Now you can create Smore Newsletters in Connect, there is no need to create smore newsletters via smore.com. This article will explain how you can copy newsletters across from your Smore Account in order to continue editing and send them out via Connect.
How to Copy a Newsletter from your Existing Smore Account
To get started find the click on the + on the right of the navigation bar and select 'Newsletter by Smore'.
If you are logging in for the first time this pop up will appear:
Click ‘Copy from an Existing Smore Account.’ The pop up below will appear, add the email address associated to your Smore Account and click 'Continue to Copy'.
Head to your inbox where you will find an email that looks like this. Click 'Grant access to copy my content'.
When you are ready, click ‘Back to Connect’ at which point you will be redirected to your My Newsletter Page.
You will see this Copying content Modal appear.. Simply scroll through and select the newsletters/ folders that you want to copy across and click ‘Continue to Copy’.
Once they are copied over successfully, you can click 'Continue to your Newsletter'. You will be back on the 'My Newsletters' page and can start editing.
Commonly Asked Questions:
If I don’t ‘Copy from an Existing Account’ at first , can I go back and copy later?
Yes, the ‘copy from smore’ button will always be at the top right of the ‘My Newsletters Page’. Whenever you need to use a newsletter that you created in your Smore Account simply click copy from smore and the Copying Content Modal will appear for you to select from.
If I create a newsletter in Smore.com will it appear in the ‘Copying content modal’? Yes, once you grant access to your Smore account from connect, the list of newsletters and folders will continuously sync so that every time you create something new in smore.com it will be available to select in the Copying content Modal.
Why are the newsletter copied over drafts and grayed? All newsletters that are copied over are duplicates of the originals and copied over as drafts. Once you edit the newsletter and click preview to share you will see an up to date preview on the thumbnail.
What if I have two Smore Accounts? Am I able to copy from a second Smore Account? Yes. If you click 'Copy from Smore' you will see the option to Switch Accounts.
You can then follow the steps and input the email address associated with your second account and continue to link this second account.
Note: Only one account can be linked at a time.
Can I copy shared folders across? Yes, you can copy all shared folders across to Connect (even those that you don’t own) but they will duplicate across as private folders.
To learn more about Smore Newsletters in our Learning Lab Click here.
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