Create and send a new newsletter

When all settings have been made ( Set sender e-mail address , Group e-mail addresses , Add e-mail addresses ), a newsletter can be created and sent.

Create a new newsletter

To create a new newsletter, click on 'new' under 'Newsletters' from the main menu. In this screen you can completely compose your newsletter.

Subject and intro text

At the top, first enter the title or subject of your newsletter. This is both the subject of the email that your newsletter recipients will see and the title in the newsletter itself.

In the input field 'Intro text' you can enter a text that will appear at the top of the newsletter. You can use different formatting options here, bold , italic , underlined , headers and alignment. You can also enter a link with the 'gear' icon on the right of the screen. Here you will find more information about entering a link .

Select news items and agenda items

You will then be given the option to select news items (only current news items) and agenda items (that are in the future). These are sent with your newsletter. Every message you select here will be shown in the newsletter with the title, the first characters of the message, photo and the tags. Recipients of your newsletter can click through to these news items or agenda items on your website.

Select the recipients

After you have completed the content of the newsletter, you can indicate to which groups you want to send the newsletter. Select the group(s) you want to send this newsletter to.

View example

Then everything is ready to send. You can then choose from 2 different layouts. Click on the magnifying glass to preview your newsletter. Then choose the desired layout:

Send the newsletter

The newsletter is now completely ready to send. At the bottom of this screen you will see a number of options:

Test email
With this option you can send the newsletter to one specific email address, to test if it looks the way you want. By default, the e-mail address of the account with which you are currently logged in in Ziber Team is entered.

Save
With the option 'Save' you choose to save the newsletter and not yet send it. You can then change it at a later time and still send it.

Send
With the green 'Send' button you will send the newsletter definitively to all groups that you have selected.

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