Sonoma in Chicago - Restaurant Email

Sonoma In Chicago Email Campaign

The Sonoma County Winegrape Commission is pleased to present the supporting email campaign for the Sonoma In Chicago event.

Please follow the instructions below to help us get the word out.

You can preview the email here.

Instructions for sending using Vertical Response (optional)

  1. Export your mailing list
    Depending on what you use to collect and maintain your list of customers you should be able to export a customer list with name (first and last) and email. You don't really need any other fields.

    Creating a Tab Delimited Text file from Microsoft™ Excel™

    • In Excel, open the spreadsheet containing your contacts. Then select File, Save As.
    • In the Save As dialog box, set the Save as type option to Text (Tab delimited)(*.txt).
    • Enter a file name (such as email1.txt) for the export file and click Save.
    • If you see a warning about the destination file type not supporting multiple sheets, just click OK.
    • Select the file you just exported (such as email1.txt): This is around where you need to browse for the file.

    Creating a Tab Delimited Text file from Microsoft™ Outlook™ Address Book

    • Click on Contacts in the Outlook Bar, select File, Import and Export.
    • In the Import and Export Wizard, select Export to a file, then click Next.
    • In the Outlook folder, select the Contacts folder and click Next.
    • For the type of the export file, select Comma Separated Values (Windows) and click Next.
    • Enter a file name (such as email1.csv) for the export file and click Next.
    • Click Finish to complete the export.
    • Select the file you just exported (such as email1.csv) This is around where you need to browse for the file.
  2. Sign up (If you already have an account then skip this step)
    Go to www.verticalresponse.com and follow the signup instructions.
  3. Log In
    Go to app.verticalresponse.com and log in to your account.
  4. Import your list
    • Click on Lists and then New List
    • Agree to the Terms of Service
    • Select Create a new mailing list from an external file and then follow the instructions.
  5. Create your Email Campaign
    • Click on Emails and then New Email
    • Agree to the Terms of Service
    • Enter a name such as "Sonoma In Chicago"
    • Select Freeform HTML and then Next Step...
    • Put your company name in the from label
    • Put "You are invited to experience Sonoma in Chicago" in the subject line
    • Copy the code below and paste it into the HTML Content area

    • Use the Convert to Plain Text tool to create your plain text version
    • Follow the steps to test, choose your list, and send your email