New AWeber Updates and Feature Releases

The following time you log into your AWeber account, chances are you’ll discover that the message editor has modified. All the identical performance is there, nevertheless it has moved out of your means so you may get right down to writing your emails with out distractions.

What’s new?

Factor navigation on the facet

The “transfer,” “copy,” and “delete” buttons are in a brand new place.

You’ll not see blue and black bins surrounding the row / factor you’re engaged on. As an alternative, you’ll see a lightweight grey line on the correct facet of your factor. The row can have a lightweight blue field surrounding it solely in case you are instantly engaged on that specific row.

Within the new model, it’s a must to hover over the part to see the transfer, copy, and delete choices.

Try what modified:

Earlier than

After

With fewer visible distractions, you may get your subsequent e-mail despatched sooner than ever.

We’ve mixed the Header and Paragraph components so now you can create headers instantly inside the paragraph factor.

Try what modified:

Copy-and-paste from a separate doc in seconds

Do you draft your emails in Google Docs? Microsoft Phrase? Apple Pages? Some place else? It’s extraordinarily simple to repeat these e-mail drafts and paste them instantly into the AWeber message editor.

Check out the message editor right this moment — updates included — and tell us what you suppose.

Now you can navigate round your account with only a few keystrokes! The brand new Fast Actions Menu will get you the place you should go in seconds — with two clicks or with out ever leaving the keyboard.

What’s the Fast Actions Menu (aka the Fast Menu)?

The Fast Actions Menu is a popup menu with shortcuts that carry you instantly the place you should go inside your AWeber account. Wish to create a brand new message, add subscribers, or evaluate your campaigns? You will get instantly there rapidly utilizing the Fast Menu.

The menu can even present you keyboard shortcuts that you should utilize to get round your account much more simply.

Merely click on on “Fast Menu” in your facet navigation or choose command (⌘) + Ok in your keyboard.

Then use one of many 3 ways you should utilize the brand new Fast Menu to maneuver round your account.

1. Keyboard shortcuts
2. Scroll the Fast Menu
3. Search the Fast Menu

Keyboard shortcuts

Within the Fast Menu, a shortcut keystroke is listed subsequent to every motion. For instance, “Create a message” is related to “Shift + M.”

Meaning, typing “Shift + M” will instantly direct you to create a brand new message, as proven above.

These keystroke shortcuts will solely work if you end up on a dashboard display screen. When you’re within the message or touchdown web page editor (or inside the search perform of the Fast Menu) “Shift + M” will merely work as a capitalized M.

Study all of them and transfer round your account like a professional (saving tons of time in the long term).

Right here’s an inventory of the keyboard shortcuts:

Get the printable PDF of all AWeber keyboard shortcuts.

You possibly can scroll by way of to see choices like “Go to messages,” “Create a touchdown web page,” and extra.

Click on on considered one of these choices and you can be delivered to the suitable web page. So, for instance, should you select “Create a message,” you’ll end up in a brand new drag-and-drop message with the newest template you selected.

Have you learnt precisely what motion you need? Seek for it as a substitute of scrolling. Utilizing the highest search bar, you’ll be able to seek for key phrases like “message” or “touchdown web page,” and in addition non-direct key phrases like “e-mail” and “assist.” 

The Fast Menu will nonetheless get you the place you should go.

Watch a demo

What shortcuts would you want?

That is only the start of the Fast Actions Menu. Is there an motion you’re taking each time you log in that you just’d prefer to see on this listing? Tell us by filling out this suggestions type.

An RSS feed is a straightforward URL that features updates out of your web site, podcast, YouTube channel, Etsy retailer, and so forth. You should use RSS feeds in AWeber to create lists of your current updates with no need to repeat and paste textual content or add pictures.

Now, the RSS factor can do one thing even higher — it would replace dynamically (in actual time). Meaning irrespective of once you ship your e-mail, solely the newest info will likely be included.

Right here’s what modified:

What’s a dynamic RSS feed?

