{"id":2411,"date":"2026-08-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wave-payment-reminder-sequence\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:00:00","slug":"wave-payment-reminder-sequence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wave-payment-reminder-sequence\/","title":{"rendered":"Wave Payment Reminder Sequence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What it does<\/h3>\n<p>Sends escalating reminder emails or SMS from Wave when invoices pass due dates, complete with payment links and personalized notes.<\/p>\n<h3>Why I recommend it<\/h3>\n<p>Small businesses hate chasing invoices. Automation keeps follow-ups consistent without awkward manual outreach.<\/p>\n<h3>Expected benefits<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduced DSO (days sales outstanding)<\/li>\n<li>Clear communication trail<\/li>\n<li>Less time chasing payments<\/li>\n<li>Professional tone every time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How it works<\/h3>\n<p>Invoice issued in Wave -> automation waits X days post due date -> sends reminder email\/text referencing invoice, balance, payment link -> logs reminder count and pauses when paid.<\/p>\n<h3>Quick start<\/h3>\n<p>Use Wave\u2019s built-in reminder feature, then enhance with custom templates or SMS for key clients.<\/p>\n<h3>Level-up version<\/h3>\n<p>Offer partial payment options, send statement of account, escalate to phone call tasks, and sync status to CRM.<\/p>\n<h3>Tools you can use<\/h3>\n<p>Accounting: Wave, QuickBooks<\/p>\n<p>Messaging: Gmail, Twilio<\/p>\n<p>Automation: Zapier, Integromat<\/p>\n<p>CRM: HubSpot, Pipedrive<\/p>\n<h3>Also works with<\/h3>\n<p>FreshBooks, Xero, Stripe invoice reminders.<\/p>\n<h3>Technical implementation solution<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No-code:<\/strong> Wave zap -> Gmail\/Twilio -> log to Google Sheet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>API-based:<\/strong> Cron job queries unpaid invoices -> Twilio SendGrid\/Twilio SMS -> update CRM with reminder timestamp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Where it gets tricky<\/h3>\n<p>Avoiding duplicate reminders after manual payment, customizing tone per client, and keeping compliance with SMS\/Email regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sends escalating reminder emails or SMS from Wave when invoices pass due dates, complete with payment links and personalized notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[296],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automation-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingtech.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}