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Adding subscribers using external mysql database(s)

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  • To add new subscribers using external mysql database, go to “Lists“
  • Click on the mailing list you wish to add new subscribers to
  • The List Browser screen will have a dropdown menu called “Subscriber Actions“
  • Select “Add Subscribers” from this drop down

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This screen will help you choose the method you wish to use for adding new subscribers – for this chapter we will use the first method “External MySQL Database“.

  •     Click on the “External MySQL Database” method and this will take you to the wizard for the method.

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Host Address
Enter the host address for your external mysql database

Port
define the MySQL Port number in case if its not running on a standard port 3306

Username
Enter the username for accessing the mysql database

Password
Enter the password

Database
Enter the name of the database

SQL Query
Enter the SQL query in order to select the records from the database
For Example: SELECT * FROM clients WHERE ‘Subscribe’=1

Click the “Next” button so that we can go to the step 2 for mapping fields.

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Match the subscriber fields
Here you will need to map the fields within your system with the import data fields. If you have custom fields within your mailing list they will be displayed in the drop down.

You should always map the email address field with the email address within import data. There is an option to ignore certain fields as well if you do not wish to import them.

Import Settings
If you are going to import new subscribers to the list, always select “Don’t add to suppression list” option. If you are importing subscribers to suppression list global or list based then select the appropriate option

Update subscriber information of duplicates with import data
Enable this option so that when you import the data for the subscribers which are duplicate or subscribers who are already within the mailing list, then their information will be updated with the new imported information.

Do not send opt-in confirmation email, subscribe immediately
If this option is ticked, the system will not send the opt-in confirmation email and will just subscribe the subscriber immediately to the mailing list

Trigger auto responders, subscription behaviors, web services and update statistics
If you enable this option, the system will trigger auto responders, subscription behaviors and web services actions related to the mailing list you are importing your subscribers to.

Once the options are populated click on the “Next” button to proceed to the import results step. The result screen will give you the details about the import process completion.

Add Subscribers using file upload

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  • To add new subscribers using file upload, go to “Lists”
  • Click on the mailing list you wish to add new subscribers to
  • The List Browser screen will have a dropdown menu called “Subscriber Actions”
  • Select “Add Subscribers” from this drop down

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This screen will help you choose the method you wish to use for adding new subscribers – for this chapter we will use the first method “File upload“.

  • Click on the “File Upload” method and this will take you to the wizard for the method.

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Select the file from your computer
Click on the Choose file button and select the CSV or text file from your computer

Fields terminated by
If you are going to import the subscribers having custom fields then you will need to define the field terminator – Mailsdaily supports three terminators comma, semicolon, and tab.

Fields enclosed by
You will need to select the character which will act as an enclosure for the field – for example field between single or double quotes.

If the data you are going to paste has the fields enclosed using single or double quotes, you will have to select the appropriate option.

Once you populate the fields – click on the “Next” button to go to the Step 2 of file upload method.

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Match the subscriber fields
Here you will need to map the fields within your system with the import data fields. If you have custom fields within your mailing list they will be displayed in the drop down.

You should always map the email address field with the email address within import data.

There is an option to ignore certain fields as well if you do not wish to import them.

Import Settings
If you are going to import new subscribers to the list, always select “Don’t add to suppression list” option.

If you are importing subscribers to suppression list global or list based then select the appropriate option

Update subscriber information of duplicates with import data
Enable this option so that when you import the data for the subscribers which are duplicate or subscribers who are already within the mailing list then their information will be updated with the new imported information.

Trigger auto responders, subscription behaviors, web services and update statistics
If you enable this option, the system will trigger auto responders, subscription behaviors and web services actions related to the mailing list you are importing your subscribers to.

Once the options are populated click on the “Next” button to proceed to the import results step. The result screen will give you the details about the import process completion.

Adding Subscribers using Copy / Paste method

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This method is the simple most and requires only few minutes to import your subscribers, although when you are planning to import large amount of subscribers this method is not good enough and will be time consuming.

In order to add subscribers using copy / paste method – please follow the steps below.

  • Go to Lists
  • Click on the drop down called Subscriber Actions
  • Click on the Add Subscribers
  • Click on the Copy / Paste link.

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Enter email addresses
Enter each email address on a new line. If you want to import more data related to the subscriber then add these fields with a comma or the field terminator you are using.
Example subscriber1@domain.com,Name,Surname

Fields terminated by
If you are going to import the subscribers having custom fields then you will need to define the field terminator – MailsDaily supports three terminators comma, semicolon, and tab.

Fields enclosed by
You will need to select the character which will act as an enclosure for the field – for example field between single or double quotes.

If the data you are going to paste has the fields enclosed using single or double quotes, you will have to select the appropriate option.

