Make room for a useful donor preference
Add a clearly named contact property when your supporter records reveal a preference worth organizing for future communications.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create custom property
Create a custom property for contacts in Mailercloud. Custom properties store specific information for contact records. Maximum of 100 properties allowed per account.
Why this helps
Teams can lose time deciding where a newly useful preference should be recorded in their email platform.
- Respond to a real preference-tracking need.
- Give the team a consistent place for a future value.
- Avoid creating fields without a clear purpose.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Blackbaud and Mailercloud to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create a plain-language automation prompt to review supporter preference categories and create a Mailercloud custom property only when an existing property does not cover the need.
- 3Choose a monthly Notis schedule.
- 4Choose a run-report channel.
- 5Test with one real preference category and confirm the property is appropriate.
Questions about this workflow
Will this populate the new property for contacts?
No. This action creates a custom property; it does not write contact values.
Can the property type be set here?
The provided action creates a custom property. Check Mailercloud's available options when defining the property.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Blackbaud to Mailercloud. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Blackbaud triggers
Mailercloud actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create List
Tool to create a new recipient list in Mailercloud for storing and managing contacts. Use when you need to create a new mailing list for organizing contacts.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create custom property
Create a custom property for contacts in Mailercloud. Custom properties store specific information for contact records. Maximum of 100 properties allowed per account.
Delete Contact Property
Tool to delete a custom contact property by ID. Use when removing unused custom fields from contacts. Cannot delete properties used in webforms.
Get Client Plan
Tool to retrieve client plan information from Mailercloud. Use when you need to check the current subscription status, plan details, or verify API connectivity.
Search Contacts in List
Tool to retrieve contacts in a specific list with pagination. Use when you need to list or search contacts within a known list ID.
Update Contact Property
Tool to update a custom property of contacts in Mailercloud. Use when you need to modify the name or description of an existing custom property. Note: Editing custom property type using this API is not possible - you can only edit the name and description.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Blackbaud and Mailercloud, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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