An AI email marketing manager that sends after your yes.
It drafts the campaign or the sequence, builds the segment from your CRM and writes the subject lines to test. When you approve, it sends through your email platform and reports back on what worked.
300 free credits to start. Live in two minutes.
What is an AI email marketing manager?
An AI email marketing manager is an agent that runs the work behind a company's marketing email: campaign and sequence drafts, segments, subject line tests and the report after each send. Cicada's builds segments from the CRM or store you connect, such as HubSpot, Salesforce or Shopify, drafts the copy in your voice, prepares each send in your email platform, such as Mailchimp or Klaviyo, and sends only after you approve. Results on opens, clicks and send times come back as a short message.
What your AI email marketing manager does.
Drafts campaigns
Newsletters, announcements and promotions in your voice, with the subject line, preview text and links in place, as a draft for your review.
Writes sequences
Onboarding, re-engagement and post-purchase sequences, each email with its timing and the reason it's in the sequence.
Builds segments
From HubSpot, Salesforce or Shopify: who opened, who bought, who went quiet. It names who's in, who's out and why.
Tests subject lines
Two or three subject lines per send for an A/B test, and the winner reported once the results are in.
Sends after approval
Prepares each send in Mailchimp, Klaviyo or HubSpot and sends or schedules it only after your yes.
Reports on every send
Opens, clicks, unsubscribes and the best send times, read from your email platform and written up as a short note.
Who hires an AI email marketing manager.
An email for every promotion
Promotion emails and post-purchase flows drafted from Shopify and Klaviyo, sent after your yes.
Onboarding that keeps up
Onboarding and re-engagement sequences drafted, with segments from the CRM.
A newsletter that goes out
The monthly update drafted from what shipped, sent when you approve it.
Results without the export
A note after each send with what worked and what to try next.
Email for every client
Each client's sends drafted, tested and reported in their own platform.
Regulars kept in touch
Seasonal offers and event emails drafted for your customer list, sent after your OK.
Set up in three steps.
Say what the job is
Describe the role in a sentence when you sign up, or tell the agent in the chat. It writes its own brief, which you can read and change any time.
Connect the apps it needs
One click for most apps. Each one can be Full, Ask first or Read-only, for every agent in the workspace.
Link your phone, or don't
Scan a code and it's in your iMessage or WhatsApp. Or keep it in the app, Slack and email. Hand it the first job in the same message.
Nothing goes out without your yes.
Nothing goes out without your yes
Anything that can't be undone, and any message to another person, waits for your OK. Approve with a 👍 in the chat, or set a role to full autonomy once you trust it.
Read-only is a real lock
Make any app read-only and the agent can look but never change a thing. It applies to every agent in the workspace, from their next run.
Every step on the record
Each run shows what it read, what it did and what it sent, step by step, in the Activity tab. Corrections you make stick.
What it won't do.
Won't pretend
If it couldn't confirm something, it leaves it out and says so. A number without a source doesn't go in a message.
Won't go around you
It never messages anyone on your behalf unless you asked, never spends money, and never makes a judgement call about money on its own.
Won't read what isn't shared
Teammates' agents work only through the apps the workspace shares. Your inbox and your personal apps stay under your own login.
Three ways to run email marketing
| Task | Doing it yourself | Your email platform alone | An AI email marketing manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing the email | Your afternoon | Templates and blocks to fill | A draft in your voice, links in place |
| Segments | Filters built by hand | Its own filters | Built from your CRM, with who's in and why |
| Subject line tests | One guess | A test you set up | Variants written, the winner reported |
| Approval | Not needed | A button in the app | A ✅ in Slack or a yes by text |
| Reports | Exports and charts | A dashboard per send | A short note with what to try next |
| Send times | Whenever you finish | A setting | Read from past results and suggested per list |
Things to ask your AI email marketing manager.
- 01
"draft a 3 email onboarding sequence for new trial users"
You get: Three emails with subject lines, timing and the goal of each, for your review.
- 02
"who bought in the last 90 days but not the last 30? make that a segment"
You get: The segment from Shopify or your CRM, with a count and who's left out and why.
- 03
"write 3 subject lines for the spring sale email"
You get: Three options with preview text, ready to test.
- 04
"send the april newsletter tuesday 10am once i ok it"
You get: The send prepared in your platform, waiting for your yes, then sent at 10 on Tuesday.
- 05
"how did the last three campaigns do? what time works best for us"
You get: A short note on opens, clicks and unsubscribes per send, and the send times that did best.
Frequently asked questions.
Where do I talk to it?
Slack, iMessage, WhatsApp, email or the web app. Drafts come back as links in the same thread, and you approve a send with a ✅ or a yes.
Will it send without asking?
No. Every send waits for your yes in the chat. Until then it stays a draft in your email platform.
Which email platforms does it work with?
Mailchimp, Klaviyo, HubSpot and others you can connect. Segments can come from HubSpot, Salesforce or Shopify.
How does it build segments?
From the CRM or store you connect. It tells you who's in, who's left out and why, so you can check the list before anything goes out.
What won't it do?
It won't send without your yes, won't buy lists or spend money, and won't report a number it couldn't read from your platform.
How does it learn our voice?
From past emails you point it to and the corrections you make. It keeps them in a memory you can read and edit in the Brain tab.
Can my team use it too?
Yes. Everyone in your workspace gets their own agent. Shared apps are connected once for the team; personal apps like your inbox stay under your own login.
What does it cost?
Every workspace starts with 300 free credits. You add a card at sign-up and nothing is charged until you run low; then it's $25 for 200 credits, with no subscription. A quick reply is about 5 credits and a typical run under 20; plans start at $99 a month.
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