How to Add Links in Benchmark
You can add different types of links to your email and direct your subscribers to your webpage, a survey, or even share a video link! Here you will learn the links Benchmark accepts and how to add these to your email. Note: Each process will begin in the Design step of your email creation. You can add the following types of links to your email: Web Address (URL) Email Address
Drag & Drop Editor Templates & Editor February 10, 2021
How to Sync Your HTML Email to Your Text Version Email
Every email client such as Yahoo, AOL, GMAIL, etc. have settings that determine whether or not the contact views emails in HTML format or in a plain text format. Some of your contacts will have their email clients set to only display emails in plain text. For this reason, every email sent from our system contains a text version. As a default, your HTML version is displayed for those contacts
General questions January 25, 2021
How to Add Images
Before you can add images to your emails, you must first upload them to the Image Gallery. There are two ways to add images to your gallery, via the Image Gallery itself or by using one of the image blocks in the Drag and Drop editor. To know which type of images we support click here. Image Gallery Image Block Image Group Image Card Image Caption How to get an
Image Gallery November 10, 2020
Edit and Resize Images
If you have an image you’d like to use for an email campaign but want to make changes to the image before using it, you can use our Image Editor to crop, edit, add text, or to resize images. To resize images in the Drag and Drop Editor, you’ll need first to drag and drop an image block or click on the browse for a file option within the image block.
Drag & Drop Editor General questions Image Gallery February 12, 2021
Using Block Dividers
Dividers are useful to organize your emails and landing pages, and they also give a clean look to your design. It is always a good idea to add spaces between every section to help the reader to see the information better. Here you can find how to add dividers and set paddings around images and blocks with our Drag and Drop Editor. Dividers To use this block, drag it to
Drag & Drop Editor General questions August 28, 2020
Single Opt-In Signup Forms
While Benchmark encourages its users to use the Double opt-in process, we also provide a Single Opt-in option. The difference between the two is simple. The Double Opt-In process requires the subscriber to confirm their subscription by opening an email and clicking on the confirmation link provided. With Single Opt-In a subscriber can sign up to your mailing list by simply adding their email address to the signup form, and
Signup Forms October 18, 2019
How to Avoid the Top Twenty Spam Words
Many of the words and phrases that ISP mail filters identify as spam are clearly obvious. Incorporating terms such as $$$, Incredible Deal, Earn Extra Cash, Multi-level Marketing, and of course, Viagra and Cialis into your email text or subject line are surefire, express one-way tickets to the blacklist. There are, however, twenty words or phrases that most email marketers wouldn’t ordinarily consider as dangerous, but using them can demolish
Delivery November 5, 2020
The 100 Worst Spam Words and Phrases to Avoid in Your Subject Line
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before... Monday, Tuesday, any day really, you log in to your email inbox and you have 42 new messages. “You have won the Ukrainian Lottery!” “Make Millions NOW!!” “Please help [insert someone from I have no idea where who would like to give you money from their trust fund so you can hang on to it for some reason].” And that most classic
Delivery March 11, 2021
Why Is My Email Campaign Under Review?
When an email campaign is scheduled to be delivered, the email is scanned and then monitored by our Benchmark support team. Emails are checked for signs of abuse or language that could be marked as spam by inbox filters. This is done to protect both Benchmark Email's reputation and the reputation of the sender, as well as ensure a higher deliverability rate. Factors that require further investigation take longer to
General questions December 21, 2020
Adding Animated GIFs to your Email
Enhance your emails by adding animated gifs and engage with your subscribers by sharing more entertaining visual content. Begin creating amazing email campaigns! Please note that the process to add animated GIFs to your email will begin in the Design step of creating an email. Adding a GIF that is saved in your computer requires the same upload steps as an image. For steps on how to upload an animated
Image Gallery March 10, 2021