Creating a basic mailing
As a last step, you will now create the basic mailing. This is a normal mailing containing at least one trackable link triggering pre-defined actions. Proceed as follows:
1. | Create a normal mailing as described in chapter "Mailings - Sending out newsletters". All options described there are at your disposal. |
2. | After creating the mailing by clicking on Save, call up the Content tab. Within the mailing text, insert a valid web address as a trackable link. If it is a text mail you are creating, a http://... type URL will suffice. Do make sure the URL actually exists. Otherwise recipients will receive an error message when clicking on the link in their browser. |
Fig. 8.44: Within the mailing text, insert a live link.
3. | After inserting the link, call up the Trackable links tab. This will display an overview of pre-defined links. Click on a link to view its details. |
4. | The entry dialog for trackable links is really very simple. Enter a short Description. In the Trackable drop-down list, the Text and HTML version setting may be selected unchanged. In the last drop-down list, Action, select the action defined in the preceding chapter: Special travel mailing. |
Fig. 8.45: Connecting the link from the basic mailing with an action.
5. | Save the new settings by clicking on the Save button. This completes the mailing which can now be tested and sent as described in chapter "Testing and sending a mailing". |
Fig. 8.46: This is what the basic mailing looks like in a recipient’s email client (in this case: Pegasus Mail).