Contacts & Smart Lists · 2 min read
Send a Bulk Email from Smart Lists
You can email a group of contacts straight from your contact list, using the same email tools as campaigns.
Before you send
- Contacts with invalid addresses, who unsubscribed, or who have email DND on may be left out.
- Have your sender details, subject and message ready.
- Follow consent and email-sending rules.
- Emails that have already been processed can't be recalled.
Send a bulk email
- Go to Contacts → Smart Lists. Filter or open a smart list, then select the contacts.
- Click Send Email in the bulk actions toolbar.
- Check the recipient summary: how many you selected, how many were filtered out, and how many will receive it.
- Enter the From Name, From Email and Subject. Add preview text or other details if needed.
- Choose how to build the email:
- Quick Compose for a simple message
- From Smart Builder for the Design, Code or Plain Text editor
- Select Existing Template for a saved template or a Template Library design
- Optionally open Additional Settings to turn on click tracking, UTM tracking or tags.
- Enter a test address, click Send Test Mail and check the email.
- Click Review Campaign and check the sender, content, links and recipients.
- Choose when to send:
- Send immediately
- Schedule for a future date and time
- Drip Mode to send in batches. Set the start time, batch size and how often each batch goes out.
- Click Send Email.
Track results
- Go to Contacts → Bulk Actions and find the job.
- Click Show Stats to see processing results and delivery numbers. Download the error details to check any failures.
- Click Load More Stats for full email reporting.
You can also go to Marketing → Emails → Statistics and filter by Bulk Action Campaigns.