This article shows you how to write an email in Stackably's Marketing › Emails screen, save it as a draft, and then review or edit that draft later.
How do I start a new email in Marketing?
To start a new email in Marketing, open the Emails tab and click Compose.
In the left sidebar, click Marketing. Marketing opens on the Emails tab, shown at the top of the screen.
Click the blue Compose button at the top of the Email menu on the left.
The New email window opens with the question How do you want to write this? and two choices: Write a plain email and Create or use a template.
How do I write a plain email in Marketing?
A plain email in Marketing is typed like a regular message in a text editor, with no design template.
In the New email window, click Write a plain email ("Type it here, like a regular message").
A message editor appears with a formatting toolbar (bold, italic, lists, alignment, links and more), an Add attachment button and a Merge fields button. Click inside the large message box and type your email.
As you type, a Preview panel ("How this email looks") opens on the right side of the New email window.
Click the HIDE PREVIEW tab on the edge of the window to close the Preview panel. Click SEE PREVIEW to open it again.
What are the Campaign name and Subject fields in a marketing email?
The Campaign name and Subject fields sit below the message editor in the New email window.
Message box: the body of your email.
Campaign name: an internal name, for example "Fall Haircut Special". The help text under it says "Only you see this. Recipients see the subject line instead."
Subject: the subject line people see in their inbox, for example "15% off haircuts all October".
Tip: If you save a draft without filling in Campaign name and Subject, Stackably saves both as Untitled. Give each draft a clear Campaign name so you can find it later.
How do I save a marketing email as a draft?
Saving a marketing email as a draft keeps it in your Drafts folder without sending it to anyone.
Cancel closes the New email window without saving anything. Nothing is added to Drafts.
Save draft saves the email. The button becomes available as soon as there is text in the message box.
When you click Save draft, the New email window closes and the number next to Drafts in the Email menu goes up by one.
Note: If an orange Finish verifying your sender domain box appears in the New email window, your sender domain still needs SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. Until that is done, Send test and Send campaign stay unavailable, but Save draft still works.
Where do I find my saved email drafts?
Saved email drafts are listed in the Drafts folder of Marketing › Emails.
In the Email menu on the left, click Drafts. The number beside Drafts is how many drafts you have.
Your draft appears as a row in the Drafts list. The columns are Send To, Subject, Status (shows Draft), Campaign Date and Date.
How do I review an email draft?
To review an email draft, open it from the Drafts folder.
Click the draft's row in the Drafts list. The Review draft window opens and lists the Campaign name, Subject, From, Who should get this? and When.
The Email preview on the right shows the email body.
Click Edit to change the draft, or Back to close the Review draft window.
How do I edit an email draft?
Editing an email draft updates the same draft in your Drafts folder; it does not create a copy.
After clicking Edit in the Review draft window, the Edit draft window opens ("Update the details, then save or send") with your message, Campaign name and Subject already filled in.
Make your changes, then click Save draft.
When it worked, the Drafts list shows your updated subject on the same draft (no second copy is added), and the Date column changes to the time you saved.