  • Click on the “Next” button to go to the step 2
  • This will bring up the screen for mapping fields

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Match the subscriber fields
Here you will need to map the fields within your system with the import data fields. If you have custom fields within your mailing list they will be displayed in the drop down.

You should always map the email address field with the email address within import data. There is an option to ignore certain fields as well if you do not wish to import them.

Import Settings
If you are going to import new subscribers to the list, always select “Don’t add to suppression list” option.
If you are importing subscribers to suppression list global or list based then select the appropriate option.

Update subscriber information of duplicates with import data
Enable this option so that when you import the data for the subscribers which are duplicate or subscribers who are already within the mailing list then their information will be updated with the new imported information.

Trigger auto responders, subscription behaviors, web services and update statistics
If you enable this option the system will trigger auto responders, subscription behaviors and web services actions related to the mailing list you are importing your subscribers to.

When you are done populating these options hit the “Next” button to complete the import. The result screen will give you the details about the import process completion.

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Creating new campaign from template gallery

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There are two ways in which anyone can start creating a new campaign irrespective of the method they use. You can use “Campaigns” tab or if you are on the Dashboard you can click on the “Create New Campaign” link under the Quick Links.

  • Click on the “Campaigns” tab
  • Click on the “Create New campaign” under the campaign browser

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If you look at the campaign browser screenshot above, you will realize that it gives you the ability to browse through the campaigns within your account. You will also be able to track all the campaigns which are sent, are in outbox, are being created and in draft mode, are scheduled, are paused and are pending approval.

You can manage tags which can allow you to categorize your campaigns.

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Campaign Name
Enter the name of your campaign

Recipients
Select the mailing list or a segment for your campaign.You can select single or multiple lists of segments.

Apply A/B Split Testing
By applying A/B split testing you can test different versions of your campaign settings or content. You can set the test size, duration and how to determine the winner. This helps you optimize your campaign in a better manner.

Publish this campaign to RSS Feed
When you check this box, your subscribers will be able to see this campaign in their list’s rss feeds.

Google Analytics Integration
MailsDaily integrates seamlessly with the Google Analytics web service to help you track recipient activities on your website coming from your campaign.

We will learn about this feature in details in a separate topic – click here for detailed information.

  • When you are done populating these fields hit the “Create Campaign and Edit Campaign Email”
  • This will bring up the create new campaign selection screen.

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Subject
Define the subject line for your campaign email.

Name
Enter the name which will be used for the from field of your campaign email

Email address
Enter the email address which will be used for the from email field of your campaign email.

Reply to Information
You can use the same reply to information defined the name and email address fields above or use the new one by un-checking the option and entering the different reply-to information

  • Click on the “Next” button to go to the Content part of the campaign email creation.

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  • Click on the third option “Template gallery”

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  • Select the template from gallery as shown in the below screenshot and hit the “Next” button.

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Content Type
Select the content type – whether you are going to send an HTML email or Text. You can also send a multi-part email which will carry HTML as well TEXT based content and render it at the end-users end according to their email reader.

HTML Content
Now Click on the “Open Email Content Builder” and customize your newsletter content

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The above email content builder will help you add your own content within the available editable regions. MailsDaily has an advanced template engine which allows you to easily edit your content within the pre-defined campaign template.

In order to edit the content, you just have to place your mouse on the content box and click your left mouse key once – if the area is editable it will give you the “Edit” menu as shown in the above screenshot.

In the above screenshot we can see “Edit” as well “Duplicate” – this means the region we clicked on can be edited with custom content and you can also duplicate the block of text as well.

When you click the edit button it will give you the editor which can be seen in the below screen shot.

 

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If you look at the screenshot above you will see its a full fledged html content editor – similar to this you can also have text only regions.

Once your content is populated you can simply hit the “Save” button and save the content and get out of the content editing screen. Now click on the “Next” button found on the campaign email creation wizard to go to the final “Review” of your campaign email.

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The last step of campaign email creation is the preview of your campaign’s content. You can verify how does it look by sending an email to a designated email address or on your browser.

The review screen will also give you the details of the content analysis and spam testing.

Use the drop down menu “send” to schedule the campaign, there are four scheduling options available for every campaign

Now
If this option is selected the campaign will start sending immediately.

Schedule
If you select this option then you will have to set the date and time for the campaign to start sending emails to your mailing lists.

Draft
If this option is selected then the campaign will be saved under the drafts folder and will never start.

Creating new campaign from file upload.

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There are two ways in which anyone can start creating a new campaign irrespective of the method they use. You can use “Campaigns” tab or if you are on the Dashboard you can click on the “Create New Campaign” link under the Quick Links.

