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Invite your readers to a new ARC

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Invite contacts who asked for your future ARCs to a new campaign.

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Before you start

  • Publish the ARC campaign you want to invite readers to.
  • Check that your contacts include readers with ARC invitations permission.
  • Decide whether to send now or at a specific time.

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Chapters

  1. Open Contacts.Current chapter
  2. Check your sending limits.
  3. Choose the readers.
  4. Check the campaign.
  5. See who is left out.
  6. Check the reader email.
  7. Choose when to send.
  8. Confirm and send.
  9. Invitations are scheduled.
  10. What the reader receives.
  11. Follow your invitations.

Transcript

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  1. When you launch a new ARC, you can invite readers who asked to hear about your future campaigns.
  2. In this video, you'll send those invitations.
  3. This line shows your sending limits: how many new readers you can invite in any 24 hours, and in any 30 days.
  4. How sending limits work explains why they start small and when the 24-hour limit rises.
  5. Tick the readers you want to invite, or tick the box at the top to select the whole page.
  6. Then select Prepare invitation.
  7. Check the campaign.
  8. Only published campaigns are listed, and if you choose another one, select Update.
  9. The recipient check shows how many you selected, how many can be invited, how many are excluded, and how many you can still send now.
  10. Excluded addresses lists everyone left out, with the reason.
  11. Desmond only joined your reader list and never asked for ARC invitations.
  12. Readers who opted out, already applied to this campaign, or haven't answered an earlier invitation from you, even an expired one, are left out too.
  13. On the right, Reader email shows the invitation as readers will get it, with a button to view it and a link to unsubscribe.
  14. Sample values stand in for each reader's details.
  15. Under When to send, choose Now, or At a specific time in the next 30 days.
  16. Either way, invitations expire 14 days after they're sent.
  17. Tick the confirmation, then select Send 6 invitations.
  18. Excluded readers won't be emailed automatically later, including anyone over your limits.
  19. Hamsterra schedules the invitations and checks every address again right before sending.
  20. Back in Contacts, the counters show what's left.
  21. Scheduled invitations already count towards both limits.
  22. This is what a reader receives: an email in your name, sent by Hamsterra.
  23. View invitation opens the campaign details and terms.
  24. Opening it doesn't sign them up.
  25. To join, they tick the required agreements and select Accept invitation, or they can stop invitations from you.
  26. Each contact's page shows their invitations and when they expire.
  27. Next, grow your list with a reader magnet.

Written steps (text version of this video)

This walkthrough shows how to invite your contacts to a new ARC campaign: your sending limits, choosing readers, the recipient check and who is left out, the invitation email, when to send, and what a reader receives.

  1. Open Contacts.

    Open Contacts. You can invite readers who asked to hear about your future campaigns.

    0:11 Contacts →

  2. Check your sending limits.

    How sending limits work explains the 24-hour and 30-day limits.

    0:21 Contacts →

  3. Choose the readers.

    Tick the readers you want to invite, or select the whole page, then select Prepare invitation. You can select up to 200 contacts per send.

    0:35 Contacts →

  4. Check the campaign.

    Only published campaigns are listed; after choosing another one, select Update.

    0:45 Prepare invitation →

  5. See who is left out.

    Open Excluded addresses to see who is left out and why. Only readers who asked for ARC invitations can be invited.

    1:01 Prepare invitation →

  6. Check the reader email.

    Reader email shows the invitation as readers will get it.

    1:21 Prepare invitation →

  7. Choose when to send.

    Under When to send, choose Now or At a specific time. Invitations expire 14 days after they are sent.

    1:33 Prepare invitation →

  8. Confirm and send.

    Tick the confirmation and select Send (the button shows the number, for example Send 6 invitations).

    1:44 Prepare invitation →

  9. Invitations are scheduled.

    Every address is checked again right before sending. Scheduled invitations count towards both limits.

    1:55 Contacts →

  10. What the reader receives.

    Readers get an email with View invitation. Opening it doesn’t sign them up; to join, they tick the required agreements and accept, or they stop invitations from you.

    2:09

  11. Follow your invitations.

    A reader who hasn’t answered an earlier invitation from you, even an expired one, can’t be invited again.

    2:29 Contacts →

Check you’re done

  • You have checked the campaign, recipients and excluded addresses.
  • You have reviewed the Reader email preview.
  • The Scheduled confirmation shows how many invitations were scheduled and when.

Common questions

Can I invite someone who only joined my reader list?

No. Readers must have permission recorded for ARC invitations. Excluded addresses shows who is left out and why.

Can I schedule invitations for later?

Yes. Under When to send, choose At a specific time and select a time within the next 30 days. Invitations expire 14 days after they are sent.

Does opening an invitation join the reader to the campaign?

No. The reader must tick the required agreements and select Accept invitation.

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