How To Publish a Newsletter with MailPoet

Every WP SiteKit Managed Website comes with the email newsletter tool, MailPoet. It is set up with a template to match your company brand and ready for you to create and send your business email newsletters. Here are the instructions for you to publish a newsletter with MailPoet.

Log in to your WordPress website
Go to WP Admin > MailPoet
Click the “Add New” button
Under Newsletter click the “Create” button
Click “Your saved templates”
Select the email template we custom designed for you
Type the email Subject
Type the Preview Text (optional)
Click on the intro paragraph text to edit it and type or paste your content
If you want to add a blog post the drag and drop the “Posts” module from the right and drop it on to your newsletter below the intro paragraph
In the Post Selection box type the first few words of in the title of the post you want to include.
When you see the Post displayed below, click the checkbox next to it to see a preview displayed.
(Optional) If you don’t like the layout, click the “Display options” link to see more layout display options.
Click the Insert Selected button to insert the Post into your newsletter
Add an ending paragraph by dragging the Text Module from the right and dropping it near the bottom of your newsletter where you want to paragraph. Click on the text to edit it.
Add a Call-to-action Button to the bottom of your newsletter by dragging the Button Module from the right and dropping it at the end of the newsletter
Click the button and change it’s Label and Link.
When you finished editing your newsletter, click the “Next” button
On the Final Step under Lists choose Website Subscribers
Click the “Schedule it” check box and choose a date and time to send your newsletter
Click the “Schedule” button

1. Log in to WordPress

2. Open MailPoet

Go to WP Admin > MailPoet

3. Click “Add New”

Click the “Add New” button

4. Create a Newsletter

Under Newsletter click the “Create” button

5. Choose “Your saved templates” Tab

Click click on the “Your saved templates” to see only the saved templates.

6. Select Your Template

As a client of WP SiteKit we should have created a custom branded template for you. Let us know if you need any changes to it.

Select the email template we custom designed for you by clicking the select button.

7. Type the email Subject

Type the subject line of your email newsletter.

8. Type the Preview Text (optional)

The preview text is the shown to the reader under the subject line under their email reading program. It’s optional.

9. Edit Intro Paragraph Text

Click on the intro paragraph text to edit it and type or paste your content.

10. Add a Blog Post (optional)

If you want to add a blog post the drag and drop the “Posts” module from the right and drop it on to your newsletter below the intro paragraph.

11. Search for Your Post

In the Post Selection box type the first few words of in the title of the post you want to include.

12. Choose the Post You Want Inserted

When you see the Post displayed below, click the checkbox next to it to see a preview displayed.

13. Adjust Display (Optional)

(Optional) If you don’t like the layout, click the “Display options” link to see more layout display options.

14. Insert Selected Posts

Click the Insert Selected button to insert the Post into your newsletter.

15. Add a Paragraph of Text

Add an ending paragraph by dragging the Text Module from the right and dropping it near the bottom of your newsletter where you want to paragraph. Click on the text to edit it.

16. Add a Button

Add a Call-to-action Button to the bottom of your newsletter by dragging the Button Module from the right and dropping it at the end of the newsletter.