How to send an email

The simplest path to sending an email in eMarketeer, from a finished email component to a delivered send-out.

This article walks through the simplest path to send an email in eMarketeer — from a finished email component to a list of contacts.

We skip the more advanced features here and focus on a straight-up send.

Before you start, you need a finished email component. See Creating your first email if you do not have one yet.

1

Start the send-out

Go to the campaign that contains the email and click Send.

Send button on the campaign page

2

Choose Send Now

This guide covers sending immediately. You also have the option to schedule the email for a later time.

Send Now option in the send-out dialog

3

Send a test email or send to your contacts

Option A — Send a test email to yourself (optional)

To preview the email in your own email client, send yourself a quick test. Type your email address in the address field and click Quick Send.

Quick Send field for sending a test email to yourself

Option B — Send the email to your contact list

This step has three pages.

If you do not have a contact list yet, see:

• How to create a new contact list
• Importing contacts from Excel or a spreadsheet

First, select eMarketeer Contact Database.

Selecting eMarketeer Contact Database as the recipient source

Second, select Contact List.

Selecting Contact List as the recipient type

Third, choose your contact list in the dropdown and click Add This List. The example below uses a list called "Example List" with 15 contacts.

Contact list dropdown with Add This List button

4

Continue to the checklist

The next page, 2. Send Options, shows the chosen list of recipients and offers options for more complex send-outs. For a simple send, you can skip the details here.

Click Continue To Checklist to proceed.

Send Options page with Continue To Checklist button

5

Review the checklist and launch

The checklist shows whether any contacts from your list will be excluded from the send. eMarketeer automatically blocks contacts who are unsubscribed or otherwise should not receive the email. You do not usually need to worry about the numbers here — they are handled for you.

If you want the details, see Understanding the email checklist.

Click Launch Email to address and send the email to the contacts in the list.

Checklist page showing excluded contacts and Launch Email button

6

The send-out is complete

After launch, the email is handed to the email servers, which usually finish addressing and sending within a few minutes.

Send-out confirmation screen after launch

What to do next

You can track the send-out and see detailed stats in the email report. See Email report explained.