How to Add My Blog Header Newsletter in AWeber

Branding your email newsletters helps build reader trust.

Your blog's header logo helps to brand your blog, allowing your readers to instantly recognize your work. When you send email newsletters and correspondence through Aweber, having your blog's logo on the header of the newsletter helps to build familiarity and trust with your readers through your brand.

Instructions

1. Find the URL for your logo image. AWeber is a mailing list service and does not host images. Images on letters sent via email must be hosted on your own webhost. To find the URL of your blog header image, navigate to your blog, right click on your blog image and select “View Image.” This will allow you to view just the image, showing the URL of your image in the address field of your browser. Copy and paste this URL in a safe place on your hard drive.

2. Log in to your AWeber account and create a mailing list, if you have not already done so. Click on the “My Lists” tab in AWeber and then click on “Create a New List” button. Fill in the information requested by the application, including creating a unique list name, list description and notifications.

3. Select your list. After you have created your mailing list, select the mailing list you want to create the newsletter for. Select the list you want to send to from the yellow“Current List” drop down menu below the Menu tabs on the main AWeberwebsite. The people subscribed to this mailing list will receive the newsletter you create in the next step.

4. Create your newsletter message. Click on the “Messages” tab and then click on the green “Create a New Broadcast Message” button. This will bring you to the “Edit Your Broadcast” screen that contains the fields required for your broadcast message.

5. Choose the template for your Broadcast message. You must send your message as an HTML message to embed images like your blog logo. AWeber provides a large array of templates to choose from, assorted by category and color scheme. All AWeber templates can be customized to include custom images such as your blog's logo. Choose “HTML On the Edit Your Broadcast screen, directly below the Subject: line is the HTML Message and Templates menu. Choose a template you like by clicking on a template name and then clicking the green “Load Template” button. This will transfer the template to your HTML message editing window.

6. Customize the template with your blog header logo. After you have selected your template, you may customize your template with your newsletter information and images. Click on the template where you want to place your blog header and then select the “Insert/Edit image” button on the top row of buttons on the HTML Message window. This will bring up a dialog box that allows you to place an image on your AWeber newsletter. Paste the URL from Step 1 in to the URL field. You may also configure any other settings such as height, width and border on the image. Press “Insert” to insert the image and continue.

7. Fill in the information for your Broadcast message. After you have placed your image, write your broadcast email and fill out the other required fields, such as schedule, list information, social media options You may Preview or Save Message when you are done. AWeber will send your message according to the options you have set.

References

• Aweber: Can I Create Custom Templates?
• Aweber: How Do I Brand My Messages With My Logo?