Importing an 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager content into an 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign email creating-email-aem
Using this document, you will learn how to create and manage email contents in 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager, then use them for your marketing campaigns by importing them in your emails into 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign Standard.
The prerequisites are:
- Access to an AEM instance configured for the integration.
- Access to an 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign instance configured for the integration.
- An 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign email template configured to receive AEM content.
Accessing emails in 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager email-content-aem
Log in to your 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager authoring instance and browse your site to access the folder containing your email contents.
Creating new email content in 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager creating-email-content-aem
Several templates specific to 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign are available. You must use one of these templates as they contain predefined components supported by 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign.
By default, two predefined templates allow you to create email contents for 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign.
- 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign Email: this template contains a standard content that you can personalize. You can choose between 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign Email (AC6.1) and 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign Email (ACS).
- Importer Page: this template lets you import a ZIP file containing an HTML file with content that you will then be able to personalize.
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In 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager, create a new Page.
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Select the 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign Email template. Refer to the following video for the detailed steps.
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Open your new email content.
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In the Page properties, set 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign as the Cloud Service Configuration. This enables communication between your content and your 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign instance.
For more information, watch the following video:
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Editing and sending an email editing-email-aem
You can edit the email content by adding components and assets. Personalization fields can be used to deliver a more relevant message based on the recipients’ data in 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign.
To create an email content in 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager:
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Edit the subject as well as the Plain text version of your email by accessing the Page properties > Email tab from the sidekick.
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Add Personalization fields through the Text & Personalization component. Each component corresponds to a specific usage: inserting images, adding personalization, etc.
For more information, watch the following video:
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From the Workflow tab, select the Approve for 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign validation workflow. You will not be able to send an email in 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign if it uses a content that has not been approved.
To send your email in 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign Standard:
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Once the content and sending parameters are defined, create an email based on an AEM-specific email template in 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campaign Standard.
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From the advanced menu, access Resources
>Templates>Delivery templates.
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Duplicate or select one of the delivery templates.
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From the Properties of your template, in the Content drop-down, select 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager as Content mode then your 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager account.
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Fill-in the properties of your email and click Create to be able to select your AEM content.
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Access the Content block.
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From the Use 51ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Experience Manager content menu, click Link AEM content.
Then, select the content you would like to use in your email.
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Customize your email further by specifying additional parameters such as target audiences and execution schedule through the dashboard. Once configured, you can now send the email delivery. Learn more