The platform can store two sets of mailing lists, the first are all App Members, the second are uploaded/integrated lists. These could come from CRM systems or any other data source, you need permission to send to these people.

Segments are a way to "group" those larger lists into smaller sending groups. The segments can be built up using any criteria based on the data stored.  Examples are below:

Segment Name: North West & Scotland
Segment Definition: Member Region in (North West, Scotland, Yorkshire and the Humber)

Segment Name: Officers in Wales
Segment Definition: Member Region in (South Wales, North Wales) AND Member Officer = "yes"

Segments are set up on your behalf based on the data that you supply (e.g. "is Officer") - you will only see segments that you have permission to send to.

Segments are live this means that when you schedule your email to send, the entire database of members is checked against the segment definition and that is who receives the communication. This is extremely useful as you are not left needing to constantly update your lists with new members or when people move away etc.

You can create a new email, or copy a previous email.

Campaign Name: this is the internal name of the email, something to help you identify it in the future, e.g. "March 2023 Newsletter"

Email Type: this the type of communication, it's important to choose the correct one here. Members may have unsubscribed from particular types of comms, this ensures they don't get the wrong emails

Email Subject: this is the subject line of the email, make sure it is engaging and clear

Email Sender: who the email will come from, this also sets the branding of the email including taglines etc.

Segments: choose the segments you wish to email, you can email as many segments as you wish. No duplicates are created, so if a member is in multiple segments they will only get one email

Select your template from the drop down list, each template has different "sections". The sections are HTML (or text), Button or Image.

These building blocks allow you to create emails to suit any type of content. The HTML sections are built with a straightforward editor on the screen that lets you layout your content.

Important: do not add any "Hello" at the start, this is automatically added for you. The default is "Hello first_name,"

The info is "auto saved" as you type, on slower internet connections this can sometimes cause the cursor to move around, if this is the case, simply untick "Auto Save Enabled" in the top right. Don't forget to press Save at the end.

You can insert images, headings, bold, underline etc.

Once you are happy with your email, you can schedule the send. Set the time and date you wish the email to be sent.

You can cancel a pending email up to about 30 mins before the scheduled send time.

You will be notified by Email just before your email is due to be sent (up to an hour before) giving you a reminder.

The Email List contains all your sent, pending and draft email. From here you can edit draft emails, copy previous and cancel any pending emails.

The counter shows the "expected" number of recipients, the actual number is calculated at the time of sending.

Not your "non App members" you can import any mailing list into the platform. This is an manual process, please attached the file (csv or excel) and submit the form along with any specific instructions. We will contact you if there are any queries or issues with your data.

If you have a CRM and wish to integrate this directly with the email platform , please contact us and we can do this for you. There may be a fee for this depending on the systems involved.

Exporting your data is also possible, simply choose the segment you wish to export. Wait until the "download" button appears and you will get a CSV of all the data. Please be aware the download links have an expiry, so if there is no file then request the export again, the expiry is about 24hrs from the first request.