BroadcastByEmail Software Help

BroadcastByEmail makes it easy to send personalized email to a large mailing list. All you have to do is create an email message template using your favorite text or HTML editor, create/import a email list containing information required by the template, and click Send. The following example illustrates a typical usage.

Suppose you operate a video shop and would like to send out email reminders to your customers for their overdue rentals. You would like to include the specific rental item in your email. The following example, with name and video title personalized, shows what a message might look like:

Dear John, the following video "Lord of the Rings" is over due. Please return it as soon as possible to avoid further fine.

Message template is a text or HTML file containing generic items called variables. Variables, denoted by ${variable name}, are items to be replaced by actual information in actual email message. For our example here, use Microsoft Notepad to type in the following:

Dear ${Name}, the following video "${Title}" is over due. Please return it as soon as possible to avoid further fine.

Once you have designed your message template, you can create an email list suitable for that message. The main BroadcastByEmail spreadsheet window should contain the Name and Title columns in addition to email address and status columns as show below.

You can check your personalized message before sending it out. Select the row in the spreadsheet and then click the View Message button on the toolbar, you should see the message with ${Name} and ${Title} replaced with the actual values, as show in the beginning of the section.

Click Send. It's just that easy.

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