Activity Messenger Help Center
Create and publish a newsletter
Publish a newsletter to share announcements, registration openings or program news. Build its reusable layout, choose the right audience, then decide whether it also needs a public web page.
Activity Messenger Newsletters are responsive webpages you can send by email or event by SMS. They are built to look great on mobile devices. You can even publish them as individual web pages and include them on your website.
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Follow these 6 steps to set up Newsletters using Activity Messenger.
1. Write your newsletter
Create a new template and write your newsletter using rich text, images, videos and links. Find out more by reading the help page: Templates.
2. Preview and test your newsletter
Before sending your newsletter to your list, preview it on a smartphone and on a desktop/tablet, then send a test email to colleagues.
- Open your newsletter template and select Preview.
- In the preview window, switch between Smartphone and Desktop/tablet to check how the content appears at each size. Use the preview to review the layout, text, images and links.
- Select Send a Test Email. Choose the colleagues who should receive the test, then select Send. The test email is sent to the selected recipients; it does not send the newsletter to your full list.
3. Send your newsletter
Send your newsletter by email or even by SMS. You can even schedule to send at a specific date and time. Find out more by reading the help page: Send an HTML email/SMS message.
4. Tracking
Activity Messenger will track open and clicks. You can measure the success of your newsletter. Find out more by reading the help page: Tracking messages.
5. Publish to a web page
Templates and sent messages can be published as standalone web pages. You can link to them from your website or share them on social media.
To publish a template, go to your template and click on the Publish button.
You can also decide to publish the newsletter your sent by email/SMS. Click on Communications, and choose All messages. Find your sent newsletter message, and open it. Click on the link "Publish as a web page".
6. Capture newsletter subscribers
You can invite your clients to subscribe to your newsletters using a Subscribers form. You can embed that form on your website. Find out more by reading the help page: Building a list of subscribers using a form and landing page.