Testing and sending a campaign

Before sending a campaign, you can test delivery to see it live in your inbox.

A delivery test does just that. If you want to test your campaign engagement, go for an A/B test.

 

Testing delivery

For email campaigns:

1) Go to the Engage menu, head over to Email and click View all.

2) Hit Edit on your email campaign. When editing the campaign content, go to Testing and choose Test delivery. Type in the email address the test will be delivered to (you can add mutiple emails) and hit Send.

 

For SMS, Smart SMSpush or voice campaigns:

1)  Go to the Engage menu, head over to the type of campaign you'll testing and click View all.

2) Hit Edit on your campaign. When editing the campaign content (eg. an SMS campaign), go to Test delivery and choose Send test. Type in the mobile number the test will be delivered to (you can add mutiple numbers) and hit Send.

 

 

Testing delivery for a group of people

Instead of typing out multiple emails or mobile numbers every time you do a test, you can add them to a group and just pick it for testing.

To create a group, choose the Send to a test group when testing delivery and add the people you need.

 

 

Cost

The cost for each delivery is the same as a standard send.

If you're testing email delivery and your E-goi plan includes unlimited sends, you can do any amount of tests.

If you're testing email delivery, but your E-goi plan doesn't have unlimited sends, each test will be deducted from your send quota.

If you're testing SMS, SmartSMS, voice or push delivery, each test will be deducted from your send quota.

 

 

Will people receiving the test be added to my E-goi contact list?

No. Delivery tests are just meant for you (and anyone else you need) to check the message live. This is also why they don't include reports or fully working links.

 

 

Sending out the campaign for real

1) Go to the Engage menu, head over to the type of campaign you'll be sending and click View all.

2) Hit Edit on your campaign. If the content is done, move on to Setup.

3) Choose whether to send it now or schedule it for later.

4) Select the contact list (and its segments, if necessary) that your campaign will be sent to.

Important: If you don't pick a segment, the campaign will be sent out to the whole list!
5) Move on to Checklist. Confirm each of the pre-send checks and hit Send campaign. It'll be queued for a short while until sending begins.