Forms are a common way to start automated follow-up. Connect them to journeys only after the form captures the right customer information and consent.

What this guide helps you do

• Use a form submission as a journey entry point.
• Map form data into Customer 360 before follow-up.
• Review consent and Audience rules before starting automation.

Before you start

• The form should collect email or another reliable customer identifier.
• Map form fields to customer records when follow-up depends on them.
• Know what the submitter expects to receive next.

Do it manually

1. Open Forms and review the form fields and submission mapping.
2. Open Engagement and create or edit the journey.
3. Choose the form submission or related Audience as the entry trigger.
4. Add welcome, wait, condition, and follow-up steps.
5. Preview sample form submissions and journey entry count.
6. Test with a safe submission before starting live automation.

Ask Faster AI

• Connect this lead capture form to a welcome journey and show me the draft before starting it.
• Review whether this form collects enough information for journey follow-up.
• Create a journey that sends one welcome email and creates a follow-up task after a form submission.

Review before saving, sending, or starting

• Confirm form consent and subscription group before email follow-up.
• Check field mapping so personalization uses correct data.
• Do not start a journey if test submissions enter the wrong customer record.

Common issues and fixes

• If submissions do not enter the journey, check form mapping, trigger, and Audience rules.
• If duplicate customers appear, review CRM duplicate matching.
• If the journey sends too soon, add a wait or review step.

After the journey starts

• Review entries, active people, exits, and step performance during the first run window.
• Open sample customer records to confirm the journey context matches what the customer actually did.
• Pause before editing live timing, sender, Audience, or message content that could affect people already inside.
• Create improvement tasks from evidence instead of changing several journey parts at once.

Welcome email examples

For a customer-facing example of what happens after a signup form starts a journey, read the welcome email sequence examples. Welcome Email Sequences That Turn Signups into Customers.

Smarter Forms workflow

For how form submit events move from published page to mapped customer context and journey follow-up, read the Smarter Forms product article. Smarter Forms: Tracking, Mapping, and Follow-Up Built In.

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Related help

• Create a form with AI
• Map form submissions to customer records
• Build a customer journey
• Create a welcome journey
• Review journey reports