Dreamtime Learning is a K-12 edtech platform focused on transforming education for the next generation of learners. With a mission to deliver personalized and immersive learning experiences, Dreamtime blends technology with pedagogy to better serve students, parents, and educators. The company has recently secured funding and is expanding rapidly across India.
Founded by education stalwart Lina Ashar, who has successfully run the Billabong High & Kangaroo Kids school. Dreamtime’s vision is to make relevant education accessible, impactful, equitable, and engaging to 1 Billion Learners through technology and digitization.
We sat down with Naman Tandon, Head of Product Marketing and Operations at Dreamtime Learning (also a champion Wati user), to discuss how Naman and the team utilize Wati to capture, engage, and qualify leads on autopilot.
Real-Time Human Interaction In education, where instant gratification builds trust, delays in communication weaken conversion potential.
Scalability Marketing campaigns, broadcasting, and customer engagement had scalability issues due to multiple channels and workflows.
Manual Lead QualificationLimited automation in lead qualification and engagement became a bottleneck, and dependence on manual workflows led to inefficiencies.
Context and Personalization Lack of contextual personalization in follow-ups & nurturing resulted in less effective sales funnels.
Instant, Direct Engagement Parents and students now directly engage through real-time, one-on-one WhatsApp conversations.
Personalized Automation, At ScaleWati’s chatbot automates lead capture and qualification. Broadcasts are now automated and personalized as well.
Better Insights Click tracking, broadcast analytics, and messaging insights provide campaign effectiveness metrics.
Better Team Coordination Team-wide coordination using centralized communication and team inbox.
In a market where education is becoming increasingly digital, parents' expectations for responsiveness, personalization, and simplicity are rising. Dreamtime operates in a highly competitive landscape, where customer engagement can make or break acquisition and retention strategies.
WhatsApp, being a widely used communication tool, is central to Dreamtime’s outreach. But like many edtech businesses, the challenge was using it effectively to balance cost, scale, and personalization.
“Dreamtime Learning has multiple brands, like our online school for lifelong learners, our tech-driven micro-school, and community-based after-school programs. We’re transforming education to empower the next generation of leaders. For all these brands, we get tonnes of organic traffic, which makes instant, more personalized engagement a no-brainer,”
Naman Tandon
Head of Product Marketing and Operations , Dreamtime Learning
Dreamtime Learning faced a common but very important issue: the lead generation and engagement workflows were fragmented and heavily manual. While Dreamltime Learning had decent organic traffic and a presence across ad platforms, too many leads were slipping through the cracks or turning out to be junk. Broadcasting messages wasn’t scalable, support queries took time, and connecting marketing efforts to actual conversions lacked clarity.
Inefficient lead capture through generic web forms
Manual campaign setup slowed down the ability to respond to changing needs.
No centralized way to track which leads were engaged or converted through WhatsApp.
Wati brought structure, automation, and scalability to Dreamtime’s lead generation, marketing, and customer engagement on WhatsApp. With customizable chatbots, real-time tracking, and deep CRM integrations, Dreamtime was able to automate their WhatsApp workflows and cut down on inefficiencies across teams.
30% of leads now flow through an automated WhatsApp journey built using Wati.
Broadcasts, reminders, and CRM-triggered messages are all streamlined from one platform.
Best delivery rates as compared to other WhatsApp Business Service Providers
The easiest and most functional chatbot builder helps create chatbots that qualify leads upfront, reducing manual filtering and improving conversion rates.
Google sheet integration, chatbot builder, and analytics are some of the most loved features of Wati at Dreamtime
“I love the chatbots and flow builder. I love how easy it is for me to make templates on the go. It’s become second nature for us to launch a campaign and tweak it based on performance,”
Naman Tandon
Head of Product Marketing and Operations Dreamtime Learning
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“The click tracking wati added recently is a big win for us. We now know how many hot leads are generated from each campaign. It’s not just spray and pray anymore. Also, Wati’s delivery rates are much better than the region's top competitors,”
Naman Tandon
Head of Product Marketing and Operations Dreamtime Learning
Wati isn’t just a tool for Dreamtime; it’s central to how they run marketing, sales, and support.
Uses WhatsApp broadcasts and CTWA ads with built-in qualification
Automated CRM triggers push relevant WhatsApp messages
Segmented tagging helps customer support personalize responses
Fee reminders and status updates now run on automated flows
With a strong foundation now in place, Dreamtime Learning plans to experiment with more conversion-optimized ads, expand their use of utility messages for things like fee reminders, and deploy AI-driven support to scale without increasing team size.
Use Click to WhatsApp Ad campaigns and make them better using conversion tracking to reduce junk leads.
Roll out utility messaging flows like fee reminders and scorecard updates for parents.
Train and implement the AI Support agent to automate responses using their existing knowledge base.
“We’re planning to deepen our relationship with Wati by expanding use cases across the customer journey,”
Naman Tandon
Head of Product Marketing and Operations