Use Newsletters in impact.com to send email and in-app newsletters to your partners. These can be used for correspondence, upcoming changes about your program, offer special promotions, and more. tes
To view the legacy newsletter experience, at the top of the Newsletters page, select
[More] → Revert to old Newsletters.
From the left navigation menu, select Partners → Automation → Newsletters.
In the upper-right corner, select Create Newsletter.
Enter the Newsletter Name, that will set it apart from other newsletters, i.e., ACME Anvils Mother's Day.
Proceed by filling in the information in both the Partner Segment and Email sections.
In the Partner Segment section, conditions can be created to develop a list of partners that will receive the newsletter.
Select Add Segment to create a selection of partners that you would like to engage with.
You can choose Select Segment to apply an existing segment from a
[Drop-down menu] or select Create new segment and enter a name for a new segment.Specify the Conditions by which impact.com should segment newsletter recipients. E.g., Contract Stage is any of Joined.
See the Segment selection conditions section below for more information on these conditions.
Select Preview Segment Partner for a preliminary display of the segment. Once you're happy with the preview, select Save.
Specific conditions can be created to develop a list of partners that will receive the newsletter.
Using
Andthe operator will make the conditions exclusive, meaning that both conditions must be satisfied in order for a given partner to be included on the list.Select
[Add another] to add another condition that’s independent of the first condition.The partners on a conditions-based newsletter segment can change depending on the conditions you select. For instance, having a condition saying
Contract Stage is any of Joined+Prospecting Stage is of any New and Joinedthis will remove partners that are not part of these groups.The following table we help you better understand the segment selection options.
Performance Conditions
Description
Actions
Actions are
greater thanorless than(e.g., 6).Clicks
Clicks are
greater thanorless than(e.g., 6).Revenue
Revenue is
greater thanorless than(e.g., 6).Date Range
Date range
isandbetween.Today
Yesterday
Last 7 Days
Last 15 Days
Last 30 Days
Last 90 Days
Last 180 Days
Last 365 Days
Contract stages
Description
Select All
Apply all contract stages.
None
A contract does not exist between you and the partner.
Awaiting Publisher Approval
Partners who have not yet accepted your contract proposal.
Awaiting Advertiser Approval
Partners awaiting for contract approval from you.
Publisher Declined
Partners who have declined your contract proposals.
Advertiser Declined
Partners who have had their contract declined by you.
Joined
Partners who are joined to your program.
Expired
Partners whose contracts have been expired.
Awaiting Contract Start
Partners who have upcoming contracts starting with you.
Advertiser Retracted
Partners from whom you have withdrawn contract proposals.
Advertiser Countered
You have countered a contract proposal.
Publisher Retracted
Partners who have withdrawn contracts they've proposed to you.
Publisher Countered
Partners who have countered one of your contract proposals.
Pending Contract Expired
The proposed contract has expired.
Advertiser Deactivated
Brands who have left the impact.com platform.
Partner Groups
Description
Partner Group
Search for partner groups that include the desired partners. More than one can be selected.
Prospect Stages
Description
Prospect Stage
The current stage of a potential partner in the recruitment life cycle.
Select All
Apply all prospect stages.
New
Partners you've tagged as prospects, but have yet to email or send a proposal to.
Outreach
Partners you've sent an email or a proposal to, but have yet to respond to you.
Negotiating
Partners that have responded to you, but have yet to agree to any terms.
Contract ID
Description
Contract ID
The unique identifier of the contract between you and the partner. You can get the contract ID by:
Go to the Contracts screen, hover your cursor over the contract, and select
[More] → Download PDF.In the header of the downloaded PDF, see the Insertion Order Name field to see the name and the ID of the contract.
Partner Name
Description
Partner Name
The unique identifier for your partners. You can access this by going to Partners → Partners and seeing the ID in the Partner field.
Partner ID
Description
Partner ID
The unique identifier for your partners. You can access this by going to Partners → Partners and seeing the ID in the Partner field.
Partner Template Terms
Description
Partner Template Terms
Specify which partner template terms by selecting them or filtering them by name with a text search.
Select Add Email to start creating your newsletter content and to specify From name and Reply to address.
[Toggle on] the Messaging Template setting if you want to apply an existing messaging template and select a template from the [Drop-down menu].Enter your messaging template details:
Field
Description
Send from
This is the from name that recipients will see when they receive the newsletter.
Reply to
This is the email address partners that partners will contact when they reply to this newsletter.
Subject
The subject of the newsletter email.
Content
Enter the content of your newsletter in the provided WYSIWYG editor.
Optionally, Insert a signup link to one of your template terms. This will add a Join my program button that acts as a sign up link to your template terms.
Optionally, Insert other dynamic fields into your newsletter. You can see the dynamic fields available by selecting the
[Expand] icon to the right of the option.See the Dynamic fields reference below for more info about these fields.
If you want to save this newsletter as a template to be used in future, select
[Toggle on] Save as new messaging template.Select Preview for a preliminary display of the newsletter. Once you're happy with the preview, select Done or Send test email.
Select Insert to populate your newsletter with relevant information (such as a partner’s name, or the current date) in your newsletter.
Token
Description
{adcode_<adid>}Populates with the full ad listing of the specified
<adid>value (e.g.,{adcode_1122330}).{mpid}Populates with the ID value of the partner’s account (e.g., 98765).
{mpname}Company name.
{firstName}Populates with the first name of the partner (e.g., John).
{lastName}Populates with the last name of the partner (e.g., Doe).
{currentDay}Populates with the current date (e.g., January 19, 2038).
{currentTime}Populates with the full date in ISO format (e.g., 19-Jan-2038 03:14:08 UTC).
{currentMonthYear}Populates with the current month and year (e.g., January, 2038).
{unsubscribeUrl}URL to unsubscribe from the newsletter.
{programName}The program name.
{programLogoSrc}The source URL of the program logo.
Optionally,
[Toggle on] the In-app Announcement feature to have the same or custom Content be sent to your partners in-app.Optionally
[Toggle on] Schedule to select a future date and timezone for when the newsletter can be sent.Select Schedule Newsletter to initiate the schedule.
Optionally, you can Send Test Newsletter to send a test copy of the newsletter to your impact.com account email address, or Save as draft to come back to it later.
Once tested and you are happy with the result, select Send Newsletter.