer needs at the right moment. By the end of Module 1, learners will have a clear understanding of lifecycle strategy and the foundational flows that power effective email automation programs.

What's included

10 videos5 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

This Module provides a practical, technical deep dive into how to ensure automated emails consistently reach the inbox. Learners begin by understanding the fundamentals of email authentication, including how SPF, DKIM, and DMARC work together to verify sender identity and protect domain reputation. The module then explores the key factors that influence sender reputation—engagement signals, list quality, complaint rates, and sending patterns—along with step-by-step guidance on IP and domain warm-up strategies. Students also learn how to identify and avoid common spam triggers through optimized content, cleaner HTML, and trustworthy sending practices. The module concludes with inbox placement testing, allowing learners to analyze deliverability reports, diagnose issues, and implement corrective actions. By the end of this Module, learners will be equipped with the technical skills and diagnostic frameworks needed to maintain strong deliverability, protect reputation, and ensure that automated campaigns reliably land in the inbox.

What's included

7 videos3 readings4 assignments1 plugin

This module focuses on the practical skills required to design, build, and manage automated email journeys across major marketing platforms. Learners begin by comparing leading ESPs such as Mailchimp, Klaviyo, and HubSpot, gaining an understanding of their workflow capabilities, components, and best-use cases. The module then guides learners through constructing multi-step campaigns using branching logic, conditional paths, and dynamic content to personalize messages based on user behavior. Students also learn how to manage workflow timing, ensuring that delays, triggers, and message cadences support engagement rather than overwhelm subscribers. The final lessons emphasize measuring performance using analytics dashboards, identifying the right success metrics, and troubleshooting underperforming flows. By the end of this Module, learners will be able to build platform-agnostic automation systems, personalize journeys at scale, and validate performance through data-driven insights.

What's included

9 videos3 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt

This Module equips learners with the skills to diagnose, test, and optimize automated email journeys for long-term performance. The module begins with inbox placement testing, covering how to use seed lists, analyze deliverability reports, and identify issues that cause messages to land in spam. Learners then explore workflow QA techniques, including validating triggers, reviewing time delays, and identifying common automation logic errors that disrupt customer journeys. The module moves into optimization strategies, showing how to run iterative A/B tests, interpret engagement data, and refine workflows for improved retention and conversions. Students also learn how to scale automations responsibly while maintaining deliverability and subscriber trust. By the end of this Module, learners will know how to continuously monitor flow performance, troubleshoot deliverability gaps, and implement improvement cycles that keep automated email programs effective and resilient over time.

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10 videos3 readings4 assignments1 plugin

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