How to Send an Email Blast Without Getting Spam'd
To Send an Email Blast:
1)
You must first begin by creating a email list in Excel.
With Outlook, you simply open the Contacts,
then click on File - Import & Export -
Export to a File (and Next) - Microsoft Excel (1997-2003) and Next -
select Contacts and Next - choose where you want to save it by selecting
"Browse", the location (I like the Desktop because it's easy to find
later), and rename it then OK to get
back to the save screen - Next - then Finish.
Once you have created the list, you will
want to open it and remove any names of people and companies that you don't
want to get your email blasts. This
could be names like United Airlines, any credit card company contacts, people
you think are jerks, etc. Also, remove
any names that don't have emails.
2)
Open up a Word Document and type up your email message exactly how you
would like it to look. That means add
your signature line.
3)
When you're done, go to the Mailings Wizard and click on "Start
Mail Merge". For 2007 Office it
will look like this:
For older versions, you want to find the
Mail Merge Wizard. You may have to
search the "Help" topics to know which menu item it's under.
4)
From the Start Mail Merge menu, click on "Step by Step Mail Merge
Wizard" (usually the last choice in the drop-down menu.
5)
A sidebar will pop up that will walk you through the steps. It will look something like this:
6)
From this menu, just click "Email Messages" and click the
"Next" step at the bottom. Go
through each of the steps until you get to the final screen. As you can see, it's only 6 Steps.
7)
At Step 3, you will be prompted to select your Excel Email list. You will "Browse" for it, then find
it - hopefully on your Desktop. Once you
open it, the Mail Merge Wizard will prompt you to choose a Worksheet Tab - and
usually show you two. Pick the worksheet
that has your contacts in it.
8)
Next, you will be taken to a "Mail Merge Recipients List"
where you will match up the headings from your Email List to your Word
List. Most of the headings will be
filled in correctly already. Just double
check that there are actually emails where emails belong and names and
companies where they belong before you press OK and continue onto the Next
Step.
9)
At Step 4, you will be able to add your address blocks and greeting
lines. Make sure you choose at least the
Greeting Line feature so that each email will be customized to the person
receiving the email.
10)
After you've completed "Step 6 - Complete the Merge", the
emails will be ready to go, but they will not be sent. You have to actually
click on "Finish and Merge" in the toolbar at the top. It will look like:
Then click "Send E-Mail
Messages."
Once you click "Send," your
computer will attempt to send it through your Microsoft Outlook Outbox. That means, if you have not set up your Outlook
outbox before, you will need to set that up.
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