Learn how to connect your bulk email provider and send out emails using Buildout.
Disclaimer: This tutorial video features our legacy email feature. For a walkthrough of our current Email Editor feature, click here.
If you'd like to skip ahead to a specific section, you can jump to the following times to learn about:
Connecting to a shared company bulk email account (00:35)
- Where to connect a company level account in the Company Settings Tab with one of the four email integration platforms (MailChimp, Constant Contact, iContact, Youman Media)
Connect your Buildout account to your own bulk email account (01:41)
- Where to connect a broker-specific bulk email account with one of our email integration partners (MailChimp, Constant Contact, iContact, Youman Media) in the broker’s User Profile
Navigating the overall Email Tab (1:55)
- Duplicating emails, email drafts and filtering email types
Creating a new email to send (03:09)
- Choosing a type of email (Multi Property, Individual, Space Needs)
- Selecting a listing
- Overriding attributes
- Option to include demographics, additional photos, hiding/showing map
- Managing which brokers show on the eblast
Sending your email blast (05:44)
- How to send email outside of Buildout using HTML
- Sending a test email to preview e-blast
- Selecting a list to send e-blast to
- Send Now, Schedule Delivery and Save As a Draft
Multi Property Email (7:20)
- Selecting multiple properties to show on the e-blast
Space Needs Email (9:26)
- Inputting data
- Uploading a logo/photo
Email Tab within an Individual Property (9:58)
- Creating an email via the Email Tab within an individual property
