Posted on | August 19, 2009 | No Comments
Start a New Campaign
- Login to Pica Design eNews™
- Click ‘Create a new campaign’

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Step 1: Define the Campaign and Sender
- Name the email campaign
- Enter the email subject line
- Give the campaign a from name (ex. Smith Family Vacation 2010, My Company)
- Give the campaign a from Email address
- Give the campaign a Reply-To address
- Once your settings are right click ‘Next’

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Step 2: Choose your Template
- Select ‘Use one of my templates’
- Select from your templates or the one that Pica Design has created for you. If you’d like to add your own template, please follow the guided instructions.
- Click ‘Next’

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| Adding Content to your Template
Note: There are 2 different types of content areas in most templates
- The Main article
- Multiple sub-articles
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| Main Article / Content
Adding the Main content is as easy as clicking the edit icon for a certain section and modifying it, and Adding a main image if it applies to your template.


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Sub-Articles
- By default, there is one sub-article for you to edit

- When clicking the edit icon you are presented with options to edit all aspects of each sub-article.
- Depending on your template, this is also where you can add an image for each sub-article

- When your ready to add another sub-article click ‘ADD NEW ITEM’

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Preview and Define Recipients
- After you have added all your new content click ‘Preview Email’

- At this point you can proof the email, make more changes, or if you are happy with the email, click ‘Define Recipients’

- If you want to use a subscriber list you’ve already created, select the list and continue onto Step 5 below
- Or you can choose to create a list now
- Select ‘I will type in the recipients manually’ and click ‘Next’

- Follow the instructions for adding email recipients, and click ‘Import These Recipients’
- When you’re happy with the settings, click ‘Test and define delivery’

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Testing your Email Campaign
- Here you can send a test of the current email Campaign to yourself for proofing
- Enter your email address and click ‘Send the test email’

- Once you’ve gotten the campaign to look correct click ‘Skip the test’ which takes you to the Delivery Schedule Page
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Scheduling your Email Campaign
- Here you can choose to deliver the campaign immediately or set a timer to schedule a later delivery
- Once you’re ready hit ‘Send Campaign Immediately’
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