Communications

Creating Campaigns

How to create and send an email campaign.

Creating Campaigns

Step 1 — Campaign details

Click New Campaign in the navigation to start. You will be asked to fill in:

FieldDescription
Campaign nameInternal name only — not shown to recipients
Subject lineThe email subject the recipient sees in their inbox
Preview textThe short snippet shown below the subject in inbox previews
Sender nameThe display name emails are sent from (e.g. "APOA Congress")
Sender emailThe reply-to address (e.g. congress@apoa.org)

An inbox preview on the right shows how your subject, preview text, and sender will appear in a typical email client as you type.

Click Continue to Design once the details are complete.

Step 2 — Design

The design step opens the email builder where you select or apply an email template. Templates define the visual layout of the email. See Templates for how to manage them.

Step 3 — Recipients

Select the audience for the campaign. Recipients are drawn from congress attendee data.

Step 4 — Send

Review and send the campaign. You can send immediately or schedule for a later time.

Editing an existing campaign

From the campaigns list, click the pencil icon on any campaign to reopen it and continue editing any step.