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How to schedule LinkedIn posts for free with LinkedIn’s own scheduler, for a profile or a company page, what it cannot schedule, and when a tool helps.
LinkedIn automation explained: which tools break LinkedIn’s User Agreement, what you can automate safely, and outreach that opens a WhatsApp chat.
The LinkedIn Ad Library shows ads that ran on LinkedIn. How to search it by company, keyword and country, what it shows, and how to use it for research.
LinkedIn conversation ads explained: how they work, LinkedIn’s specs and cost per send, examples for Indian businesses, and a button that opens WhatsApp.
How to create a LinkedIn event, online or in person: the steps, the cover image size LinkedIn asks for, sharing it, and creating events from Fliok.
Diwali offer messages for customers on WhatsApp in English and Hindi: what to send before Dhanteras, on Diwali and after, and what decides if they arrive.
WhatsApp usernames let customers chat without showing their number. What changes for businesses on the API, what to do now, and how Fliok handles it.
WhatsApp utility message examples for orders, payments and bookings, what turns one into marketing, and what they cost in India since October 2026.
A WhatsApp MCP server lets AI apps read your business chats, add leads and send approved templates. How Fliok’s works, and how to connect each app.
Connect Facebook Lead Ads to WhatsApp: answers arrive in your CRM as leads, and people who said yes get an approved WhatsApp message. How to set it up.
Click-to-message ads open a chat, not a website. How Meta’s ads that open WhatsApp, Instagram Direct or either work, what they need, and how to run them.
WhatsApp carousel ads and video ads explained: Meta’s sizes, video lengths and card counts, catalog products in a carousel, and how to make them in Fliok.
Instagram DM to WhatsApp: why Instagram’s 24-hour window makes leads go cold, how to ask for a WhatsApp number politely, and how Fliok can do it for you.
How a WhatsApp API webhook works: Meta’s verify token and signature, an example payload, why webhooks stop working, and signed webhooks from Fliok.
Meta stops delivering messages from Indian businesses’ non-INR WhatsApp accounts on 1 January 2027. How to check your account and move it to INR in time.
Payment reminder messages for WhatsApp in English and Hindi: before the due date, on the day, after it, and every month. When to send each one.
A quotation format that gets a yes: what to include, a sample layout, the message to send it with on WhatsApp or email, and how to follow up.
How to ask customers for a Google review without breaking Google’s rules: where to find your review link, and messages for WhatsApp, email and the counter.
Make a free digital visiting card: one link and QR code with buttons to chat on WhatsApp, call and find you. What to put on it and how to print the QR.
A salon appointment booking system that shows only free times for each stylist, books from a link, and sends reminders on WhatsApp. How to set one up.
Take an advance payment for appointments to stop no-shows: how much to ask, a cancellation policy to copy, the messages to send, and refunds done right.
Send each Google Form response to WhatsApp: as a lead in your CRM, an alert for your team and a welcome message. Free ways, Zapier, and a form built in.
Connect WhatsApp to HubSpot: leads become contacts without duplicates, owner and stage stay in step, and workflows send approved WhatsApp templates.
Connect WhatsApp leads to Zoho CRM: new leads, stages and owners go to Zoho, Zoho leads come back, matched by phone, with chats as daily notes.
A free WhatsApp plugin for WordPress: a chat button on every plan, forms as leads and WooCommerce order updates. What to look for, and how to set it up.
Use the Meta Conversions API for WhatsApp to tell Meta which ad chats became leads and sales, now with one switch: no pixel and no token to paste.
The WhatsApp Marketing Messages API (MM Lite) explained: what it adds over Cloud API, the 2027 deadline for marketing messages, and how to switch it on.
How to hide customer numbers from staff on WhatsApp, so a team can reply without taking your customer list: what a shared inbox hides, and what it cannot.
Send an invoice on WhatsApp as a PDF, with the amount, due date and how to pay in the message. What to write, when to remind, and how to automate it.
Double bookings happen when a time is promised before it is written down. How to take appointments on WhatsApp by hand, and when a booking link is better.
Collect monthly fees on WhatsApp without chasing: one fee date, a bill each month, a reminder schedule and one list of who has not paid.
Bulk sender apps and extensions get numbers banned. The safe way is Meta’s official API: opt-in, approved templates and your messaging limit, step by step.
How a WhatsApp chatbot works, what Meta allows in buttons and lists, and how to build one without code, from a welcome menu to a handover to your team.
An AI agent answers WhatsApp enquiries from your business facts at any hour and passes the chat to a person when it should. How it works, and its limits.
Someone comments a word like LINK and gets a DM. How comment-to-DM works, Instagram’s one-reply-in-7-days rule, and how to set it up in Fliok.
Send order confirmations, shipping updates, COD checks and abandoned-cart reminders on WhatsApp from Shopify or WooCommerce, with approved templates.
Get IndiaMART and JustDial enquiries into one CRM the moment they arrive, give each an owner, and reply on WhatsApp in minutes. How the setup works.
The WhatsApp Business App links up to four devices. When a team needs its own logins, assignment and notes on one number, use a shared inbox.
What Click-to-WhatsApp ads are, how to set one up, what they cost, how to see which ad each WhatsApp lead came from, and how to report sales back to Meta.
Connect WhatsApp to Google Sheets: leads, invoices, payments and bookings as rows in your own sheet, sheet rows in as leads, and Zapier, Make or Pabbly.
Add a WhatsApp chat button to any website or WordPress site: a wa.me link, a floating button or a chat card, and how to turn form leads into chats.
WhatsApp Flows are forms inside the chat: lead forms, booking requests, feedback and sign-ups without a website. How they work, with ten examples.
Copy-ready WhatsApp Business auto reply samples for welcome, away, after-hours, busy and holiday messages, and how to set them up in the app or on the API.
Fliok’s Instagram section: a shared inbox for Instagram Direct with AI replies, comment moderation, post scheduling, insights and ads, beside WhatsApp.
How a WhatsApp Pay request works in India: customers pay by UPI, card or netbanking without leaving the chat, into your own Razorpay or PayU account. Setup and limits.
Only Meta grants the WhatsApp verified badge, an Official Business Account. What it is, Meta’s eligibility rules, how to apply and what to do if turned down.
How many people you can message first in 24 hours, how Meta raises that limit, what your quality rating means, and how Fliok shows both for each number.
Meta’s coexistence mode runs one number on the WhatsApp Cloud API and in the WhatsApp Business App at once. What you keep, what changes, and how to connect.
The Business App is a free phone app you answer from yourself. The API adds a team inbox, broadcasts and automation. How they differ, and how to keep both.
What you need, how Meta’s embedded signup works, and what comes after it: business verification, display name approval, messaging limits and templates.
A practical way to run sales on WhatsApp: make every chat a lead, give it an owner and a next step, automate the reminders and review the pipeline every week.
A lead from a Click-to-WhatsApp ad opens a window in which your messages are free, for up to 7 days. The catch: free-form replies stop at 24 hours.
Meta charges per delivered message, and since October 2026 for replies too. What that costs in rupees, and why marketing messages fail with error 131049.
Business-initiated WhatsApp messages need a Meta-approved template. How categories and review work, and the errors (131008, 132012, 132001) that break sends.
From the Basic plan, each AI reply costs ₹0.50 from a prepaid wallet, plus Meta’s per-message fee. Other AI charges, how GST works, and what happens when it runs out.
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