Configuring the Welcome E-mail

The welcome e-mail thanks subscribers for joining the e-mail list and sets subscribers’ expectations for future e-mails.

 

To configure the welcome e-mail:

1. Click Do This Step. The setup wizard displays the Follow Up #1 Edit screen (see Figure 8), which is used to configure the welcome e-mail.

 
Figure 8: Configuring the Follow Up #1 Message.

 

2. Enter a subject line into the Subject field.

 

3. To create an HTML message, type or paste your content into the HTML Message area

OR

To create a plain text message, type or paste your content into the Plain Text Message area.

Note: Click Wrap Long Lines to display long sentences or paragraphs in a more easily viewable format in plain text messages.

4. Click Attach A File to add a file attachment to the message (see Figure 9). A dialog box prompts for the location of the file (see Figure 10). Click Browse to select the file. Enter a comment in the Comment field. Click Attach File to upload the file to your AWeber account to be included with e-mail.

Figure 9: Configuring Follow Up Options.

 

Figure 10: Adding an attachment.

 

5. Click Track Clicks to enable click-through message tracking.

 

6. Click Save Message to save the welcome e-mail. The wizard displays a list of the campaign’s current e-mails along with a prompt to create a web form for subscribers to join your e-mail list.

 

7. Click Add New Follow Up Message to create more messages for the campaign, if needed.