Using query string in campaign

Last update: November 10, 2022

Query string is a tail added onto a URL that carry information from one page to another page. To understand query strings, let’s first take a closer look at a sample URL that uses one:

https://example.com/product/shirt/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=winter

The first section of a URL is called a protocol (https). It is followed by the domain name of the website, or the hostname (example.com). And the next part (after the forward slash) is the path (product/shirt/?).

Everything that follows the path after the question mark (?) is the tail of the URL, also known as the query string (utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=winter).

MailBluster has the option to put a query string in your campaign email, which you will find under Edit campaign > Content section:

If you set query string in your campaign, it will be appended to all the links of the campaign.

Can I schedule my campaign at a particular date and time?

Last update: November 10, 2022

You can schedule your campaign at any particular date and time according to your selected timezone.

Changing the width of campaign email

Last update: November 10, 2022

To change the width of a campaign, open the campaign is edit mode. Then, on the Content section, click the Edit button of the content. From the right side menu of the Drag and drop editor, click on Body, and you will notice an option named Content Width. Using this option, you can change the width of your campaign email. The attached screenshot should be helpful:

Removing MailBluster branding

Last update: November 10, 2022

MailBluster branding is enabled if you are using the Free Forever plan. Once you add your billing card, you will be able to use the Unlimited Sending plan, and it will remove our branding. For each campaign, you can select the plan that you want to use for that specific campaign. The following screenshot shows how the Remove MailBluster branding section looks using Free Forever plan:

And the following screenshot shows how the same section looks using Unlimited Sending plan:

You can check out how MailBluster branding is shown on email footer and unsubscribe page: https://app.mailbluster.com/pages/branding.

Adding unsubscribe link using Drag and Drop editor

Last update: March 26, 2023

There are 2 methods to create an unsubscribe link using the Drag & Drop editor:

First method:
Go to the edit campaign page and on the edit content section, drag a Text box from the Content section and write a text like “Click here to unsubscribe“. Highlight it and click on Insert/edit link. Select Open unsubscription page as Action Type. Save your changes and the unsubscribe link is ready for the email. The following screenshots will guide you through the entire process:

Step 1: Drag a Text box from the Content section

Step 2: Write a text, highlight it, and click on Insert/edit link

Step 3: Select Open unsubscription page as Action Type

Step 4: Save your changes and you are done

Second method:
Same as before, go to the edit campaign page and on the edit content section, drag a Text box from the Content section and write a text like “Click here to unsubscribe“. Highlight it and click on Insert/edit link. Enter {{unsubscribe_url}} as the URL. Save your changes and the unsubscribe link is ready for the email. The following screenshots will guide you through the entire process:

Step 1: Drag a Text box from the Content section

Step 2: Write a text, highlight it, and click on Insert/edit link

Step 3: Enter {{unsubscribe_url}} as the URL

Step 4: Save your changes and you are done

Note that, the unsubscribe link unsubscribes your lead, it does not remove or delete the lead from your brand in MailBluster.

How to create and send an email campaign?

Last update: November 10, 2022

Follow this video tutorial for the basics on how to design an email campaign in MailBluster to send to your subscribers.

How to schedule a campaign in MailBluster?

Last update: May 29, 2023

Assuming you’ve completed all of the prerequisite steps for sending emails using MailBluster (if not, head over to our YouTube channel for step-by-step tutorials), you are now ready to design and send your campaign.
Log in to your MailBluster dashboard, navigate to Campaigns > Send New, and design your campaign. Once you’ve completed the layout of your campaign using MailBluster’s email editors, click Done Editing and go to the bottom of the campaign send page. Under the Delivery section, click Schedule and enter your preferred delivery date, time, and timezone.

Calendar for campaign schedule



After that, click Continue and choose Schedule Campaign. Your campaign will be scheduled to send out at the time you specified.

Happy Sending!

How to compose email using Drag and Drop Editor?

Last update: November 10, 2022

MailBluster has three types of email composers/editors:

1. HTML Editor

2. WYSIWYG Editor

3. Drag and Drop Editor

The most common and easy-to-use editor is the Drag and Drop Editor. Emails composed with this editor are responsive and do not require programming or coding knowledge.

Click to compose’ on the Drag and Drop Editor on the edit campaign page.  It will take you directly to the main editor page, where you can easily compose your email content. 

The following is the layout of the Drag and Drop Editor from the Campaigns:

The following is the layout of the main Drag and Drop editor after clicking compose: 

You have a Content tab with features like Columns, Button, Divider, Heading, HTML, Image, Menu, Social, Text, and Video

Content tab

Then you have the Blocks tab. It helps you layout the content. Using the blocks feature gives you a faster workflow where you can customize each block to make it more concise according to your needs

blocks tab for different layout

The Body tab allows you to Change Text Color, Set Background color, Content Width, Content Alignment, and Font Family, where you can select different font types. There is also a Links section under Body, where you can change the color of the link or underline any link

body tab

You will find millions of images from Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay and add them to your email from the Images tab. All the images are licensed under Creative Commons Zero

images tab

You can also upload images of your choice from the Uploads tab as necessary. It will also display the images that you uploaded previously in MailBluster

Custom image upload

You can also use predefined Merge tags when composing email in your Campaign

The following is a sample of a composed email created from MailBluster’s Drag and Drop Editor:

I hit my max on sending emails, will my campaign continue tomorrow automatically?

Last update: November 10, 2022

I’m afraid no. After reaching the maximum sending limit, your campaign will be failed. In this case, you can use A/B testing slices to split your lead list into two or more segments. And schedule a separate campaign for each of the slices.