“Dynamic” (vs “static”) means one thing updates in line with pre-set circumstances — on this case, the circumstance is when your e-mail is shipped.

So, earlier than once you added the URL on your static RSS feed, it will pull in the newest posts, movies, or merchandise as of the second you added the RSS feed to your e-mail (or clicked refresh). With a dynamic feed, it pulls in the newest posts, movies, or merchandise as of the precise second you ship the e-mail.

For instance, in case you have printed a weblog publish between the time you created the e-mail and the time it’s despatched, the brand new weblog publish will nonetheless present up within the e-mail you ship! Cool, huh?

Don’t have your personal RSS feed? Strive utilizing a dynamic RSS feed generator like SnipRSS to create one with content material from different sources that you just need to share.

What’s the important distinction between dynamic and static feed updates? Dynamic feeds replace mechanically.

Meaning, one of the simplest ways to make use of them is with campaigns — your automated emails.

So listed here are 3 ways to start out utilizing Dynamic Feeds right this moment.

1. Embrace your current weblog posts in a welcome e-mail

Try to be sending welcome emails to your new subscribers.

And now you’ll be able to add your latest weblog content material to your welcome emails with none additional work. 

How? Add the dynamic feed factor to a number of of your welcome emails, pop in your weblog’s RSS feed, and select what number of posts to point out (I like to recommend not less than three so your new subscribers can take a look at your stuff).

Right here’s what it might appear like in your emails (new subscribers would at all times see the newest posts out of your weblog):

2. Embrace your current YouTube movies in a welcome e-mail

Do you create movies on YouTube? Why not ship a welcome e-mail together with your most up-to-date YouTube content material, too?

You possibly can add your YouTube channel URL to the RSS factor to carry up your current video content material. Add your video feed to the identical e-mail as your blogs, or perhaps a special welcome e-mail.

Right here’s what your YouTube feed would appear like in an e-mail, once more at all times with essentially the most not too long ago printed movies:

Observe: Wish to embody only a playlist as a substitute of each video? Add your channel and playlist info to this URL and add it to the feed factor:
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/movies.xml?playlist_id=[YOUR PLAYLIST ID HERE]

3. Ship weekly (or month-to-month) Etsy updates in minutes

Electronic mail is understood for making you an common of $38 for each $1 spent. Since your e-mail listing is full of people that already know you, such as you, and have perhaps even bought from you, emails are important for brand new Etsy gross sales.

So ship an everyday e-mail, both weekly/bi-weekly or just when you’ve got a bunch of recent stuff in your retailer.

With the dynamic feed, it’s fairly easy too. Design as soon as, copy your emails, and ship when you already know your retailer has new merchandise uploaded.

Right here’s how:

1. Design an “updates” e-mail to signify your retailer. You need it pretty generic — so it is sensible irrespective of which merchandise you add.
2. Add your Etsy retailer into the dynamic feed factor and select what info you need to add.
3. Every time you need to ship a brand new e-mail, copy the newest e-mail, evaluate it for any small adjustments you may need to make, then schedule or ship it. This could solely take a few minutes.

Your common emails might look so simple as this and nonetheless drive new gross sales:

1. Create a brand new draft Message or open an present Message. 

2. Drag and drop the RSS factor into your e-mail:

3. Then, add an RSS feed or just your YouTube account or your weblog’s URL into the sidebar.

You’ll be proven a number of feed choices:

4. Select “Dynamic Feed” as your Feed Sort.

5. From right here, you’ll be able to edit the way you need your feed to look.

Select the variety of feed objects, format, colour, class, and what you need to present — picture, description, creator, date, and so forth.

After getting your feed the way you need it, you’ll be able to ship or schedule your e-mail — or add it to a marketing campaign.

Check out dynamic feeds and tell us what you suppose!

How are you going to make use of the dynamic feed choice in your emails? Strive it out and tell us the way it went.

