Anatomy of an Email Campaign
  • 04 Apr 2024
  • 6 Minutes to read

    Anatomy of an Email Campaign


      Article Summary

      An email campaign consists of the following steps:

      • Recipients
      • Design
      • Launch

      First, you should navigate to the Email product.

      1. Go to Experience > Message > Email to go to the Email campaigns page.

      2. To create an email campaign, click the Create button and follow these steps.
      3. Once you create your campaign, you can configure the Recipients, Design, and Launch steps.

      Recipients

      This tab helps you configure the following details of your recipients:

      Include/Exclude Recipients

      Include/exclude recipients with the contact list(s) to decide who will/not receive the respective email campaign.

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      When you add the "All Contacts" list, you cannot add any other list. Remove the "All contacts" list to add other contact lists.

      Target Audience

      See the target, estimated, and exact audience in your contact list(s) based on your segmentation if any. Click the Get Exact audience button to see the exact count of your recipients. It might take a while to load depending on your segment size.

      Add Segments

      Add the segments based on which you want your email lists to be sent. For further details, refer to Email Segments

      Click the Save and Continue button to proceed to the Design step.


      Design

      This step helps you configure the following details of your email campaign:

      Add a New Variant

      To add a new variant to your email campaign, refer to Experiment (A/B) Campaigns.

      Set Email Header

      Select your From and Reply-to email addresses. To add these options or edit the existing ones, refer to Sender Management.

      Set Subject & Preheader

      Enter your email subject and a summary message inside the preheader field.

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      If you enter more than 66 characters, it will be trimmed in most devices by “...” after the 66th character.

      You can personalize the email subject and preheader with dynamic content (e.g. name, last name, gender, birthday, age, etc.). If a contact does not have any value for any attribute, you can enter a fallback text that will be displayed instead.

      If you want to be inspired or need assistance when creating your subject and preheader, you can always use the Generate Text option.

      To use an AI-generated text:

      1. Click the Generate Text button to see the side modal.
      2. Enter a prompt you want to generate the text about.
      3. The language option will be the default selected language of your panel.
      4. Select your industry and use case to define the context for the text to be generated.
      5. Click the Generate Copy button.

      If you want to include emojis in your copy, you can check the "Include Emojis" box.

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      The "Include Emojis" option indicates that the AI can generate copies with emojis. However, not all options might include emojis.

      The modal displays 5 suggestions. To see more, you can click the Generate More Suggestions button.

      To use any suggestion, you can select it and click the Apply button, or copy it via the Copy button against the suggestion you want to use.

      Once you click the Apply button, the copy will be added to the respective field.

      Design your Email

      Design your email with one of the following options:

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      RSS is not enabled for your account by default. If you need access, contact Insider team to get access to it.

      When deciding if you should use the Drag & Drop Editor or HTML editor, you can also consider their design capabilities listed below. 

      FeatureDrag & Drop EditorHTML EditorNotes
      Coupon

      In drag & drop editor, use either coupon module or write {@COUPON_CODE}  manually. If you are using the HTML editor, manually insert syntax to add a coupon code, or directly add it as a dynamic content.

      RSS Feed

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      A/B 50-50 Test

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      A/B Test with Autowinner Selection

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      Link Shortener

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      Custom UTM Parameters

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      Countdown Timer
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      Conditional Blocks - Display Conditions

      In drag&drop editor, turn on the display conditions toggle and add your if condition in the "before code" section, finishing statement to the "after code" section. In HTML editor, write the same syntaxes in direct places.

      ISP-Based Throttling

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      Dynamic Content

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      Transactional EmailsX
      As an alternative, you can create the campaign with drag and drop editor and template inside. Then you can copy the html from the drag & drop editor, and paste it inside the transactional email payload.
      Importing HTML
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      Personalized Text & Button Style Settings
      X-
      Email Recommendations

      X-
      Global Unsubscribe & Preference Center
      X

      You can create your email design with the HTML editor, then open the drag&drop editor and use the HTML block and add the design as HTML inside the editor. Lastly, you can insert the unsubscribe pages inside the drag&drop and start using unsubscribe feature. 

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      Saving as template

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      Inbox and Email Preview

       Once you complete designing your email, you can see it inbox preview and email preview on the right side of your screen.

      Configure UTM Settings

      Specify the UTM Settings like UTM source, medium, campaign, term, and content. 

      Spam Test & Email Preview

      You can preview your email before sending and update your design if necessary. For further, refer to Conducting a Spam Test and Inbox Preview.


      Launch

      Finalize your email campaign setup. 

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      Note that the activation time is in your Inone panel's time zone, but not in your local time zone. For example, if you are in Helsinki (UTC+3) but your panel's time zone is set to New York (UTC-4), the activation time will be based on New York (UTC-4).
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      Activation Status

      Activation Status decides when you need to send your emails. The statuses are as follows:

      Campaign TypeStatusDescription
      SingleSend NowSend the created email campaign immediately
      SingleSend LaterSend the created email campaign at another point of time in the future. Assign the Start Date and Start Time
      SingleDraftThis is the current version of your campaign. If you are unsure and need more changes keep it in this state to edit later.
      RecurringRecurringSend the same email campaign after some time
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      Before you set Activation Status, remember to space out email campaigns. Duplicate recipients will only receive the first email sent within 15 min.

      While setting up the recurring campaigns, specify the recurrence timeline as follows:

      Recurrence TimelineDescription
      RecurrenceThe frequency of the campaign as in daily, weekly, or monthly
      Trigger TimeThe time when the email is delivered to customers' inbox
      Start Date & TimeThe date and time when the campaign starts
      Never EndsSelect this option if the campaign should run infinitely
      End OnSelect this option to specify a fixed date when the campaign ends
      Ends AfterSelect this option to specify a fixed number of occurrences after which the campaign ends

      A/B Test Settings

      A/B Test Settings lets you determine the basics of the testing scenario for your variants. You can set how often each variant and the winner will be displayed, how the winner will be chosen, and how long your test will last. You can choose the winner based on two aspects: Highest unique open rates and highest unique click rates.

      You can also specify the duration of running these tests. 

      Email Throttling

      You can limit the frequency of emails and manage configurations under the Settings tab.

      Send Time Optimized

      Time-Optimized emails are sent at the user's best time to contact in 24 hours range. Users whose best time is not defined yet will receive the email immediately. To use this feature, select Enable.

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      Note: Send Time Optimization is only available for Single Campaigns.

      Coupon Settings

      You can manage your coupons that you use in your campaigns.

      Re-Eligibility Duration for Revenue

      You can set a re-eligibility duration until when you want the revenue to be measured for this campaign.

      Unsubscribe Groups

      You can set an unsubscribe group to be mapped with the Unsubscribe link in your email design. Enable this to unsubscribe recipients from this particular group.

      Frequency Capping

      You can limit the number of emails a user receives using Channel Frequency Capping.

      Campaign Tags

      Campaign tags let you create and assign shorter names to your campaigns for organizing and managing them conveniently. You can add up to 6 tags to your campaign.

      Test Message

      Once you complete configuring your settings, you are ready to see your emails in your users' inboxes.
      Click the Test Message button in the right bottom corner to see your email campaign in the inbox.

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      The URLs in the test email will have the UTM parameters if you check the Enable UTM Parameters box on the design step.

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