CONTENTS - Email Designer

Who is this for? Staff and marketers who design and send newsletters and email templates in GrowthZone. With your GrowthZone software, the Email Designer provides you the ability to create and design your own newsletters and email templates. The Email Designer is extremely flexible and provides tools for basic content elements that you can use to create and design your newsletter. Your content will look great on all devices, browsers, and email clients. We have included a variety of templates for you that you can update and customize as needed, or you can simply start from scratch and create your own templates.

Module 1: Designing Your Newsletters

Get started by exploring the default templates, building from scratch, and configuring template body settings. (Est. Time: 20 mins)

• → View Default Email Designer Templates
• → Create an Email Designer Template from Scratch
• → Template Settings - Body

Module 2: Standard Tools

Learn the core content blocks for building any newsletter. (Est. Time: 30 mins)

• → Standard Tools
• → Columns Tool
• → Button Tool
• → Divider Tool
• → HTML Tool
• → Image Tool
• → Social Tool
• → Text Tool
  • → Add Merge Fields to Text
• → Video Tool

Module 3: Custom Tools

Pull dynamic association data — new members, events, web content, and forum topics — directly into your emails. (Est. Time: 20 mins)

• → Custom Tools
• → New Members Tool
• → Events Tool
• → Web Content Tool
• → Forum Topics Tool

Module 4: Common Tasks

Copy, move, and delete blocks to rearrange your design quickly. (Est. Time: 10 mins)

• → Common Tasks (Copy a Block, Move a Block, Delete a Block)

Module 5: Previewing & Sending

Preview your work, then send immediately or schedule it to go out later. (Est. Time: 15 mins)

• → Previewing Your Email Designer Template (View a Preview, Email a Preview, Sending Immediately, Schedule to be Sent Later)
• → Sending Your Email Designer Newsletter (View a Preview, Email a Preview, Send Immediately, Schedule to be Sent Later)

Module 6: Working with Landing Pages

Extend your campaigns by building landing pages and connecting them to existing forms. (Est. Time: 15 mins)

• → Creating a Landing Page
• → Integrating a Landing Page with an Existing Form

Module 7: Reference & Troubleshooting

Round out your knowledge with frequently asked questions and email display fixes. (Est. Time: 10 mins)

• → Email Designer FAQs
• → Special Topic: Email Display Issues

Certification Goal: Email Designer Pro

Completing this curriculum means you can independently build, customize, preview, and send polished newsletters and templates from the Email Designer — and extend them with landing pages — for any device or email client.