How to create an RSS to Email campaign
You can now automatically send email campaigns to your subscribers with the latest news/blogs from your website or any other RSS feed, by using our RSS Email feature. The process is quick and straightforward to set up. To create your RSS Email: Sign in to your Benchmark account, once there select Emails from the dashboard, and then click on Emails. Click on the Create New Email option. Next, select RSS
RSS May 19, 2020
Will my first RSS Campaign send out my older posts?
Yes, your first RSS Campaign will send out your older posts, but it will only send posts that have been created within the past 24 hours. As for your RSS Campaign going forward, how you set your campaign will determine which posts will be sent along with your email. For daily emails, only content from the past 24 hours will be sent. For weekly emails, only content posted within
RSS August 2, 2019
Does Benchmark Email have a blog?
Not only does Benchmark Email have a blog with relevant and up-to-the-minute information that will benefit you and your business, but we also have many different bloggers who add their own special touch to every entry they submit. New blogs go live on every day of the business week and you can begin reading now. Be sure to check back often - you may want to subscribe to our
About Benchmark Email March 28, 2019
What is RSS? How can I use it with Benchmark Email?
RSS is commonly defined as "Real Simple Syndication" and is a specific type of file format that allows you to subscribe to various News Readers and receive automatic updates from various sites you have signed up for. How does this benefit you and email marketing? RSS-to-Email automatically sends newsletters when you update your blog or any other RSS feed. You will have control of the sending frequency (monthly, weekly or
RSS August 2, 2019
How do I get the URL for an RSS Feed?
In order to have your blog articles sent by email using our "RSS to Email" feature, you need to have the URL address of the RSS feed of your blog. One way you can get the URL is by going to the View Page Source option of the browser and searching for RSS. It should look something like this: “< link href = "http://www.benchmarkemail.com/blogs/rss.xml" rel = "alternate" type ="
RSS September 9, 2019
Why am I not receiving my RSS Email Campaigns?
Start by checking if your RSS Email Campaign is active. Your RSS Email campaign will not send out any emails if no new content is found. You can verify this by checking the "lastBuildDate" or the "pubDate" attributes in your RSS Feed. An example is given below. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"> <channel> <title>Benchmarkemail Blog</title> <link> http://www.benchmarkemail.com/blog/feed </link> <description>Email Marketing Services - Create and send bulk HTML email
RSS August 2, 2019
What content is picked for my RSS Email Campaigns?
If your RSS Email Campaign is scheduled to be sent every day, the Feeds that have been added in the previous 24 hours will be sent. For Weekly RSS Email Campaign, the feeds for the past 7 days would be sent. Similarly for monthly RSS Email Campaigns, the feeds for the past month will not be sent. If no new feeds are found, the email campaign is not sent out.
RSS August 2, 2019