Setting Up a Pulse Sequence
Pulse sequences let you automatically follow up with leads after an event — triggered by a scan, a qualifier value, or a lead score. This guide walks you through creating and activating a sequence.
Before You Start
Pulse is a paid add-on. If you don't see Pulse in the Hub left nav, contact your CSM to discuss enabling it for your org. (If you're already a Pulse beta user, the same Hub nav rules apply — just confirm the feature is turned on for your account.)
You'll work in the Hub — Pulse isn't available from the mobile app.
If you want to send emails, the sender's email address must be verified — see Verifying your sender address below.
If you want to trigger on Lead Score, set up your scoring configuration first.
Step 1: Create a New Sequence
In the Mobly Hub, go to Pulse in the left navigation
Click New Sequence
Give your sequence a name — something that makes it easy to identify later (e.g., "Post-Scan Intro — Q3 Events")
Click Create
This opens the sequence editor.
Step 2: Set Your Trigger
The trigger defines who gets enrolled. Click Add Trigger and choose one:
Trigger
When it fires
Scanned
Any lead scanned at the linked event
Qualifier applied
When a specific qualifier value is applied to a lead
Lead Score
When a lead's score reaches a category (Hot, Nurture, Caution, Cold)
You can add multiple triggers. A lead only enrolls once per sequence regardless of how many triggers they match.
Tip: "Scanned" is the most common trigger for event follow-up. Use Qualifier applied or Lead Score triggers to create more targeted sequences — for example, a separate nurture track that only goes to leads with the "Interested" qualifier value.
Step 3: Build Your Steps
Each step is a message sent to the lead. Click Add Step to add your first one.
Choose a channel
Email — requires a subject, body, and sender configuration
Set the timing
Right away — sends immediately after the previous step (or at enrollment for step 1)
After a delay — set a number of minutes, hours, or days to wait
On a specific date — pick a date and time; optionally set an end date after which the step is skipped if the lead hasn't reached it yet
Write the content
For email steps:
Subject — the email subject line
Body — the email body. Use the rich text editor to format, add links, or insert merge fields (lead name, company, etc.)
Sender — choose who the email appears to come from:
Lead owner — the rep the lead is assigned to in Mobly
Account owner — the owner of the lead's associated company
Specific person — a fixed name and email you enter
Use AI to write or improve content
Click AI Generate to have Mobly draft email copy based on your event context. You can also open the AI Assistant chat to refine existing content — ask it to rewrite, shorten, adjust tone, or add a CTA.
Note: AI-generated content is a starting point. Review it before saving — especially make sure it doesn't reference internal scoring categories (like "Hot lead") in customer-facing copy.
Add more steps
Repeat for each follow-up in your sequence. A typical post-event sequence might look like:
Step 1 — Email, right away — quick intro / thank you for stopping by
Step 2 — Email, after 2 days — follow-up with a resource or demo link
Step 3 — Email, after 5 days — short nudge if no reply
Step 4: Connect to an Event
Sequences don't run on their own — they need to be linked to an event.
Go to the event in the hub
Open the Sequences tab
Find your sequence and activate it for this event
Once active, leads scanned at that event (or matching your other triggers) will start enrolling automatically.
Step 5: Verifying your sender address
Pulse emails go out from a real person's email address — typically the lead's owner — so leads get follow-up from someone they actually recognize. To send from a real address, that person has to prove they own it. Here's what happens:
The first time someone is configured as a sender in Pulse, Mobly triggers a verification flow automatically (when the user is added to the event).
They'll receive an email from MailerSend — Mobly's email delivery provider — asking them to confirm permission to send on their behalf.
They click the link in that email to approve.
After approval, Pulse can send emails as that user. Until they approve, sequences using that sender are blocked.
Why MailerSend? Mobly uses MailerSend as the email-sending infrastructure behind the scenes. We can't fully hide the brand name on the verification email because the customer is granting MailerSend permission to send on their behalf. After approval is granted, the actual emails to leads go out from the user's own address — recipients don't see MailerSend in the From line.
If a sender doesn't approve the verification email, the team-lead heads-up is: their sequences won't send until they do. Worth flagging this to your team during onboarding.
Managing Active Sequences
Pause, edit, or cancel
A live sequence can be paused, edited, or canceled at any time. See Pausing, editing, or canceling a sequence for the full mechanics — especially if you need to stop a sequence that's already sending.
Clone a sequence
Use the clone option to duplicate a sequence for a new event. Update the name and any event-specific content before activating.
View performance
The Pulse dashboard shows:
Total Emails Sent
Open Rate
Click Rate
Reply Rate
Spam Complaints
Activity over time — email volume vs. bounces by month
Funnel Conversion — how many leads moved from sent → opened → clicked → replied
Troubleshooting
Leads aren't enrolling
Confirm the sequence is linked to the event and the trigger is set correctly
Check that the sequence is not paused
Emails aren't sending
Check that the sender has completed MailerSend verification
Confirm the sequence is active (not paused)
A lead received a duplicate email
This shouldn't happen — Mobly deduplicates enrollments. If it did, contact support.
Email shows the wrong sender name
Check the "Sender" setting on the step — confirm it's set to Lead Owner, Account Owner, or the specific person you intended
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