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You’ll start receiving free tips and resources soon. We’ll go step by step, detailing why having a newsletter matters, tips to choose the best email newsletter platform, a checklist for sending your first email, and advice on assessing your analytics after clicking Send. While a newsletter can take many forms, we’ll specifically discuss newsletters that send regular email updates about your business to subscribers-from behind-the-scenes of the company and useful content readers can use to product updates and pricing promotions.

This guide will discuss how to create a newsletter for your business that turns subscribers into buyers. By capturing the email of a prospective customer, a purchase delayed today can be deferred to tomorrow. A potential buyer who needs more information can learn your company’s story through weekly sendouts before finally hitting Buy. A forgetful browser can be reminded of your product through a targeted email campaign. A website visitor that finds your product pricey might be persuaded by a discount delivered to their inbox. Click Upload file to choose the file your site visitors will download.As an entrepreneur, creating an email newsletter is an essential part of your overall marketing strategy that can help you make sales down the line.Note: This feature requires an Premium plan. Show link to file download: Allow visitors to download a file after submitting the form.Link to external URL: Direct visitors to an external web address that is not part of your site.Select a URL destination: Page, Web Address, Lightbox or None.Click Choose a Link to select where the form leads.Go to site page or lightbox: Direct visitors to another page on your site or a lightbox (popup).

How long should the message show after submission? Choose either a Set time that the success message should display (in seconds) or select Always if you want the message to remain until the visitor navigates away.What's the message? Enter the display text after someone submits the form.Show success message: Display a success message such as 'thanks for submitting!'.

Choose an option under When visitors submit a form.
