Creating a campaign

1. In the main menu, click Email Campaigns » Campaigns and perform one of the following:
   • In the toolbar of the page, click Create a campaign button
   • In the right pane of Email Campaigns page, click Campaigns.
     The Campaigns page appears.
     1. Perform one of the following:
        • If you have not created any campaigns, the system displays the following in the center of the screen:

          

        • If you have already created one or more campaigns, the system displays a list of all created campaigns and the following button in the toolbar of Campaigns page:

          

     2. Click Create a campaign.
     3. The Create a campaign page appears.
2. From the list of mailing lists that appears, select one mailing list that will receive the email campaign of the campaign.
   If you have not created any mailing lists, click Create a mailing list button and perform procedure Creating a mailing list » Step 3 to Step 11.
3. Click Next.
4. Enter a name for the campaign.
   For example, enter MyProduct Email campaign.
5. The Message subject, From name, and Reply to email field contain the values that you entered when creating the mailing list.
   You can change the values if needed.
6. If you select Enable Google Analytics tracking for this campaign checkbox, the data about the website traffic generated by this campaign is collected by Google Analytics and you can see it in Campaign report of the Analytics module. For more information, see Traffic sources detailed reports » Campaigns.
7. Click Next.
8. Select how the email campaign will look like.
   Choose one of the following radio buttons:
• Create a campaign from template
  In the dropdown box, select one of the already created email campaign templates.
  For more information, see Creating a message template.
• ... or create a campaign from scratch
  Select this if you want to create a new email campaign.
  Choose the type of email campaign you want to create. Perform procedure Creating a message template » Step 4.
9. If you email campaign is not Plain text, after you create it, you must also create a plain text version.
   Select one of the following:
• Automatically generate plain text version
• Manually enter plain text version
10. Click Next.
11. When you finished, choose what to do with the campaign by clicking one of the following:

    Send this campaign	Campaign is saved and sent to the subscribers of the mailing list. A confirmation message appears on Campaigns page.
    Save as draft	Saves the campaign without sending it. You can manage the saved campaign on Campaigns page.
    Send test	You can see how your email campaign looks like in an email by sending it to a test email. In the text box, enter one or more email addresses to which you want to send a test message. Separate the email by comma. Click Send test message button.
    Schedule delivery	Select this, if you want to schedule date and time when you want to send the  email campaign to the subscribers of the mailing list. Click Deliver campaign on input field. Use the calendar and the time slider to select the desired time and date. Click Schedule.
    Discard this campaign	The campaign is not saved.

    The system returns you on Campaigns page.