Choosing the audience

Choosing who is in a campaign, adding people after it has started, and picking the step they join at.

Before this you need

The audience is who walks through the sequence. Build it from individuals, contact lists or tags, see Choosing who gets it.

#Adding people after it has started

You can grow an audience mid-campaign. New contacts join at the current step and do not receive the steps that already went out.

Campaign typeWhen a late joiner receives their next email
RelativeAligned with the next scheduled send for the existing audience, not all at once
Event-basedCalculated from the event date, including any before-event offsets

#Start from step

When adding contacts you can choose which step they enter at, rather than accepting the default.

CampaignDefault entry point
StandardStep 1
Event-basedThe step that makes sense for how close the date is
Adding to a paused campaign asks first

You get a confirmation step, and a message telling you how many contacts were added and where they will begin.

#Seeing where everyone is

The audience table has a Current Step column and a step filter, so you can see who is mid-sequence, who has finished, and who is stuck, and combine that with search.

#Who will not receive it

Some selected contacts will be skipped, and the audience view labels them: Daily limit, In another campaign, Opted out, Recent bounce. Check before you start, see The pre-flight check.

People already in another campaign are skipped

This is the most common reason a campaign reaches far fewer people than expected. See One campaign per contact.

Last updated 15 August 2026