How to set up Mail merge Campaign for your Outlook account?
To set up a mail merge campaign for your outlook account, you need to connect your outlook email account with SalesHandy. If already connected, then scroll down to know how to set up a mail merge campaign with SalesHandy.
Steps to add your Outlook account with SalesHandy:
- Go to SalesHandy Web-app>>Settings >> Email Accounts.
- Click on Add Account button in the top right corner of the screen.
- Choose Microsoft account from the popup and click on Continue.
- Provide the required credentials and allow access to SalesHandy.
Voila! Now your Outlook account is connected with SalesHandy. Here is a GIF to walk you through it:
Follow the below steps to set up a Mail Merge campaign from your Outlook Account:
- Open SalesHandy web-app.
- Go to Email Campaign>>New Campaign in the top right corner of the screen.
- Upload the list of recipients in a CSV format, or choose the list of recipients from the past campaigns.
- Under the From Email column, select your Outlook email account.
( Select 'Send as reply' if you want to send all your followup emails in the same email thread) - Write a subject and draft your first mail using the merge tags provided above the compose box. Eg.{{First name}} {{Last Name}}. These merges tags are automatically generated from the list of your recipients.
Note: You can add the unsubscribe link {{unsubscribeurl}}, to add an unsubscription link in your email. It is advised to add an unsubscribe link to filter out all the recipients that are uninterested in receiving your email. - Scroll down and click on add followup stage to draft your followup email. You can add up to 10 stages in one email campaign.
- Under the preferences, you can schedule your email campaign and adjust according to your preferred time zone.
- Check the campaign terms and conditions checkbox and click on Schedule Campaign.
Note:
- An email campaign needs a minimum of 15 minutes to start a campaign. So, you need to schedule your email campaign at least after 15 minutes from the present time.
- Before scheduling a campaign, please recheck your merge tags. All your merge tags should be in this format {{mergetags}}.