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⚠️ Why Your Campaign Isn’t Sending on Smart Mode

If your campaign isn’t sending automatically in Smart Mode, don’t worry — this is usually caused by a simple setting or limit. Follow the steps below to identify and fix the issue.

Don | PodPitch avatar
Written by Don | PodPitch
Updated over a month ago

🔍 Step 1: Check Campaign Status

Go to Campaigns → Select Your Campaign.

Make sure your campaign is:

  • Set to Smart Mode

  • Not paused

  • Not archived

Campaigns only send when they show as In Progress.


🔍 Step 2: Check Daily Sending Limits

Your campaign will stop sending for the day if:

  • You reached your daily pitch limit

  • Your profile already hit its daily or weekly target

  • You’re using one email address across multiple active campaigns and the combined limit was reached


🔍 Step 3: Check Your Profile

Smart Mode will pause automatically if:

  • Your profile is inactive

  • Required fields are missing (bio, key points, blurb)

  • The profile was accidentally archived or deleted

  • The sending email needs reconnection


🔍 Step 4: Check Smart Pitch Timing Settings

Go to:

Campaign Settings → Smart Pitch Settings

Verify:

  • Start Date — the biggest cause of Smart Mode not sending

  • Sending Window (Start Time → End Time)

  • Whether weekends are allowed or blocked

If the current time is outside your sending window, no pitches will send.


🔍 Step 5: Check Targeting & Matching

Smart Mode will pause if:

  • Your filters are too restrictive

  • No podcasts match your criteria

  • All matching podcasts were already pitched

Try widening your targeting settings to expand results.


🔍 Step 6: Email + Deliverability Issues

Smart Mode cannot send if:

  • Your email authentication token expired

  • Your domain has SPF/DKIM/DMARC issues

  • Your sending domain is temporarily blocked

  • Your mailbox needs reconnection

Reconnect your email by going to:

Mailboxes → Edit → Reconnect


🎉 Once you fix the issue

Smart Mode automatically resumes sending.
You don’t have to restart or rebuild the campaign.


📹 See a visual walkthrough:

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