Marketing Studio · Templates, Quick Replies, Tags, Segments

The small tools that make the big ones fast.

A template written once and offered wherever a message is typed. A quick reply you grab mid-conversation. A tag that says what somebody is. A segment that is a rule, not a list, so it stays current on its own. Four screens, one habit: decide once, reuse everywhere.

Templates
One channel each, merge values
Quick replies
Yours, or the brokerage's
Tags
Eight colours, read by segments and flows
Segments
Rules, counted before you rely on them
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Longer messages you send often. A template is for one channel, and an email one can carry a subject.

★ New listings near youemail · brokerage
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Showing confirmationsms · brokerage
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New listings near you
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New listings near {{lead.property_address}}
Hi {{contact.first_name}}, it's {{agent.first_name}} from {{brokerage.name}}. Three homes near {{lead.property_address}} came on this week. {{listing.link}}
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Favourite — keeps it at the top of the list
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Agents also keep 6 private templates. Their contents are private to them.

Templates

Written once, offered wherever a message is typed.

The messages you send often, kept in one place and reused in flows, in campaigns and in the inbox. They take merge values, so one template greets everybody by their own name.

  • One channel each. An email template can carry a subject; a text template cannot, because a text has none.
  • Fourteen merge values through one Insert picker: the contact's name, email and phone, the agent's, the property they asked about, the listing link, your brokerage name, and the reply the AI just drafted.
  • Brokerage or yours. Admins keep the brokerage's set. Agents keep private ones the admin can count but never read.
  • A blank renders blank. A contact with no first name gets a greeting with a gap in it, so write wording that survives a missing value.
warningEditing a template changes it everywhere it is used, including in flows that are already live. Changing wording is safe; changing what the message is about is not.
Quick Replies

The answer you type twenty times a week.

Short canned answers you grab mid-conversation in the inbox, kept to hand rather than retyped. Give each a name you will recognise in a hurry, not a description of the wording.

  • Any channel, or one. Leave the channel blank and the same reply works for texts and email.
  • Inserted as text you can edit. Nothing sends on its own. The bolt in the composer lists your quick replies and templates for the channel you are on, marked brokerage or yours.
  • Favourites float. A starred reply stays at the top of the list.
  • Shared means read cold. A shared reply is used by people who did not write it, so it should read correctly with no context added.
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Short canned answers. Leave the channel blank and it works for both.

★ Showing times this weekany channel · brokerage
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Pre-approval next stepsany channel · brokerage
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Condo status certificateemail · yours
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Quick replies

★ Showing times this week brokerage Pre-approval next steps brokerage Condo status certificate yours

Templates

Showing confirmation brokerage New listings near you brokerage
Reply to Maya Chen at +1 647 555 0142boltauto_fix_highsend

Picked from the list while typing, with this contact's merge values already filled in.

TagsAdd Tag

Everyone at this brokerage can apply these. Only an admin can rename or delete them.

Hot leadBuyer leadSeller leadCondoDowntownPre-approvedOpen housePast client
Maya Chen+1 647 555 0142 · listing inquiry
Buyer leadCondoHot lead
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Pre-construction
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Delete “June open house”, and remove it from 41 contacts? Any segment selecting on it is left pointing at a deleted tag, and any flow triggered by it stops being triggered.
Tags

Say what somebody is, and let the rest of the system act on it.

Labels you put on contacts. A tag is the simplest way to record what somebody is, and both segments and flows read them: a segment can select on a tag, and a flow can add or remove one as a step.

  • Describe the contact, not the campaign. Hot lead ages well; June open house does not.
  • Eight colours, so a list of contacts can be read at a glance.
  • Brokerage or yours. Everyone can apply the brokerage's tags; only an admin can rename or delete them. Tags you create are private to you.
  • Deleting asks twice, and tells you how many contacts lose the label.
warningDeleting a tag does not just remove a label. Any segment selecting on it is left pointing at a deleted tag, and any flow triggered by it stops being triggered. Check both before deleting one.
Segments

A rule, not a list, so it stays current on its own.

Somebody who becomes a match tomorrow is in the segment tomorrow, with nothing to re-run. A segment is the audience for Mass SMS and email campaigns, and a step inside flows can add people to one. Name it after who is in it, because you will pick it from a list months later.

Tags
  • has the tag “Open house”
  • does not have the tag “Past client”
Consent
  • SMS marketing is allowed
  • email marketing is stopped
  • SMS replies was never recorded
Contact details
  • has an email address
  • has a usable phone number
Source
  • came from listing inquiry, a form, an inbound text or email, or the brokerage
  • came from one particular import
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Counted before you rely on it

Press Count matching contacts before you save. A new segment shows Not counted yet rather than a misleading zero, and a campaign shows the count again before it freezes the audience.

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Consent is a rule, not a checkbox

Only a segment that asserts SMS marketing consent can be the audience for a Mass SMS. A segment without that rule is marked in the picker and a campaign cannot be created from it.

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Why a campaign freezes the audience

A segment keeps changing and a campaign must not. Whoever is in the segment at send time is captured, so the number you approved is the number you are billed for. People added afterwards are not included.

Where they live

Four tools, one add-on.

Templates, Quick Replies, Tags and Segments come with the Automated AI Lead Engine, the add-on that switches on the texting and email side of Marketing Studio. Agents keep their own private templates, replies and tags in the agent portal; admins keep the brokerage's.

Automated AI Lead Engine · add-on
CAD $299 a month, per brokerage

Added to Growth or Dominance AI. Switched on or off at any time, billed pro rata alongside your plan.

  • checkTemplates with the Insert value picker
  • checkQuick Replies in the inbox composer
  • checkTags, brokerage-wide or private
  • checkSegments with a live count
  • checkAutomation Flows, Inbox and Mass SMS
  • checkManaged numbers or your own Twilio

Email campaigns and email templates, which use the same segments and the same Insert picker, come with Dominance AI.

Questions

Before you set them up.

What is the difference between a template and a quick reply?

A template is a longer message for one channel, with an optional subject for email, and it is offered in flows, campaigns and the inbox. A quick reply is a short canned answer you pick while typing in the inbox, and it can work on any channel. Both take merge values and both are inserted as editable text.

Can an admin read an agent's private templates or tags?

No. The admin sees a count, for example "Agents also keep 6 private templates", never the contents. Brokerage-tier items are visible to everyone; private ones belong to the agent who made them.

What happens if a merge value is empty?

It renders blank. A contact with no first name gets a greeting with a gap in it, so write wording that survives a missing value, and send yourself a test before using a template on an audience.

Is a segment updated automatically?

Yes. A segment is a saved rule, so anyone who matches tomorrow is in it tomorrow. Press Count matching contacts to see the number right now; a new segment shows Not counted yet until you do.

Which segments can I text?

Only a segment whose rules assert SMS marketing consent can be the audience for a Mass SMS. Other segments are marked in the picker and a campaign cannot be created from them. Every recipient is checked again before their message is sent.

What breaks if I delete a tag?

Any segment selecting on it is left pointing at a deleted tag, and any flow triggered by it stops being triggered. The confirmation tells you how many contacts lose the label. Check your segments and flows first, and recount after removing tags.

Ready when you are

Decide once. Reuse everywhere.

Add the Lead Engine to a Growth or Dominance AI site and your first template, quick reply, tag and segment are ready to use in flows, the inbox and campaigns the same afternoon.

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