Landing Page Domains
To connect your domain, you’ll create a sub-domain and a CNAME record in your Benchmark account and then add it to your DNS settings. The set up is easy, and depending on your hosting service, it can be ready to use in just a few minutes. However, please keep in mind some hosting services take 24-48 hours to update. After registering your CNAME record, you can set a URL for
Landing Pages December 14, 2020
Signup Form Unique URL
While you can’t place a signup form in an email, you can certainly add the signup form’s unique URL to your email campaign. Both the Embedded Form and the Classic Signup form provide you with a web link that is not limited to only your site, take that URL and share it in multiple channels to see your subscriber list grow. To get your signup forms URL, please follow the
Signup Forms January 14, 2020
Merge Tags Available in Benchmark Email
You can personalize or customize your Benchmark Email campaigns through the use of merge tags. The following categories of tags are available to show you how you can personalize your email campaigns. Before getting started, please be aware that modifying the codes given below could break. HTML can be easy to use; however, the HTML code must be exact for it to render correctly. For example, when using quotation marks
Templates & Editor November 9, 2020
How do I add a signup form to my Facebook profile?
Have you ever wanted to sign up email subscribers on your Facebook profile? Here's how you do it: Get your signup form link Log into your Benchmark Account. Click on the Signup Forms link from the Contacts Menu. Or, learn how to create a email signup form. Select the signup form you'd like to use and click on Publish (step 4) Select "Pop-up from a button on your Website". You'll
Create Signup Forms Social Media September 5, 2019
How do I create my Pinterest board?
A Board is where you can add your Pinterest Pins. There's no limit to how many Pins you can have. To create a board: Log into your Pinterest account. At the top right corner, click the Add button. Click the Create a Board button. Type the name of the new board in the Board Name field. Select Board Category from the drop-down menu (e.g. Architecture, Art, Cars & Motorcycles, etc).
Social Media January 10, 2020
What is a survey invitation?
Not only do you have the option of sharing your survey on a webpage and your social media pages (such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.), you can also have the link to your survey automatically placed in an email that you can then send to your contacts to invite them to participate in the survey. Once you have created your survey and published it, you can then create your survey invitiation:
Surveys & Polls August 7, 2018
I want to create a link in my email. How do I get the URL for this?
Placing links from websites, blogs or PDFs into your email campaign means that you are referencing the URL or web address for the page where the content is stored. An example of a URL is http://www.benchmarkemail.com/. When your campaign is opened, the URL will direct subscribers to the desired page once the link is clicked. The content needs to already be online before it can have a URL. To get
General questions March 8, 2019
How do I create a bookmark within my webpage and link to it from my email?
Linking your webpage to your campaign is an effective way of increasing traffic to your site. You can do this by placing an anchor tag <a> in the campaign, using either the name or ID attribute. To create a bookmark on the webpage: Create and name the bookmark within the page. See below: <p><a name="title">Title</p> Save and upload the page to the web. If you have a webmaster, you must
Templates & Editor August 6, 2018
Do you have a Glossary of Social Media Marketing Terms?
Social media is the use of web-based platforms to create and share user-generated content. This can take on many different forms including blogs, photographs, videos, and email marketing. Below are some commonly used terms and their definitions: API: Application programming interface, a tool used to connect a database of information with another service, such as Benchmark Email. Archives: A collection of previous documents or content that can then be accessed
Social Media November 25, 2020
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 March 11, 2021