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Marketing: Create the right content for the right audience
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Overview: Email campaigns
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Message templates
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Create message templates
Create message templates
In the main menu, click
Marketing » Email Campaigns
»
Message templates
.
The
Message templates
page appears.
Perform one of the following:
If you have not created any message templates, the system displays the following in the center of the screen:
If you have already created one or more message templates, the system displays a list of all created templates and the following button in the toolbar of
Message templates
page:
Click
Create a message template
.
The
Create a message template
page appears.
Enter a name for the template.
Select the type of template, which you want to create and click
Create and go to add content
.
Choose one of the following:
Like a web page
You can use multicolumn layouts and rich design. Your email campaign will look like a webpage.
Some email clients may not interpret it correctly.
Choose the layout of the page that will be sent as email campaign.
For more information, see
Design a layout template
.
To display content, add and configure widgets to your email content.
For more information, see
Add widgets on pages and templates
and
Content widgets
.
NOTE
: You cannot use MVC widgets on email campaigns templates.
Rich text (HTML)
You can create text with rich formatting, such as bold, italic, and bullets. You can insert images.
Some email clients may not interpret the text correctly.
Create the email campaign using the
Text editor
.
Plain text
You cannot use any text formatting.
Accessible to all email clients.
Create the email campaign by entering the text in the textbox.
Use
Insert dynamic data in the text
dropdown box to insert different placeholders in your email campaign, such as the name and the email of the subscriber or different properties of the mailing list.
For example, your email campaign can start like this
Dear <First name of subscriber>, following is our <Default subject of mailing list>
. The message can appear like this:
Dear John, following is our Monthly email campaign
.
You can choose from the following placeholders:
First name
Last name
Subscriber email
Subscription reminder
Issue subject
Issue name
From name (issue)
Reply to email (issue)
Mailing list title
Mailing list subject
From name (mailing list)
Reply to email (mailing list)
Unsubscribe link
NOTE
: You cannot use the
Unsubscribe link
placeholder when creating a plain text template since plain text cannot contain links.
After you select a placeholder, click
Insert
.
When you are finished creating the page, click
Save
.
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