Create an RCS lead nurture journey with a fallback
In this guide, we'll show you how to set up a lead nurture journey on RCS.
For this example, we'll assume that you've published a sign-up form on your ecommerce store or website.
When someone submits that sign-up form, they'll be automatically added to a list of contacts. When they are added to that list, this journey will be triggered.
We'll also show you how to set up this journey so that it runs on a fallback channel if the recipient cannot receive RCS messages. We recommend using SMS as the fallback channel.
What you'll need
- A sign-up form connected to a contact list
- An installed RCS channel
- RCS message templates for your nurture
- Message templates for your fallback channel
Step 1: Set up a new journey
- From the Marketing section of your workspace, go to Journeys > Create Journey > Create from scratch.
- Name and tag your journey.
Step 2: Set up the trigger
We will use the Contact added to list trigger for this journey. When a contact completes a sign-up form, they are automatically added to the selected list.
- For the trigger, choose Contact added to list.
- Select the list from the drop-down.
- Click Save.
Step 3: Add a conditional
Next, add a condition to check if the contact is subscribed to RCS. If not, we'll use a different channel as a fallback (configured later in step 6).
- Below the trigger, add a Conditional.
- Name your branch.
- Configure the conditional settings as follows:
- Properties about someone
- RCS subscription = Boolean = Is true

- Click Save.
Step 4: Add a Send a message step
Now it's time to add the first message that we want to send as the start of the nurture.
- Under the RCS branch, add a Send a message step.
- Choose your RCS channel from the Channel drop-down.
- Select the first RCS message template you want to send from the Template drop-down.
- Save the step.
Step 5: Add a Wait step
To avoid sending an immediate follow-up message, let's add a wait step that pauses the journey for a set period before continuing with the next message in the nurture.
- Below the Send a message step, add a Wait step.
- Use the conditions to set how long the journey should wait before continuing.
- Save the step.
- Continue to add Send a message and Wait steps until you have added your entire RCS nurture campaign to your journey.
Step 6: Configure your fallback channel branch
With all messages and wait steps added for the RCS flow, we can now use the Else branch to set up the fallback channel.
- Under the Else branch, add a Send a message step.
- Choose a different channel, such as SMS or Email, from the Channel drop-down.
- Select your message template.
- Save your step.
- Add and configure a Wait action, then continue to add Send a message and Wait steps until you have added all of the messages for your fallback nurture campaign.
Step 7: Complete and publish your journey
Finally, it's time to end and publish the journey!
- To complete your journey, add an End journey action below both branches.
- Click Publish in the top right-hand side of your screen to set your journey live.
You've just built and published a nurture campaign for RCS, with a fallback channel!