{"id":18764,"date":"2022-11-28T14:44:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/?p=18764"},"modified":"2025-02-23T19:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T16:10:50","slug":"how-to-add-a-goal-to-your-email-sequence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/how-to-add-a-goal-to-your-email-sequence\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add a goal to your email sequence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This article explains the purpose of the Goal element in email campaign sequence.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you building a sequence with conditions and multiple flows to qualify leads based on their engagement?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Add <strong>Goals <\/strong>to put a logical end to your sequence and pick out recipients who've completed a certain email sequence path.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How goals work<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After completing the sequence path, recipients enter the Goal element so you can see how many have reached it.<\/p>\n<p>Goal can be placed after any element in the sequence. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you have multiple email flows within one sequence, goal is especially useful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an example, in a sequence with conditional triggers, you can place a goal for recipients who engage along the way and a goal for those who don't to qualify them as cold leads or hot leads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow aligncenter wp-image-18768 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hc.png 900w, https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hc-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hc-768x348.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>1) Add sequence goal<\/b><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.snov.io\/campaigns\/new#\/create\/0\/sequence\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sequence editor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page, drag &amp; drop a goal element to the field:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>drag it onto the field below the previous element until you see a dotted line<\/li>\n<li>drop to connect with the previous element<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the email flow, the Goal must be the last element that finalizes the sequence. After the goal, you cannot continue the sequence with other elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow aligncenter wp-image-18767 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/g-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/g-1.png 900w, https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/g-1-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/g-1-768x347.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>2) <\/b><strong>Define Goal name<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the goal element to activate settings pop-up.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the right, enter a Goal name to the field.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow aligncenter wp-image-18766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gn.png 900w, https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gn-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gn-768x347.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18354 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/info-32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/> Goal names are simply informative and don't affect the function of the Goal element. Name it for your own convenience based on how you'd like to qualify your leads in a campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3) Filter recipients by Goal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can access a list of recipients who've reached a Goal using the filtering option. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn how to filter recipients based on the Goal and other parameters in this <a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/filtering-recipients-in-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have more questions? We\u2019re here to help at help@snov.io or live-support chat.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains the purpose of the Goal element in email campaign sequence.\u00a0 Are you building a sequence with conditions and multiple flows to qualify leads based on their engagement?\u00a0 Add Goals to put a logical end to your sequence and pick out recipients who&#8217;ve completed a certain email sequence path. 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