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title: "Send Birthday Reminder"
slug: "send-birthday-reminder"
updated: 2024-04-26T09:51:20Z
published: 2024-04-26T09:51:20Z
canonical: "docs.mapp.com/send-birthday-reminder"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Send Birthday Reminder

## Scenario​

Increase the effectiveness of your birthday message by sending a reminder to contacts who didn't click on the original message. You send the reminder 7 days after the contact's birthday.

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## Purpose​

- Increase the effectiveness of your birthday messages.
- Set your offer apart from competitors' birthday messages.
- Generate additional sales.

## How It Works​

A selection selects contacts whose birthday was 7 days ago and who haven't clicked on the birthday email. A time-based automation sends the message to the selection every day at the same time.

## Before You Start​

Create a whiteboard with a birthday sendout. See [Send Birthday Message​](/v1/docs/send-birthday-message).

In this scenario, you will add another job to the same whiteboard.

## Procedure​

This procedure has three parts.

A) Create the prepared message.

B) Create a selection that selects contacts whose birthday was 7 days ago and who have not clicked on the birthday email.

C) Create a time-based automation for daily sendout.

### A) Create the Message​

| ​BirthdayReminderEmail​ | Save the message in the system as a prepared message. For more information, see [Save Draft as Prepared Message​](/v1/docs/save-draft-as-prepared-message). |
| --- | --- |

### B) Create a New Selection​

In the ​*Recipients​ > ​Selection*​ area, create a new selection with the following two conditions. Combine the conditions with **​and​**.

| ![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/75b893b2-bdec-4b03-8c84-c10062cec1a7.png) | **Condition 1** Basis for Condition: ​Message​ Group: (Birthday sendout group) Message: ​Prepared Message​. Then select the birthday message. Click **​Add​** Status: ​Link clicked, No, Any link ​ |
| --- | --- |
| **Condition 2** Basis for Condition = ​Profile​ Attribute = ​Date of Birth​ Click **​Add​** Match = ​Selection run date (without year), exactly before, 7 days​ |

### C) Add Reminder to the Birthday Whiteboard​

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1. In the ​Main Navigation​, click ​**Automation**​.
2. Open the whiteboard that contains your birthday sendout.
3. Drag a second ​**Time-based Job​** module onto the whiteboard.
4. Drag and drop between the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/9b28912c-fe98-4c99-b7c7-28dd2769fab1.png) symbols to connect the modules as shown above.
5. Define the module settings as follows:

| Time-based Job | Field | Entry |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/e5162cb8-05e8-4a50-b4ed-9aa56dbf9304.png) This module performs daily message sendout to a selection of contacts. | Name | Enter a name for the module. |
| Job | ​Send Prepared Message to Selection.​ |
| Message | Select the message you created above. |
| Selection | Select the selection you created above. |
6. Click **​Next​**.
7. Define the desired time frame and notifications.
8. Click ​Activate​ to immediately activate the whiteboard. Only active whiteboards are executed by the system.

⇒ The whiteboard is saved and activated. The automation has the status ​Running​ if the start date is immediate and ​Scheduled​ if the start date is in the future.

> Hint:
> 
> Gain insight into the performance of your message in the ​Statistics​ area. All of the reminders are evaluated together as a single message. This allows you to see at one glance how your birthday reminders are performing. See [Message Statistics (window)​](/v1/docs/message-statistics-window).