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Email campaigns vs task reminders

Can Tallyfy send email campaigns?

Tallyfy is a workflow management platform - not an email marketing tool. It doesn’t send broadcast email campaigns like Mailchimp or HubSpot would.

However, Tallyfy’s built-in task reminders serve a similar purpose for your existing contacts. When someone has an assigned task, they receive:

  • Daily digest emails summarizing their pending tasks and upcoming deadlines
  • Task-specific reminders when deadlines approach or tasks are overdue
  • Step completion notifications when upstream tasks finish and new work is ready

These reminders go out on a regular cadence, keeping people engaged without you manually following up.

When to use Tallyfy vs email tools

NeedUse
Broadcast marketing to thousands of contactsEmail campaign tool (Mailchimp, SendGrid, etc.)
Reminding known contacts to complete specific tasksTallyfy task reminders
Collecting information from clients or vendorsTallyfy public kick-off forms
Sending a one-time notification within a workflowTallyfy email step type
Nurturing leads with drip sequencesEmail campaign tool

Tallyfy is built for warm, known connections - clients, partners, vendors, and team members who need to complete work. For cold outreach or mass marketing, use a dedicated email platform and connect it to Tallyfy via middleware if you need the responses to trigger workflows.

Launching > Triggers

Seven ways to launch Tallyfy processes - manual, API, email, magic links, schedules, task completion triggers, and kick-off forms.