  • Click on the “Campaigns” tab
  • Click on the “Create New campaign” under the campaign browser

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If you look at the campaign browser screenshot above, you will realize that it gives you the ability to browse through the campaigns within your account. You will also be able to track all the campaigns which are sent, are in outbox, are being created and in draft mode, are scheduled, are paused and are pending approval.

You can manage tags which can allow you to categorize your campaigns.

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Campaign Name
Enter the name of your campaign

Recipients
Select the mailing list or a segment for your campaign.You can select single or multiple lists of segments.

Apply A/B Split Testing
By applying A/B split testing you can test different versions of your campaign settings or content. You can set the test size, duration and how to determine the winner. This helps you optimize your campaign in a better manner.

Publish this campaign to RSS Feed
When you check this box, your subscribers will be able to see this campaign in their list’s rss feeds.

Google Analytics Integration
MailDaily integrates seamlessly with the Google Analytics web service to help you track recipient activities on your website coming from your campaign.

We will learn about this feature in details in a separate topic – click here for detailed information.

  • When you are done populating these fields hit the “Create Campaign and Edit Campaign Email”
  • This will bring up the create new campaign selection screen.

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Subject
Define the subject line for your campaign email.

Name
Enter the name which will be used for the from field of your campaign email

Email address
Enter the email address which will be used for the from email field of your campaign email.

Reply to Information
You can use the same reply to information defined the name and email address fields above or use the new one by un-checking the option and entering the different reply-to information

  • Click on the “Next” button to go to the Content part of the campaign email creation.

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  • Click on the third option “File Upload”

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HTML File
Choose a file HTML.

Zip File
Choose a file zip contain images file used in file HTML.

  • Click on the “Next” button to go to the last step of the campaign email creation.

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The last step of campaign email creation is the preview of your campaign’s content. You can verify how does it look by sending an email to a designated email address or on your browser.

The review screen will also give you the details of the content analysis and spam testing.

Use the drop down menu “send” to schedule the campaign, there are four scheduling options available for every campaign

Now
If this option is selected the campaign will start sending immediately.

Schedule
If you select this option then you will have to set the date and time for the campaign to start sending emails to your mailing lists.

Draft
If this option is selected then the campaign will be saved under the drafts folder and will never start.

 

Creating new campaign from previously sent Campaign

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There are two ways in which anyone can start creating a new campaign irrespective of the method they use. You can use “Campaigns” tab or if you are on the Dashboard you can click on the “Create New Campaign” link under the Quick Links.

  • Click on the “Campaigns” tab
  • Click on the “Create New campaign” under the campaign browser

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If you look at the campaign browser screenshot above, you will realize that it gives you the ability to browse through the campaigns within your account. You will also be able to track all the campaigns which are sent, are in outbox, are being created and in draft mode, are scheduled, are paused and are pending approval.

You can manage tags which can allow you to categorize your campaigns.

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Campaign Name
Enter the name of your campaign

Recipients
Select the mailing list or a segment for your campaign.You can select single or multiple lists of segments.

Apply A/B Split Testing
By applying A/B split testing you can test different versions of your campaign settings or content. You can set the test size, duration and how to determine the winner. This helps you optimize your campaign in a better manner.

Publish this campaign to RSS Feed
When you check this box, your subscribers will be able to see this campaign in their list’s rss feeds.

Google Analytics Integration
MailsDaily integrates seamlessly with the Google Analytics web service to help you track recipient activities on your website coming from your campaign.

We will learn about this feature in details in a separate topic – click here for detailed information.

  • When you are done populating these fields hit the “Create Campaign and Edit Campaign Email”
  • This will bring up the create new campaign selection screen.

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Subject
Define the subject line for your campaign email.

Name
Enter the name which will be used for the from field of your campaign email

Email address
Enter the email address which will be used for the from email field of your campaign email.

Reply to Information
You can use the same reply to information defined the name and email address fields above or use the new one by un-checking the option and entering the different reply-to information

  • Click on the “Next” button to go to the Content part of the campaign email creation.

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  • Click on the third option “Previous Campaign”

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  • Select the campaign from the drop down as shown in the below screenshot and hit the “Next” button.

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  • Click on the “Next” button to go to the last step of the campaign email creation.

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The last step of campaign email creation is the preview of your campaign’s content. You can verify how does it look by sending an email to a designated email address or on your browser.

The review screen will also give you the details of the content analysis and spam testing.

Use the drop down menu “send” to schedule the campaign, there are four scheduling options available for every campaign

Now
If this option is selected the campaign will start sending immediately.

Schedule
If you select this option then you will have to set the date and time for the campaign to start sending emails to your mailing lists.

Draft
If this option is selected then the campaign will be saved under the drafts folder and will never start.

 

Creating a new Campaign Using HTML Code

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There are two ways in which anyone can start creating a new campaign irrespective of the method they use. You can use “Campaigns” tab or if you are on the Dashboard you can click on the “Create New Campaign” link under the Quick Links.

