Grow your EmailOctopus list at live events.
Put a keyword or QR code on your slide or table. People text in, reply with their email, and they’re added to your EmailOctopus list, tagged by event.
14-day free trial. Connects to EmailOctopus through Zapier.
At your event
LETTER
Want the slides? What’s your email?
ivy.c@gmail.com
Added to EmailOctopus
Through Zapier · Tag: meetup
Event sign-ups that make it into EmailOctopus
A clipboard has to be typed up later, and a web form on a phone loses people before they tap submit. With Textiful, the whole sign-up happens in a text.
For newsletters on a budget
Every talk or meetup adds readers to your newsletter, with the event in a tag.
A keyword or a QR code
Say “text DEMO to 33777” from the front of the room, or put a QR code where people can scan it. Either one starts your capture flow.
Give them a reason to sign up
Send your slides, a guide, or a discount in the same flow with handouts.
Connect it with Zapier
- 1
Start with Textiful
In Zapier, create a Zap. Choose Textiful as the trigger app and New Contact as the trigger, then sign in to Textiful.
- 2
Pick your flow
Choose the capture flow to watch. Finish the flow once from your own phone, then test the trigger so Zapier has a sample.
- 3
Add EmailOctopus
Choose EmailOctopus and the Add/Update Contact action. Map email, choose the list, and add tags.
- 4
Turn it on
From then on, everyone who finishes the flow becomes a subscriber in EmailOctopus.
See Textiful + EmailOctopus on Zapier, or read the Zapier setup guide.
The EmailOctopus action to use
Your Zap has two steps: Textiful’s New Contact trigger, then EmailOctopus’s Add/Update Contact action. Here’s every field Zapier shows for that action, and what to put in each one.
1. Trigger
Textiful: New Contact
Runs when someone finishes the capture flow you pick.
- Campaign NameRequiredYour capture flow
Always sent
Email, First name, Last name, Mobile number, Keyword (empty for a QR code scan), Number texted, Flow name and ID, Time they finished
Sent when your flow asks
Zip, City, State, Time zone, Company, Birthdate and age, Your custom fields, Poll answers
Each answer arrives as its own field you can map.
2. Action
EmailOctopus: Add/Update Contact
Adds a new contact to a list or updates an existing contact.
| Field in Zapier | What to put here |
|---|---|
| ListRequired | Choose in Zapier |
| Email AddressRequired | |
| Tags | Type the event name |
| Resubscribe | Your choice |
More EmailOctopus fields, including any custom fields, appear once you connect your account in Zapier. Field names as listed on Zapier, checked November 2026.
Questions people ask
Yes. Each Zap watches one flow, so give each event its own flow and Zap. Tag each contact with the event.
No. The short codes 33777 and 55444 work in the US only, and QR codes text those same numbers, so Textiful is for audiences in the US.
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Grow your EmailOctopus list at your next event.
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