Up to date Stories: A Sooner and Simpler Approach to Get Helpful Knowledge

Reporting is the #1 means that can assist you enhance your e-mail advertising. By taking a look at stories, you’ll be able to decide which emails are working, who your prospects are, who’s signing up, and even which days of the week are best.

The knowledge to assist information your success ought to at all times be helpful and readable in a look — wherever you might be.

Latest updates imply our reporting does simply that — in three foremost methods:

• Graphs and charts are simple to learn rapidly
• You possibly can verify reporting on any machine simply
• Consolidated stories comprise info that helps you write higher emails

What’s new in AWeber stories?

Your stories at the moment are sooner to make use of and simpler to know.

Try what’s new:

• A model new map reveals your viewers’s location on a neighborhood and international scale
• Bigger and less complicated stories assist you perceive your information at a look
• Sortable tables assist you establish traits and discover the data you want
• Consolidated stories and easy accessibility to filters and actions present the the data you need and want, with out distraction
• All stories work on any of your gadgets — it doesn’t matter what they’re

We hope these updates will assist you write higher emails and make extra gross sales.

What can I do with this new reporting?

Graphs and tables are fairly — however their energy comes from the data they will present you. So what are some simple takeaways you may get in a look?

Establish your finest performing content material

Effectively, for starters you’ll be able to establish profitable emails — perhaps as a consequence of higher content material or calls to motion (CTAs) — from higher-than-normal click on charges.

For instance, this “Opens over time” chart for October reveals a broadcast that’s despatched weekly. An identical variety of individuals open this e-mail every time it goes out, leading to pretty similar-sized spikes.

The “Clicks over time” chart for a similar time interval and listing has extra and better spikes in early October than later. This might point out that the printed despatched in early October appears to have had a extra compelling supply than the others.

Use information like this to find out what sorts of content material, offers, and CTAs finest resonate together with your viewers, and ship extra emails with what they like.

Establish location traits rapidly

The placement map gives a snapshot of huge image worldwide nations information, in addition to states and cities. Verify it each now and again to see the place — actually — your viewers is positioned.

There are a few issues you are able to do with this information. 

Establish success: Did you lately attend an occasion in individual in one other metropolis? You possibly can have a look and see in case your model is spreading by phrase of mouth, which might present as extra subscribers in that specific metropolis.

Communicate in your viewers’s language: Do you’ve got a number of prospects in a rustic that doesn’t converse your native language? It’s possible you’ll need to keep away from sophisticated language that doesn’t translate effectively. Or phase customers and ship everybody an e-mail of their language.

Ship advertising emails based mostly on location: Discover you’ve got a bunch of recent subscribers in California? Create a phase of California-only subscribers and ship them a hyper personalised e-mail with references they’ll perceive and even a private low cost code.

All in all, figuring out the situation of your subscribers helps you acknowledge them as individuals as a substitute of merely numbers. 

Verify your stories!

We suggest checking your information utilizing these stories not less than as soon as every week to see should you can glean any helpful info, establish traits, and assist you to create a greater e-mail technique that makes extra gross sales.

Observe: Did you like the outdated reporting system? It’s nonetheless out there. If you’re in your stories display screen, merely click on “Again to Traditional Stories” within the higher proper nook and also you’ll be introduced again to our legacy reporting view.

7-day Black Friday Marketing campaign Template

Black Friday and Cyber Monday drive extra gross sales for many firms than some other time of the yr. Clients have their bank cards out and need to spend — so long as they get a deal.

You don’t even must promote Christmas presents to get Black Friday gross sales. In the event you promote an on-line course or providers, you’ll be able to nonetheless supply a sale and leads who’ve been on the fence about shopping for are prone to make the plunge.

However, ugh. Writing all these emails to get consideration in peoples’ inboxes? That’s a number of work.