  • Click on the “Campaigns” tab
  • Click on the “Create New campaign” under the campaign browser

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If you look at the campaign browser screenshot above, you will realize that it gives you the ability to browse through the campaigns within your account. You will also be able to track all the campaigns which are sent, are in outbox, are being created and in draft mode, are scheduled, are paused and are pending approval.

You can manage tags which can allow you to categorize your campaigns.

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Campaign Name
Enter the name of your campaign

Recipients
Select the mailing list or a segment for your campaign.You can select single or multiple lists of segments.

Apply A/B Split Testing
By applying A/B split testing you can test different versions of your campaign settings or content. You can set the test size, duration and how to determine the winner. This helps you optimize your campaign in a better manner.

Publish this campaign to RSS Feed
When you check this box, your subscribers will be able to see this campaign in their list’s rss feeds.

Google Analytics Integration
MailsDaily integrates seamlessly with the Google Analytics web service to help you track recipient activities on your website coming from your campaign.

We will learn about this feature in details in a separate topic – click here for detailed information.

  • When you are done populating these fields hit the “Create Campaign and Edit Campaign Email”
  • This will bring up the create new campaign selection screen.

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Subject
Define the subject line for your campaign email.

Name
Enter the name which will be used for the from field of your campaign email

Email address
Enter the email address which will be used for the from email field of your campaign email.

Reply to Information
You can use the same reply to information defined the name and email address fields above or use the new one by un-checking the option and entering the different reply-to information

  • Click on the “Next” button to go to the Content part of the campaign email creation.

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  • Click on the first option “From Scratch”

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Content Type
Select the content type – whether you are going to send an HTML email or Text. You can also send a multi-part email which will carry HTML as well TEXT based content and render it at the end-users end according to their email reader.

HTML Content
Add the custom html content you created for your newsletter or you can directly create the custom content using the editor available.

Please note that you must add “unsubscription” link within your content to comply with the policy.

You can do that by clicking on “##” icon within the content editor and then selecting the un-subscription link.

Click on the “Next” button to go to the last step of the campaign email creation.

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The last step of campaign email creation is the preview of your campaign’s content. You can verify how does it look by sending an email to a designated email address or on your browser.

The review screen will also give you the details of the content analysis and spam testing.

Use the drop down menu “send” to schedule the campaign, there are four scheduling options available for every campaign

Now
If this option is selected the campaign will start sending immediately.

Schedule
If you select this option then you will have to set the date and time for the campaign to start sending emails to your mailing lists.

Draft
If this option is selected then the campaign will be saved under the drafts folder and will never start.

User Interface

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MailsDaily user interface is an intuitive and well designed interface keeping the user experience in mind. MailsDaily’s user area interface is built from ground up to address the requirements of today’s Next Generation, Natural User Interfaces!

You will realize the advantages of this when you start using the application. Every campaign, list and subscriber has their own overview pages with detailed reports and statistics. All actions can be performed through this overview pages.

To better understand the different areas of the User Interface, please refer to the diagram below:

User Interface

User Interface

The user interface is divided into four parts

  1. Main navigation and settings functions
    The main navigation has four tabs – Dashboard, Subscribers, Campaigns and Report . These can be seen in the above screen shot. These tabs will help you navigate through different parts of the MailsDaily user interface. These four main tabs are the core functions of MailsDaily system.
  2. Quick Access Functions and quick help
    On several screens across MailsDaily interface, you will find quick help available to you on the right hand side of the user interface. The dashboard of the system will also have a quick access menu which will allow you to basically create a campaign or create a new mailing list from the dashboard screen itself.
  3. Overview of the system
    The overview of the system will give you the statistical data pertaining to the overall system activity along with the recent campaigns.The recent campaigns section will also give you the details about the email opens, link clicks, unsubscriptions etc. next to the campaign.
  4. Settings & Log Out
    The 4th section will help you fine tune your account settings and log out button for logging out.

Subscriber Interface

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MailsDaily subscriber interface is for the subscribers who wants to manage their subscription options if they are allowed to.

The subscriber area is accessible only if the end user clicks on the subscriber login link from within the campaign. When they click this link they are provided a screen allowing them to manage the mailing list options as shown below.

Subscriber Interface

Subscriber Interface

The subscriber interface is divided into three parts

  1. Main navigation (Lists)
    The main navigation has only one tab called “Lists” and after you click on the login link you land into your subscriber area with the Lists Browser in front of you as shown in the above screen.
  2. Logout
    Link “Logout” can log you out of the system.
  3. List Browser
    This shows all the lists you are subscribed to – click on each one of them and you will be able to unsubscribe or save your preferences.