A method of automatically communicating personalized messages to a
telematics-equipped vehicle includes the following steps: (a) creating a
personalized message; (b) defining playback instructions for playing the
personalized message; (c) generating a trigger based on the defined
playback instructions; (d) setting the trigger; (e) monitoring for the
occurrence of one or more conditions that satisfy the trigger; and (f)
determining that the one or more conditions have occurred and, if so,
then; (g) accessing the personalized message associated with the trigger;
and (h) playing the personalized message.