It would be so much easier and less disruptive in the email sequence if we had the capability to ADD emails to the already automated existing series. I would like to have the series be 52 emails in length which gives me once a week for a year. It would also be convenient to be able to move emails up or down in the series to accomplish an improved sequence. Please consider adding these ideas as it would certainly make it more convenient for me Alice Gunderson
Increase automation limit from 31 steps
Best reply by Chris S
Hi everyone,
Thank you for your feedback! We completely agree that long-term, year-long nurture sequences (like sending one tip a week for 52 weeks) are a fantastic strategy for keeping your audience engaged.
While increasing the limit of a single automation path to 52 steps is Not Currently Planned, there is a strategic reason for this: Safety and Manageability. Building a single, massive 52-email path makes it very difficult to read your reporting, and making a mistake while editing a step on week 40 could accidentally disrupt the entire year's sequence.
The Workaround: Automation Chaining Instead of putting all 52 emails in one basket, the industry best practice is to "chain" smaller automations together using Lists!
Build Automation 1 (Emails 1 through 26).
As the very last step in Automation 1, use the Add to List action to automatically drop the contact into a new list (e.g., "Nurture Part 2").
Create Automation 2 (Emails 27 through 52) and set the trigger to: When a contact joins "Nurture Part 2".
When a contact finishes the first six months, the system will seamlessly pass them like a baton right into the next six-month sequence! You bypass the step limit entirely, and your reporting stays clean and manageable.
Editing and Reordering: For your secondary request regarding adding and moving emails: good news! If you are using our modern Automation Path Builder, you can edit active paths, add new steps, and reorder your sequence on the fly!
We are going to keep this idea marked as Under Consideration so our product teams can continue to gauge demand for higher step limits, but we highly encourage using the "Chaining" method to safely build your year-long sequences today!
Under Consideration
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