16. Mailing & Push notifications
Mailing
The platform offers an integrated mailing service to reach out to your entire userbase via mail. Here you can create mail templates and add filters to target specific platform users.
Via Control Panel → Mailing → New
New mail template
You can create a mail template consisting of a subject, a header, the main paragraph and a footer.
Subject
Give the mail a subject.
Content
The actual content of the mail, including header, main paragraph and footer.
Call to action
Include a button with a link and some text to incite a call to action from the user.
Send preview
Submit a mail adress and click the ‘Send preview’ button, to send an example of the template
Filter recipients
Set up the user base filter to target specific platform users.
Games
Selecting certain games in this filter will only address the users that have linked the game to their account.
Brands
Selecting certain brands in this filter will only address the users that are following the selected brands.
Age
Select users of a certain age group.
Languages
Select users that a speak a certain language.
Countries
Select users from a certain a country.
Current reach
Displays the amount of users have received this mail template.
Saved templates
The mail templates you have created will be displayed in an overview over here.
Hovering over a template will allow you to either plan the mail or delete the template.
To plan the mail click ‘clock’ icon, the following screen will appear:
Submit a date and time to plan this mail.
System emails
System emails are default mail templates provided by the Strivecloud Development team. These emails are automatically sent to the users upon certain occassions.
Email settings
You can set up additional settings for the mailing service.
Email address
Set the platform’s email address from which all marketing and system mails will be sent.
Email banner
Upload an image to set a visual header for the emails.
Push notifications
Push notifications are notifications that pop up to inform users about certain events or occurrences. These will be displayed in the notifications tab, by clicking the ‘bell’ icon on the menu bar.
New push notification
You can set up these push notifications yourself from the control panel.
Via Control Panel → Push notifications → New
The following screen will appear:
Subject
Give the notification a subject/title.
Content
The actual content of message of the notification
URL
Include a URL link.
App URL
Include the URL link of an app.
Notification icon
Upload an icon to display along with the notification when it pops up.
Send to
Determine whether the notification is visible for app, desktop and/or tablet users.
Filter recipients
Set up the user base filter to target specific platform users.
Games
Selecting certain games in this filter will only address the users that have linked the game to their account.
Brands
Selecting certain brands in this filter will only address the users that are following the selected brands.
Age
Select users of a certain age group.
Languages
Select users that a speak a certain language.
Countries
Select users from a certain a country.
Current reach
Displays the number of users that have received this notification.
System notifications
System notifications are default notification templates provided by the Strivecloud Development team. These templates are automatically sent to the users on certain occasions.
Push notification settings
You can set up additional settings for the notifications.
Notification Icon
Upload an icon to serve as the default notification visual.