Instagram DM automation for creators

What creators send by Instagram DM

Read the comments under your last few posts. Each question people repeat can be a keyword with its own DM.

A DM keyword works with no post, as the DM question funnel shows. Commission links have their own lesson, affiliate sales.

Starter automations for creators

Build these in this order. Lesson 2, your first automation, shows every screen. Each line is the DM.

1. Play 1

   The freebie your comments ask for

   People already ask for it. Maya, a workout creator, posts a routine before her first client. People who comment PLAN at lunch get the plan while she is at the gym.

   1. Press Set up Automation on the post. Add PLAN and PLANS as keywords.
   2. Caption, first line: "Three home workouts, no equipment. Comment PLAN for the full week."
   3. Send a link, because a DM cannot carry a file. For followers or emails, add Follow Gate or Email Gate in Step 3, on Pro and Growth.
   Here is your week of home workouts. Start with Monday, the easiest one. Tap Open the plan, and tell me how day 1 went.Copy

2. Play 2

   Your newest episode, video or song

   The clip shows a short part. The full episode lives on another site, and one word sends people there. A listener in the car cannot comment, so say a DM word in the episode too.

   1. Put LISTEN on the clip post, with the time of the best moment in the caption.
   2. Link a page that always shows your newest episode, so old posts never send an old link.
   3. Make a keyword DM reply with LISTEN. Say in the episode: "Send me LISTEN on Instagram."
   Here is the full episode. The part about [topic] starts at [time]. Which app do you listen on?Copy

3. Play 3

   COLLAB for messages from brands

   Brand messages arrive between fan replies, often in Message Requests. COLLAB sends your media kit page at once. You still read each request and agree on the deal yourself.

   1. Press + New Automation, pick Auto-reply to DMs, and add COLLAB, COLLABS, COLLABORATION and PARTNERSHIP.
   2. Put the kit on a page: who you are, who follows you, what you offer and your past work.
   Thanks for reaching out. My media kit, past work and rates are on this page. Is this a paid, gifted or trade collab? I read every reply myself.Copy

4. Play 4

   START for new followers

   A new follower sees your newest post, not your best work. CreatorFlow cannot send a DM when someone follows you, so give new followers a word to send.

   1. Make a keyword DM reply with START, and add your three best posts as link buttons.
   2. Bio line: "New here? DM me START."
   Welcome. Start with these three posts, the ones I am proudest of. Which one do you like most?Copy

Captions and bio lines for creators

More Reel comments shows where to put the word.

A month for creators

Week 4 follows the launch campaign, the giveaway campaign or event sign-ups.

Mistakes creators make with DM automation

• A DM that sounds like a robot

  Write it in the words of your captions, and read it out loud.

• An old link on an old post

  Old posts still get comments. Link a page you update, or change the DM when an offer ends.

• Promises the DM cannot keep

  CreatorFlow sends one DM. Promise only what that DM sends.

• Testing from your own account

  CreatorFlow ignores your own comments and DMs. Use a second account.

Campaigns and funnels for creators

• Email list funnel for a guide that brings emails
• Follower funnel for a freebie that asks for a follow
• Story funnel for daily Stories with one word
• Launch campaign for merch, prints or a new song

Questions