I should be able to set workflow rules as follows:

When> field Update + every time

With scheduled actions

For instance on leads:

I have a "client status" field that is a single pick drop down: new, attempted contact, contacted, long term, active.

I would like to set up a workflow that does:

field update: client status

criteria: status = attempted contact

and then a series of scheduled actions

and then a second workflow for

field update: client status

criteria: status = long term

and than a different series of scheduled actions

So when we try to call a lead, we move them to attempted contact with a set of follow ups; if we reach them at a later time they are changed to long term or active or whatever and we need to have a second set of follow ups

but b/c it would be a second or third edit, the new set of followups won't trigger scheduled actions