Not anymore! We constructed a 7-day marketing campaign template so you’ll be able to ship emails and get these gross sales with out a lot work. That is the way it begins:

Beginning with a lead-up the Saturday earlier than Black Friday, and ending with a Cyber Monday promotional e-mail — this marketing campaign has your week lined. It contains dynamic content material for personalization, model new header designs, and a number of pre-written copy. However they’re your emails — make any changes you want.

It’s utterly free to make use of with any AWeber account.

Useful 404 for Unpublished or Disabled Touchdown Pages

What’s a 404? 404 error or 404 not discovered is a typical error in websites throughout the online. It usually occurs once you click on a hyperlink, however there’s no web page related to that specific hyperlink — which might occur for varied causes.

For instance, in case you have created a touchdown web page utilizing AWeber’s builder, however haven’t printed it but (or have unpublished it) the hyperlink related to that web page will present a 404 error.

Do you know that 404 pages might be designed? Effectively, we’ve designed ours to clarify why the web page didn’t load. Plus, it has helpful info on how one can create an interesting touchdown web page that makes you cash. Right here’s the way it appears to be like:

The touchdown web page builder is included in each AWeber account.

Direct-to-Cost Hyperlinks

If you promote merchandise in emails, social media, or different locations on-line, typically you need to hyperlink on to a purchase order pop-up as a substitute of a product touchdown web page. 

Give it some thought: Your e-mail seemingly already serves as a gross sales web page — with a product picture, description, and worth. Sending your potential prospects to a touchdown web page the place they must click on “Purchase now” once more means probably shedding out on gross sales.

Now, should you promote utilizing AWeber ecommerce + Stripe, you’ll be able to hyperlink on to your gross sales web page’s order type pop-up. When the shopper clicks, they’re instantly directed to enter their bank card info. No distractions.

Right here’s the way it works on your prospects:

Prepared to make use of the hyperlink? After getting a product arrange in your AWeber account, click on “Order Type” after which click on to repeat the Order Type Hyperlink. Merely paste it in your e-mail or anyplace else you’re selling your sale.

Tip: Get new merchandise arrange in minutes and begin promoting from anyplace utilizing this direct-to-payment hyperlink. After the acquisition, you’ll be able to redirect prospects to a different web site or just a thanks web page.

Cost Quarterly Recurring Funds

It’s possible you’ll already supply subscriptions and fee plans in your touchdown pages — to make purchases simpler and usher in common earnings. Now, along with charging weekly, month-to-month, or yearly, it’s also possible to set recurring funds on a quarterly foundation.

Coaches and instructors could have new, in-depth content material each three months, moderately than month-to-month. Now, they will cost purchasers on a quarterly foundation — matching the content material launch. Coaches can even supply quarterly funds for a course, with a reduction off their month-to-month price.

Service suppliers could discover themselves in an analogous scenario. In case your tasks take a number of months to finish, quarterly retainers could go well with your online business mannequin higher than month-to-month ones.

Even podcasters and paid newsletters can use quarterly funds — by providing a three-month recurring advert spot, charged 4 occasions a yr. 

Do quarterly funds make sense with your online business mannequin? Provide one to your purchasers now with Aweber ecommerce.

Make Your Touchdown Web page A Homepage

Don’t have an internet site? No drawback! Now you can simply set a touchdown web page to be your homepage — aka the principle web page of your new web site.

Right here’s how: Arrange a touchdown web page you need to use as a homepage. Within the web page settings — below the area settings — toggle “Set as homepage” to on.

Your homepage will likely be accessible at [YOUR ACCOUNT].aweb.web page or [YOUR ACCOUNT].aweb.web page/residence. For instance, financialbiz.aweb.web page.

Or, you’ll be able to purchase or join a site simply, instantly in your AWeber account. Then you’ll be able to arrange your touchdown web page to point out at your area. 

For instance, should you purchased or related the area myfinancialbiz.com, your touchdown web page — really, your new web site — will likely be accessible at http://myfinancialbiz.com/.

Able to get your homepage stay? Right here’s a plug-and-play template that may turn out to be yours with a few headlines, pictures, and buttons: