You may want to have a message sent to someone that is triggered by specific actions. This can be done via alerts and notifications. Alerts can be set for internal users such as your staff. Notifications are meant for your members.
If you need to set up users to receive these alerts and notifications, please see our article here.
Alerts
Notifications
Create a New Alert
Click your name in the top right corner.
Click View Alerts
Click Enable Alerts in the top right corner.
Select the alerts you would like to enable by clicking the checkbox next to the alert.
Once you are satisfied, click Enable Alerts.
Delete an Alert
Click your name in the top right corner.
Click View Alerts.
Find the Alert you would like to delete and click the Remove button to the right.
When prompted, click Yes, Delete.
Create an Alert for Someone Else
Create a New Email Notification
In the toolbar, click Connect.
Find Notifications > Triggered Response and click Setup New Notification.
Choose E-mail for the Delivery Medium.
Under Newsletter Primary Purpose, choose Push Notification. This will automatically generate a notification via the delivery medium you chose when an action is completed.
Make sure to set a Status. Your notification will only send if it's set to Approved. However, you will have the opportunity to change the status to Approved later if the email needs to be reviewed first.
Create a Campaign Name and Newsletter Subject for your notification.
Create a Preview Text for your notification.
Under Delivery Options you can:
Edit the sending address for your notification
Edit the replying address for your notification
Change how you are sending the notification
In Newsletter Details you can:
Assign the notification to an already created category
Assign an Importance to the notification. Your options are Low, Normal or High.
Choose to have members auto-logged into your website when they click on links in your newsletter
Choose to have a member's CC email included when you send this notification
Remove the opt-out and company information from the bottom of your e-mail footer. PLEASE NOTE: By checking this option, you agree to take full responsibility for any and all complaints, fines, fees and/or other legal obligations associated with delivering e-mails without the ability to opt-out. This is NOT RECOMMENDED but was added in an effort to appropriately communicate to your audience who has opted into your private member experience. It is not recommended that you use this frequently, abuse of this privilege may result in termination of your account.
Once you are satisfied with the settings, click Continue to build your newsletter.
You will now be directed to the newsletter builder to build the email that will be delivered as the notification.
Once you are satisfied with the email notification, click save in the top right corner. You will then be prompted to save your work again.
Create a New Text or Mobile Push Notification
In the toolbar, click Connect.
Find Notifications > Triggered Response and click Setup New Notification.
Choose the Delivery Medium.
Under Newsletter Primary Purpose, choose Push Notification. This will automatically generate a notification via the delivery medium you chose when an action is completed.
Make sure to set a Status. Your notification will only send if it's set to Approved. However, you will have the opportunity to change the status to Approved later if the email needs to be reviewed first.
Choose a campaign name.
Write a newsletter message.
Under Newsletter Details, you can:
Assign the notification to an already created category
Assign an Importance to the notification. Your options are Low, Normal or High.
Remove the opt-out and company information from the bottom of your e-mail footer. PLEASE NOTE: By checking this option, you agree to take full responsibility for any and all complaints, fines, fees and/or other legal obligations associated with delivering e-mails without the ability to opt-out. This is NOT RECOMMENDED but was added in an effort to appropriately communicate to your audience who has opted into your private member experience. It is not recommended that you use this frequently, abuse of this privilege may result in termination of your account.
Once you are satisfied, with the settings, click Continue. Your text or mobile push notification has now been created.
Manage Email Based Notifications
In the toolbar, click Connect.
Find Notifications > Triggered Response and click E-mail Based.
Locate the email notification you would like to edit.
If you would like to edit the settings on the newsletter, click the Edit button.
If you would like to edit the email that is sent out, click the Build button.
Make your desired changes.
Once you are satisfied, click Update or Save.
Manage SMS Based Notifications
In the toolbar, click Connect.
Find Notifications > Triggered Response and click SMS Based.
Locate the SMS notification you would like to edit.
Click Edit.
Make your desired changes.
Once you are satisfied, click Update or Save.
Create a New On-Page Notification
In the toolbar, click Connect.
Find Notifications > On-Page Notification and click Setup New On-Page Notification.
Write a notification title.
Write the details of the notification.
If you want to have users redirected to a page when the notification is clicked, add the URL of that page in the "Redirect Destination Link" field.
Under the Options section, you can:
Choose the urgency of the notification under Notification Type. Your options are Alert Notification or Urgent Notification. Urgent Notifications will show up first.
Choose where the notification will show up.
Choose who will be able to see this notification.
Identify the start and end date and time for this notification to be displayed.
Assign the notification to an existing category.
Once you are satisfied with the changes, click Create.
Manage On-Page Notifications
In the toolbar, click Connect.
Find Notifications > On-Page Notification and click Manage On-Page Notifications.
Locate the on-page notification you would like to edit and click the edit button to the right.
Make your desired changes.
Once you are satisfied, click Update Notification.