Email editor - what do your emails look like?

Perrine Punelle

Hello everyone,

we are looking into moving from OLX to Luminate Online (which we are already using for Team Raiser). Personalization, conditionals and automation look great, but I have doubts on the email editor, which seems quite basic. How do you manage to get professional looking emails? Are coding skills necessary?

I'd love to see what your organizations' emails look like. It would give me a great idea of what can be done with LO. So if you are willing to share some examples with me, I would really appreciate.

Thanks!

Meghan Christiansen

Hi Perrine,


The Luminate Online (LO) email tool has the option of using a basic WYSIWYG editor or coding the email out. We have had a few email templates built out by a developer and then we use those and update it within the code. There isn't a drag and drop type email tool in LO unfortunately. If you are using the Coaching Email tool under TeamRaiser, it is pretty much what you get with the regular email tool (for setting up the email template).


Blackbaud is looking at replacing the email tool with something similar to what was in Luminate Beta but it won't be for a while yet as they are still developing it.


Cheers,


Meghan

Perrine Punelle

Hi Meghan,


thanks for you answer. I guess we will have to do the same then, and learn a bit about code!

Allison King

Hey there. Have you checked out any of the kits in the resources section of this community? They are a great place to get started: https://community.blackbaud.com/reviews/item/4/3598

Perrine Punelle

Hi Allison,

yes, I saw them. Thanks.

Robin Anderson

Hi Perrine,


If you get a chance to try out the Responsive Kit, please post back here in Community and let us know how it goes. We developed those templates to be edited in the WYSIWYG or in the code (or both) and our goal was to make it a little easier to create nice looking emails without having to know code. That being said, knowing some code may help if you want to create your own layouts or customize the templates.


We are always looking for ways to improve, so if you have any feedback after working with the Kit, please let us know!


Thanks!

Robin

Robin Anderson

Since you asked about examples, here are some of my favorite LO Emails from various organizations. These are not based on the Kit (we'll have examples to share in the near future!), but these organizations all use LO for their email. Just to give you an idea of what's possible.

eblasts


Mercy Multiplied
http://mmoa.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=25717.0&pgwrap=n


WildCare
http://wc.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=19411.0&pgwrap=n


Tahirih Justice Center
http://support.tahirih.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=20836.0&dlv_id=40712&pgwrap=n


Care Canada
http://careca.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=10165.0&dlv_id=30069&pgwrap=n


Water Mission
http://wmi.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=7346.0&dlv_id=8711&pgwrap=n


eNewsletters


No Kid Hungry
http://join.nokidhungry.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=94520.0&pgwrap=n


College Possible
http://cp1.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=13001.0&dlv_id=15779&pgwrap=n


Food Bank of the Rockies
http://fbr.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=24348.0&dlv_id=0&pgwrap=n