Sending an email marketing campaign from Websand

Creating an email marketing campaign

Your data is uploaded and flowing.  You’ve created a segment and created a message that is perfectly suited to the audience you’ve selected.  Some marketing campaigns are best suited as a single campaign, some are designed to be part of a bigger plan with automation.

This section focuses on a single email marketing campaign.  That is a one-off message to your audience.

For automation, see creating a marketing automation

Creating your email marketing campaign

You can create a send campaign from three separate sources; the send screen, the email template screen or the segment screen.

From the Send Menu

Access the send menu from the Websand menu running down the side of the left of the page – look for the paper airplane (three blocks down the page).

To create a new email marketing campaign, click on the [ + new send campaign ] button in the top right corner of the screen.

Hit the ‘Next Step’ button and you’ll be directed to the Send Campaign screen.

Sending from your segment

If you have already created a message created a segment, you can take a shortcut and create a send campaign from the segment page.

Click on the ‘Send these folks a message’ button, and you’ll then be directed to a form to select which message you want to send to that segment, the name of the campaign and which sender the message comes from.

Hit the ‘Next Step’ button and you’ll be directed to the Send Campaign screen.

Sending from your email template

If you already have the message created for the segment, you can create a send campaign from the segment page.

Click on the ‘Send’ button, and you’ll then be directed to a form to select which message you want to send to that segment, the name of the campaign and which sender the message comes from.

Hit the ‘Next Step’ button and you’ll be directed to the Send Campaign screen.

Setting up your email campaign

In the Send Campaign screen, follow these simple steps.

Give your Campaign a name (make it specific for historical reference, you’ll thank us later for that tip)

Select your template (the email message you’ve created for this automation)

Select the segment (your audience for this campaign).

Pick your send identity – which email address is this message coming from?

If you wanted to select the ‘full audience’ you will have had the option to do so from the initial [+ new send campaign] screen.

Send now

To send your email marketing campaign immediately.  Simply click on the ‘send now’ button after the settings on the left column of the screen.

Setting the time of sending

To schedule a send campaign, select the date and time you want the campaign to be issued.

Note the time of the message will be scheduled based on UTC (Universal Co-ordinated Time).  See more on UTC time by clicking here.

Once scheduled the time for the message sending will appear in the top right corner of the screen in a red box.

Reporting on your Campaign

Access all your Send Campaigns from the Send Campaign screen. The “Sent?” column shows you the status of the each campaign. ‘Sent’ means the campaign has been issued. ‘Queued’ means that the campaign is scheduled to be sent. If the column has no entry that means the campaign is still in the planning stage (not scheduled, not sent).

After your email marketing campaign has been sent, when you click into the campaign you will no longer see the setting of the campaign. You will now see the campaign performance.

If you want to check or view the performance of a previous email marketing campaign, simply click on the name of the campaign from your list of send campaigns.

Explaining the email campaign reporting

The reporting table shows the number of people included in the campaign.  The number of people have engaged with the campaign through opening or clicking, and those who have unsubscribed or are no longer reachable (bounced).

It also shows a graph of the performance of the campaign over time.  Click on the key of the graph to include or remove the component parts of the graph.

The Top Clicks gives a report of the number of clicks recorded against every link featured in the campaign.  If you want to create a segment to understand who clicks on which link you can do this through the ‘Freestyle’ segment.

FAQ about email campaign reporting

Here are some of the most asked questions related to email marketing reporting.