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# Step 6: Create Your First Flow

Flows is the word we use in Encharge to describe the path that a Person goes through when they enter Encharge. You can use flows to create powerful marketing automation campaigns, send automated emails, and automate repetitive tasks.

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To create your first Flow go to the [Flows](https://app.encharge.io/flows) page and click the Add button on the bottom left:

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In the Drawer, you will be asked to select one of our pre-defined best-practice flow templates or Start blank.

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Select on Start blank to start with an empty flow.

### The Flow Builder

You're now into the Flow Builder.

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You create Flows in Encharge using a powerful drag-and-drop builder by dropping and connecting Steps on to an area called the Canvas:

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### Flow Steps

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Flows consist of Steps. There are 3 types of Steps in Encharge:

* **Triggers** – Triggers start flows. People enter flows through Triggers.
* **Actions** – Actions do different marketing automation things, like Sending an email.
* **Filters** – Filters filter people into different buckets or swimming lanes based on specific conditions. For example, Send an email if Person has a value of $100 OR add to a Facebook audience if the Person has a value of $500.
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# Your First Flow

Let's create your first flow

Let's create a super simple Flow to send an email to all of your contacts.

### 1. Drop a Time Trigger step on to the Canvas.

Time Trigger triggers the flow at a specific date and time.

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### 2. Click on the Time Trigger Step to set it up.

Select a people's segment to trigger with the Time Trigger step. We're going to select All people — this is a pre-defined option that targets your whole audience. We're also going to select when to trigger this step.

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### 3. Connect the Time Trigger with a Send Email Action Step.
### 4. We're going to create a new email to attach to the Send Email Step.

Once you click "Save and close" the email will be attached to the step.

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### 5. Click on the activation switch at the bottom of the flow builder to activate your flow.

This will send the email to All people in your audience at 2 p.m tomorrow. Also, make sure to give your flow a name.

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That's it! Congratulations on creating your first flow.

In the next guide of the Quick Start series, we're going to show you how to create emails.
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# Quick Start Checklist

From logging in Encharge to activating your first automation flow, we've compiled a list of your first action items.

Step 1: Sign up or log into Encharge

Step 2: Set Up Your Mailing Address

Step 3: Learn how to navigate Encharge

Step 4: Import people

Step 5: Connect your apps

Step 6: Create your first flow

[Step 7: Create your first email](https://help.encharge.io/en/article/step-7-create-your-first-email-1vdwp1o/)

[Step 8: Set up site tracking](https://help.encharge.io/en/article/step-8-set-up-site-tracking-uid2uj/)

[Step 9 (extra step for apps): Connect your app to Encharge](https://help.encharge.io/en/article/connecting-your-app-to-encharge-1q7zar7/)