Email Marketing with Video using Mailrelay and Viewed

In this tutorial you will learn how to easily create, configure and send an email marketing campaign with video that will play directly in your inbox. Yes it's real!

How to create an email marketing with video using Mailrelay and Viewed

Viewed is a platform that solves the problem of embedding video with autoplay in email marketing campaigns, easy to use, mobile-friendly and 100% compatible with Mailrelay. To create dynamic, professional and high-impact email campaigns that increase your CTR by up to 173%.

1. Create your Viewed Account

If you don't have an account, create one . By default, you will be logged in the FREE plan, that includes 100 video impressions to make some tests. You can upgrade your plan or purchase extra video impressions as needed. Viewed delivers millions of videos in email every day. It has solid servers and is partner of Amazon and Google Cloud to deliver your videos in the emails, regardless of the volume or concurrent users.

2. Upload your Video File

The Viewed platform is compatible with all video formats such as mp4, avi, mov and flv. Press the blue button “Upload Video” on the right side of your screen:

Then fill the form:

1. Video name: It’s a name to identify the video in your list.
2. Video file: you have to options:
   - Select a video from your computer. You can use the drag & drop system or click to search and upload.
   - Or introduce a youtube or Vimeo video. It is no needed to select file in the previous field.
3. Video width: it’s the video size in pixels in your html template.
4. Click on the green button “Upload Video”

3. Coffee Time!

It´s time to have a cup of coffee. It will take just a few minutes. Relax, our System is in charge.
Viewed will automatically create all the necessary video formats to be compatible with every Operating System, device or navigator.

4. Get the code for your email

You have three different ways to get the code for your email:

• Notification bar: when the upload finishes we provide you a link to the code in the notification bar.
  
• List of videos: First, click on “Copy Video ID”. Second, select “Copy to email” option.
  
• List of videos: Click on “Edit” button, this gives you access to a new screen
  when you have to click on “Email embed code”.
  

5. Copy Viewed code in your template

You have to edit the HTML template that you are going to send and insert the code you have copied from Viewed platform. Select the location of the template where you want to display the video.

6. Time to go to Mailrelay

Now that you have your HTML template is time to go to Doppler to start your campaign. Just log in to your Mailrelay account.

7. Create your campaign

In order to create your email campaign go to your dashboard and then click on “Campaigns“ and “Campaigns“.

Then you have to click on “Add“ button.

8. Import your HTML template

On the next step select “Paste code“ to import your template.

Fill your campaign options: SUBJECT LINE, PREVIEW TEXT, SENDERS and GROUPS.
When you finish click “Source“ and paste the HTML template that you have edited previously.

9. Send or schedule your campaign

Is time to impress the world! You can schedule your sending options or send it right away.