If you use your mini-course for lead generation, such as collecting contact information from your customers, and you want to know immediately when they complete a course, this is for you.
Actually, you can automize this process directly on Mini Course Generator. With a specific option in the settings, you can receive all answers of a user upon course completion. Learn more.
However, if you would like to customize the notification e-mails, you can construct this process manually by using Pipedream. Pipedream is a tool for creating webhooks for free. If you do not have an account, create one from their website.
You can create “workflows” in Pipedream. A workflow represents an automated process that involves one or more webhooks. For your purpose, it is possible to create a workflow that will get your customers’ answers from a mini-course you choose and e-mail those answers to you.
Create a workflow by clicking the “New +” button.
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Then, before you proceed, you can name your workflow from the upper left corner of the window as such.
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You can select a “trigger” now. Choose “HTTP / Webhook”
Then, pick “HTTP Requests (Most Popular)”
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In the upcoming window, leave the default settings as they are and click “Save and continue”
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Pipedream will generate a custom URL for you and represent it as follows. Copy this URL.
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Go back to Mini Course Generator, open your course, and click the settings icon.
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Select “Webhook” and paste the URL in the provided region. Choose “Course Finish” and then click “Save”
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Here comes the part where you test this webhook. Preview your mini-course and answer the questions in your mini-course for testing. Then, head back to Pipedream. Click “Select Event”
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The trial you made will be visible there; select “POST” as follows.
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Your test answers on your mini-course will be sent to Pipedream.
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You can view the related data listed according to card ID under event>body>cards.
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You can view the data that belong to a card by clicking its ID. Your test answers will be visible there as such. Click “Continue”
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Then, in the upcoming window, select “Send Email”
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In the upcoming window, you can write down the format of the “Subject” and “Text” of the e-mail you will receive, as you wish.
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It is possible to customize the subject of the e-mail with each customer’s input separately. In other words, when a customer completes a course, you can see a specific input in the e-mail subject. For an example of filling these regions, watch the video below.
When you fill the “Subject” and “Text” fields, click “Test” to send the test e-mail.
For a customized HTML view in your mail text, you can fill the optional “HTML” field instead of “Text”
Then, check your mailbox. The e-mail you receive should look like this:
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Finally, go back to Pipedream and click “Deploy” to finish your workflow.
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Congratulations, you are done!
Reminders
- If the cards you ask for contact information are located in the midst of your mini-course, and you would like to get notified when someone answered these cards, even if they did not complete the whole course, you can choose “card end” in the webhook settings.
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However, in this scenario, for each card answered, you will get another e-mail, which can be drudging.
- It is recommended to choose either “Card End” or “Course Finish” in the webhook settings. Choosing both may complicate the results.
- If you definitely need an answer to a question, it is best to make that question mandatory; so that your audience can not proceed without answering that question. Click the settings icon located at the bottom of your question card, and make sure that the card is mandatory.
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- It is essential to sign-up to Pipedream with the e-mail to which you want to get your notifications. Because you will not be able to set a different e-mail for your automation afterward.
- Pipedream will currently let you get up to 333 e-mails per day for free. However, you need to proceed with a premium plan for increasing invocations.
- An alternative tool to Pipedream is Zapier. It is a well-known tool for webhooks, however they do not offer a free plan. You can check out their website for detailed information.
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