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How to Create and Send Broadcast Emails using Icegram Express?

Broadcast allows you to design and schedule newsletters on any occasion targeting a group of audience . Be it a product launch or something that you want to share with the audience, broadcast comes in handy when you want to send a customized newsletter on a range of occasions.

To create a broadcast,

  1. Go to your WordPress Dashboard → Icegram Express → Campaigns → Create New.

  2. Click Broadcast (newsletter)

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  3. Select the Exsisting campiagn template or Create Template it from scarch.

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  4. Enter the campaign details and draft the message:

In the Design tab, you will find:

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  • Subject: Enter the subject of the email campaign.
  • Pre-header: Learn more about pre-header here.
  • Design email: Actual email content to be sent.
  • Elements: You can drag elements as per your choice.
  • Send Test: You can directly send a test email using the button on top. If you're using the lite version, you can send a sample notification to test the list.
  • Use Keyword: Click here to learn more about keywords.

In the Publish tab, you will find:

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  • From Email By default, it is fetched from settings, but you can change it to overwrite the default From Email address.
  • From Name: Enter the name for the recipient to see on their end
  • Recipients/List: Choose one or more lists under Recipients to target
  • Preview: You can view the final email as it will appear.
  1. Check the spam score and update the message accordingly
  2. Enable/disable tracking
  3. Pick an option to send and click Send/Schedule
note

Adding attachment like pdf, doc etc (since Icegram Express version 4.6.7) , selecting multiple recipient list, preview broadcast with email, checking spam score, link tracking, UTM tracking and scheduling broadcast for later are the features that are a part of Icegram Express Max plan.