Sending newsletters is a great way to keep your audience engaged and up-to-date with your latest news and promotions.
With Zaap, it's easy to create and send newsletters to your subscribers.
In this guide, we'll walk you through the steps to send an email newsletter using Zaap.
From your Zaap Dashboard and click on the 'Community' tab.
Once you're in the Community tab, navigate to the 'Newsletter' menu on the left-hand side of the screen.
In the Newsletter menu, click on the 'New Newsletter' button to create a new email newsletter.
Once you click the "New Newsletter" button you will see the Newsletter Edit menu
Newsletter Menu have 3 sections
A. Details
B. Content
C. Schedule
1. Subject - Subject of your newsletter
2. Sender - This is the name which is shown as sender name to your audience
Note - Replies will be sent to the email you provide as the sender email address
Click the "Edit Content" to open the Newsletter content editor
On the Newsletter content editor Click the + to open the blocks menu
The blocks menu have 7 parts
1. Blocks menu button
2. Text
3. Heading
4. Button
5. Images
6. Delimiter
7. List
By clicking the + you can open and close the Blocks menu
Once you click on the "Text" button, the text block will be activated and you can begin typing your newsletter content.
If you highlight the text, additional options will appear allowing you to convert it into a heading or list.
You also have the ability to format the text with bold or italic styles and even turn it into a hyperlink.
By clicking on the option button located next to the "+" button, you will have access to additional options such as moving the block, deleting the block, and changing the alignment of the block.
Once you click on the "Heading" button, the heading block will be activated and you can begin typing heading for your newsletter content.
If you highlight the text, additional options will appear allowing you to convert it into other type of headings.
Once you click on the "Button" button, the Button block will be activated and you can configuring the button
Once you click on the "Images" button, the Image block will be activated and you can add images to your newsletter
By clicking on the option button located next to the "+" button, you will have access to additional options such as changing image border, stretching images, editing background, moving the block, deleting the block.
Once you click on the "Delimiter" button, the Delimiter block will be activated and you can add Block breaks to your Newsletter
By clicking on the option button located next to the "+" button, you will have access to additional options such as moving the block, deleting the block, and changing the alignment of the block.
Once you click on the "Lists" button, the Lists block will be activated and you can add Lists to your Newsletter
By clicking on the option button located next to the "+" button, you will have access to additional options such as changing the list to Unordered, Ordered, moving the block, deleting the block.
You have the option to either send the newsletter immediately or schedule it for a later time.
Please note that the time zone used is UTC +0.
Clicking on "send test" allows you to send a test newsletter to your email address for testing purposes.
After completing the setup of your newsletter, you can send it by clicking on the "Publish now" button.
That's it! You've successfully sent a newsletter using Zaap. If you want to learn more about how to manage and analyze your audience, check out our Audience Dashboard guide.
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Last Updated: 6/5/2023
Author: Zaap Team