How to schedule a newsletter
In this article, you will learn how to schedule the sending of a newsletter.
You will need:
- a systeme.io account
- an email list which contains at least one tag.
- an existing tag (Click here to see how to create a tag)
Creating a newsletter
- Subject
- Sender name
- Sender email address
- Which editor mode to use
When creating a newsletter, you can choose between the following editors:
- Classic editor - to write a simple email
- Visual editor - to write an email with more advanced style and layout options
Note: Although you can switch between editors at any time, you will lose all the progress made in the current editor.
Working with the classic editor
In the "Email settings" section, you can:
- Add an attachment
- Limit the contacts who should receive the email according to how long ago they registered. For example, you can choose to send the newsletter only to contacts who have been registered for 1 month or more. Using this criteria, contacts who registered afterward will not receive the email, even if the tag you have selected has been assigned to them)
- Select contacts by tag
To personalize the email, you can use special codes to include details such as a contact's name, email, etc...These will be automatically replaced by the contact's actual details when the email is generated and sent.
Once the newsletter is completed and configured, you can:
- Save - to save your newsletter.
- Save and test - to save your newsletter and receive a test email
- Save and send - to save and immediately send your newsletter
- Save and schedule - to save and schedule your newsletter to be sent on a specific date
- Exit - to exit your newsletter
Note: To receive test emails, first confirm your receiving email address as described here.
Working with the visual editor
- Font size
- Background color
- Content background color
- Link color
- And more...
In the "Email settings" section, you can:
- Add an attachment
- Limit the contacts who should receive the email according to how long ago they registered. For example, you can choose to send the newsletter only to contacts who have been registered for 1 month or more. Using this criteria, contacts who registered afterward will not receive the email, even if the tag you have selected has been assigned to them)
- Select contacts by tag
To personalize the email, you can use special codes to include details such as a contact's name, email, etc...These will be automatically replaced by the contact's actual details when the email is generated and sent.
Once the newsletter is completed and configured, you can:
- Save - to save your newsletter.
- Save and test - to save your newsletter and receive a test email
- Save and send - to save and immediately send your newsletter
- Save and schedule - to save and schedule your newsletter to be sent on a specific date
- Exit - to exit your newsletter
- Newsletters are based on tags. Therefore, it's mandatory that at least one tag is assigned to your contacts so that they can receive your newsletters.
- A contact will not receive the newsletter if they have one of the excluded tags. Therefore, even if they have all the other tags included. A single excluded tag may be the reason why the email is not sent to this contact.