Writing Emails

[davidmccready]

Dean

Progress is measured by the ever advancing nature of my emails.
Thanks to your help your product should soon be fully in action.

QUESTIONs

1. Use Listmail as a site login.
New user would give name and email address for entry to site and get standard confirmation email and sign up messages (all this i have got to work).
Existing users could give previously submitted details and gain entry into rest of site............. I dont know how to do this bit. Also, avoiding repeat of cofirmation email and sign up procedure would be helpful.

2. Improving the technical content of emails.
I have yet to find how to put in the "unsubscribe".
Also, do I add "unsubscribe" to the confirmation email and any reminders.

3. Improving the technical content of emails.
How do I add hyperlinks. Example "www.mysite.com" or "email@mysite.com"

4. Improving the look of emails.
Font sizes?
Anything else helpful that does not get emails blocked in the process.

5. Text emails
Having produced a good quality html email, any tips on how to keep it looking good as text?

Thanks for all you expert advice.
David

[DW]

Hi again David,

1. Use Listmail as a site login.
New user would give name and email address for entry to site and get standard confirmation email and sign up messages (all this i have got to work).
Existing users could give previously submitted details and gain entry into rest of site............. I dont know how to do this bit. Also, avoiding repeat of cofirmation email and sign up procedure would be helpful.

Try setting the "duplicate email" error message to:

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<script>window.location='http://example.com/final.html';</script>
That would redirect any existing users without the need for them to re-confirm.

2. Improving the technical content of emails.
I have yet to find how to put in the "unsubscribe".
Also, do I add "unsubscribe" to the confirmation email and any reminders.

You can easily insert a "Remove Link" (Message Codes -> Global Code) by using the default code !remove in your message(s).  I recommend using the code in all except the confirmation email.

3. Improving the technical content of emails.
How do I add hyperlinks. Example "www.mysite.com" or "email@mysite.com"

With text-only email you rely on the receiving email client to do this.  Most clients (ie. Outlook) will automatically make any URL clickable, such as "http://listmailpro.com" and probably even "www.listmailpro.com".  With HTML email you can create a link with a simple anchor tag, ie: <a href="http://listmailpro.com">Click Here</a>.

4. Improving the look of emails.
Font sizes?
Anything else helpful that does not get emails blocked in the process.

You can only change the font size in HTML email.  Note that a text copy must also be included as both are sent with the email client setting determining which version to show.  You might set up a message code of the type "Link to HTML" and use that as your text message to avoid having to create two copies of the same message.

5. Text emails
Having produced a good quality html email, any tips on how to keep it looking good as text?

You must make sure all links and images are linked to absolutely as opposed to relatively. (ie: <img src="http://example.com/images/mypic.gif"> not <img src="/images/mypic.gif">)  As for the design that is entirely up to you.

Please let me know if you have any more questions!

Regards