Audience·
Tags and segments — organize your audience without another spreadsheet
Tags for day-to-day ops; segments for living lists. When to use each on WhatsApp.
Without structure, the inbox is a river. With tags and segments, it’s a system.
Tags
Quick labels on a contact or conversation: vip, collections, demo_booked, frustrated.
Use them when:
- The data changes often.
- The team needs to filter today.
- You want a workflow or agent to “see” light context.
Segments
Audiences defined by rules (fields, tags, pipeline stage, events). They recalculate — not a dead spreadsheet list.
Use them when:
- You’re launching a workflow or campaign to a group.
- You want “customers with no purchase in 90 days” always up to date.
- You’re combining several conditions (tag + field + pipeline).
Minimum viable recipe
- 8–12 tags max at the start (if you have 80, nobody uses them).
- 2–3 segments: active VIPs, at risk, new this week.
- One workflow per painful segment — not ten.
Workflows vs manual WhatsApp — when to automate
Not everything should be a bot. How to decide what to automate with workflows and what to leave to the team.
Templates vs saved replies — when to use each
Meta templates to open conversations and notify; saved replies inside the 24-hour window. They’re not the same thing.