icontact: How to send a message to your mailing list

• enter your username and password, and click Log in
• Click the navy blue tab at the top left labeled "Create"
• In My Messages, You can create a new message or work from a saved draft.
• You can:
• Create a Message
• Re-Use a Sent Message
• My Messages
• My RSS-In Feeds
• TO USE A MESSAGE YOU HAVE CREATED ELSEWHERE, CLICK Create a Message, then click Create a New Email from Scratch

All options:

Create a New Email using MessageBuilder

If you like a little hand-holding, our MessageBuilder is your best choice. MessageBuilder will allow you to select a template from our library and will walk you through creating your email with no HTML coding required. Templates are also available.
To do this, click "Create a New Message from Scratch"

Create a New Email from Scratch

Choose this option if you'd like to begin creating an email from scratch using our WYSIWYG editor.
To do this, click "Copy & Paste a Message"

Copy & Paste an Email

Select this option if you're using Dreamweaver, FrontPage or any other HTML editor. It's the perfect choice if you write your own HTML because you won't be given a WYSIWYG editor—just a place to paste your HTML code. Use the preview function to see how your email will appear before sending.

• For email type, choose HTML Message (which means there can be pictures, and you can copy/paste links, etc.)
• For Email Subject, type what you want to appear in the subject line of your newsletter/ press release, or whatever it is you're sending out.

• Please Wait...
  • You will see a box like this:
    
  
  
  Just copy and paste the message you created in Google Docs into the box.
• You must compose a plain-text email for contacts who cannot view HTML emails. This is easy: Next to where it says " Create your Plain-Text Email", click the yellow button:
• A bunch of text will appear in the box. That's fine. You can edit it or ignore it. You can ignore this button also: (if you push it, it will tell you whether your email will look like spam or not)
• Press Quicksave to save our work at any time:
  
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  Send a Test Email: Test emails differ from the emails your contacts receive in two ways: the test email will not have a footer, and subscriber and custom fields won't be populated. Enter your email address,__________________click:
  
• Check your email inbox to make sure the test email looks okay.
  
  will save your message.
• Once, you have clicked save, it will take you to a new page, where you will see a list of your saved messages. Find the one you want to save, and click the image to the right of it that looks like an envelope and has a green arrow on it.

• Choose Destination:

  

  This is where you can choose who to send your email to:
  

• Click the box next to the list or lists you want to send to.
• Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the green box labeled "Proceed to Send"