A powerful feature of Voodoo is its Automated Action Alerts.  They're the automated way to know which leads are showing interest in your campaign right NOW. You can choose to be notified in real-time when a recipient:

1. opens your email 
2. views your video 
3. clicks a trackable link  

This allows you to follow up with hot leads when they're still hot. 

Wouldn't you hate to miss receiving these alerts because the notifications were going into your Junk or Spam folders?  Since so much of Voodoo's power lies in this feature, we want to make sure you receive all the notifications you select.  So today's tip is more of a reminder. 

The easiest way to ensure Automated Action Alerts get delivered to your inbox is to add Voodoo to your safe sender list.   Here's how:

Quick Tip - Adding Voodoo to Safe Sender List

Every email client is a little different. Below we'll walk you through the steps to add an email address to the safe sender list of the most common email clients:

Outlook 2013:

1. Click on Home tab
2. In the Delete group, click on the Junk icon
3. Select Junk Email Options from the drop-down list
4. Select the Safe Senders tab
5. Click Add and then enter Support@Voodooviral.com in the text box.
6. Click OK.

Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2003: 

1. Go to Actions on your email menu bar.
2. Select Junk Email from the drop-down menu.
3. Select Add Sender to Safe Senders List.
4. Right-click in the message and select Add the Sender to Safe Senders List.

Or you have another option:

1. Go to Tools on the menu bar.
2. Select Options in the drop-down menu.
3. Under Preferences, select Junk Email.
4. Click on the Safe Sender tab.
5. Click Add button and then enter Support@Voodooviral.com in the text box.
6. Click OK.

Outlook Express: 

1. Go to Actions on your email menu bar.
2. Select Junk E-mail from your drop-down menu.
3. Select Add Sender to Safe Senders List.
4. Right-click in the message and select Add the Sender to Safe Senders List.

Or you have another option:

1. Go to Tools on the menu bar.
2. Select Options in the drop-down menu.
3. Under Preferences, select Junk Email.
4. Then click on the Safe Sender tab.
5. Click the Add button and then add Support@Voodooviral.com in the text box.
6. Click OK.

Gmail:

1. Open the email
2. Click More Options in the email header.
3. Click Add Sender to Contact List.

Apple Mail:

1. Add the email address to your address book.
2. In Training mode, emails will arrive in the INBOX highlighted in brown.  In Automatic mode, junk emails will arrive in the Junk box.  
3. To add an email that arrived in the JUNK folder, highlight the email message.
4. Choose Message  >  Mark  >  As Not Junk Mail

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Let's explore a vital step in your communications process: testing your emails.  Why is this so important?  Well, it's happened to all of us. We craft the "perfect" email only to discover a typo or incomplete link after it's been broadcast to a large number of recipients.

This feature tip contains the steps you should take to test your email campaigns before you send them out.

Voodoo offers multiple ways to test emails.  You can Preview the email from the email template, send a test email right from the template editor (Sales Magic Users), or build an actual campaign to send the email to a test list you have created.  These are all useful features to get you through the creative and testing processes.

By far the best way to test your emails (we cannot stress this enough) is the last of those 3 options.  Always send an actual Test Campaign to your test list (including yourself) before sending to a larger group. This will allow you (and/or other team members) to click through to check your video, survey or trackable links, your tracking stats, etc.  You'll receive the real campaign email, see exactly what your contacts will see, and make sure everything is working perfectly.  It's that easy to avoid heartbreak and embarrassment!

Voodoo Feature #222 - Previewing and Testing Emails

eVideo Launcher users: to create your internal test list and fully test your email templates follow these steps:

1)  Login to your account and access the Email Template.

2)  On Step 2.  Choose Recipients, select to enter your test contacts one at a time.

3)  Name your contact list so you can easily identify it as your permanent test list (i.e. Testing, Testing Only).

4)  You’ll use this small test list to send your campaigns to yourself and/or other colleagues so enter your testers' email information (email, first name, last name, company name). Click Next.

5)  Add any personalization you would like to test.  Click Next.

6)  Preview your email and launch your test email by clicking Send Campaign.

7)  Check your email for typos and be sure to test all the links.

8)  Once tested you can send out your broadcast to your larger group of recipients.

Campaign Manager users: to create your internal test list and fully test your email templates follow these steps:

1)  Access your Contact Lists and click Add New Contact List.

2)  Name your contact list so you can easily identify it as your test list (i.e. Testing, Testing Only).  Click Save.

3)  Click on the Contacts tab and Click Add Contact.  Enter the details for your testers and click Add.

4)  After you have created your email template (and saved it), from the template you can first preview the email.  Click the Preview Email button to see how your email looks and how your embedded links are performing. These previews contain your active links, so you can test and make sure each link will take your recipients right where you intend them to go.

5)  You can also Send Test Email directly from the email template.  Just click the Send Test Email button to send yourself a copy of the template to check its content, formatting and video link, as delivered to your in-box. Note: This test email is NOT identical to an actual campaign broadcast: 

It does not have a reference Contact List to access for the RecipientFirstName and other custom fields.   

Because of this missing active content, the test is more likely to get identified as junk or SPAM.

The test delivery will NOT be monitored in your tracking stats. It’s for your reference only.

6)  Because step 5 will not give you an email that is identical to the one broadcasted, it's important to send an identical one to your test list.  Access the Campaign Wizard or Build/Send Campaign and send your email template to your internal test list to see exactly what your recipients will see.

7)  Check your email for typos and be sure to test all the links.

8)  Once tested you can send out your broadcast to your larger group of recipients.

After creating your internal test list one time, you will use it over and over again.

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Want to get even greater results from your Voodoo account? 

We all have witnessed the massive growth of social media.  Has your business taken the plunge?  Social media can be a cost-effective way to promote and grow your business.  But creating content to "feed the beast" of social networks can be overwhelming and time consuming. 

Voodoo's mission is to help our customers accomplish more with less effort. This Voodoo feature helps you do that by leveraging Voodoo in your social media feeds. 
 
You can post a link to any video in your Video Library on LinkedIn, Facebook, twitter and more. You can promote your business and get your content noticed.  With the new paid "boosting" options on Facebook and Linkedin, you can pay a little to escalate how often and where your special posts appear.

Just before I wrote this, I easily posted a status update to my LinkedIn account, then tweeted the same post within a few moments.  Both posts link directly to one of the videos in my Voodoo account.  

 
Bonus: Want to track how many people watch each video you post on each social networking service?  Just send yourself a Voodoo campaign and create your post using the video link it generates.


Voodoo Feature #502 - How to Post Trackable, Personalized Videos on Your Social Media Accounts

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