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Test your customer's email campaign experience

Create a campaign and send a test email to yourself to experience what happens when your customers receive your email campaign.

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Create a campaign and send a test email to yourself to experience what happens when your customers receive your email campaign.

⚠️ Important: Email providers are now stricter than ever. It is highly recommended to send by a personalized email domain. This will help ensure your emails are delivered to your customers and not being marked as SPAM.


Create a custom segment for internal testing

To create a custom segment, you need to have a customer account on Marsello. If you don't have an account, simply add yourself as a customer on your POS or eCommerce platform, this will sync your email address into Marsello.

1. In your Marsello admin, go to Customers > Segments and click Create segment.

To create a custom segment, you must have a customer account on Marsello. If you don’t have one, add yourself as a customer on your POS or eCommerce platform to sync your email address into Marsello.  In your Marsello admin, go to Customers > Segments and click 'Create segment.

2. Name your segment e.g. Email Test Group and then click Add Condition to add your first segment condition.

Name your segment (e.g., 'Email Test Group') and click 'Add Condition' to set your first segment condition.

3. Under the conditions, in the drop-down, click on the condition you wish to segment by. In this example, we will be using the Email condition. To create an email based segment, select Email from the first drop=dop, then is from the second drop-down and under enter specific email address you are after.

Under 'Conditions,' select the condition you want to segment by from the drop-down. For an email-based segment, choose 'Email' from the first drop-down, 'is' from the second, and enter the specific email address you're targeting.

[OPTIONAL]: If you want to add more than one email address to this segment, you can follow the below steps:

  • Under Segment conditions, click Add Group then click OR to update the group conditions

  • Click Add Condition and use the conditions "email" "is" and enter the email. Repeat this step until you have added all the required emails.

[OPTIONAL]: To add multiple email addresses to the segment, follow these steps:  Under 'Segment conditions,' click 'Add Group,' then click 'OR' to update the group conditions.  Click 'Add Condition,' select 'Email' and 'is,' then enter an email address. Repeat for each additional email.

4. Click Save and Create Segment. Your segment will now show under Segments and as an audience option in Campaigns.

Click 'Save and Create Segment.' Your segment will now appear under 'Segments' and as an audience option in Campaigns.

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How to send an email to a custom segment

1. In your Marsello admin, under Marketing > Campaigns > Email and click Create Campaign.

2. This will open up the email template for you to design and customize. Once finished, click save and continue to update the email settings.

In your Marsello admin, go to Marketing > Campaigns > Email and click 'Create Campaign.'  This opens the email template for you to design and customize. Once finished, click 'Save' and continue to update the email settings."

3. Complete the Campaign Settings form and then scroll down to Audience Settings.

4. Under Audience settings, under Choose your audience, click Selected customer segments, and then scroll to Custom Segments, then select your segment

Complete the Campaign Settings form, then scroll down to 'Audience Settings.'  Under 'Audience Settings,' click 'Selected customer segments,' scroll to 'Custom Segments,' and select your segment.

5. Once the form is completed, click Save and continue to review. This will open up an email sending confirmation page. Once you have reviewed the details, click Schedule or Send Now.

Once the form is completed, click 'Save' and continue to review. This will open the email sending confirmation page. After reviewing the details, click 'Schedule' or 'Send Now.

Your email campaign will then begin to send, this process can take up to 15 minutes to complete.

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View the campaign as an email recipient would

1. In your email inbox, open your email campaign.

In your email inbox, open the email campaign

2. Review your email content and design

Review your email content and design.

3. Click the links and buttons (if any) within your email to confirm they are redirecting to the correct location and working correctly.

4. Test the claim discount button by clicking on it to generate a unique discount code. This will lead you to your loyalty widget open with the unique discount code which you can use at checkout.

πŸ“ Note: This is an active discount code. You can use this discount code online (or in-store) to test the redemption process. Or if you want to delete this discount code you can do so by following these instructions.

Click the links and buttons (if any) within your email to ensure they are redirecting correctly and functioning properly.  Test the 'Claim Discount' button by clicking it to generate a unique discount code. This will open your loyalty widget with the code, which can be used at checkout.

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Making final edits and sending this campaign to your customers

1. In your Marsello admin, under Marketing > Campaigns > Email and locate your test email campaign. From the actions drop-down menu, select Clone to duplicate this campaign.

In your Marsello admin, go to Marketing > Campaigns > Email and locate your test email campaign. From the actions drop-down menu, select 'Clone' to duplicate the campaign.

2. Click on the campaign's name to open it. This will bring you to the campaign settings form. Should you need to make any tweaks to your email campaign, please click on the Edit Email button and update before proceeding with the steps below.

3. In Campaign settings, update any required text including the email subject line.

4. Under Choose your audience, select send to all customers or selected customer segment(s)

Under 'Choose your audience,' select 'Send to all customers' or choose specific customer segment(s).

5. Once the form is completed, click Save and continue to review. This will open up an email sending confirmation page. Once you have reviewed the details, click Schedule or Send.

Once the form is completed, click 'Save' and continue to review. This will open the email sending confirmation page. After reviewing the details, click 'Schedule' or 'Send'.

Your email campaign will then be ready to send to your chosen customers at your chosen time.


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