Using Target Send Date to keep track of your communications

Add a target send date to every edition to plan your comms

Target Send Date allows you to better plan, track, and organize your communications by adding a target send date to your edition draft.

• This feature is a planning tool and will not automatically send communications unless automatic send is enabled.

Target Send Date appears in your workspace in the "Status" column to the left of the name of your draft. New editions will have an auto-assigned date set for 3 days from creation date at 9am ET. 

💡How it works: 

• There are four ways to change your Planned Send Date:

1. On your “Drafts” page, click on the date in the “Status” column. If the edition is not yet planned, you can click on “No target” to schedule a date.
   
2. On your “Drafts” page, click on the three dots on the right-hand side and select “Schedule.”
   
3. In the editor, click on the date above the edition, to the right of the subject line.
   
4. In the editor, click “Send” and select “Schedule send.”
   

• In the “Schedule Edition” modal, select the date and time that you would like the edition to be sent. The delivery time will be local to your time zone.
• If you would like the edition to automatically send at the scheduled time, toggle on “Automatically send at this time,” select your audience, then hit “Schedule send.”
  
  
  
• To remove the date altogether, click on the “X” to the right of the date.

Managing target send notifications

• Navigate to "Series settings" then "Notifications" to turn notification off/on or adjust the notification day. 
  
• For One-offs navigate to "One-off settings" then "Notifications" to turn notification off/on or adjust the notification day.  
  

FAQs

How will my editions be sorted in the workspace?

All Editions will be sorted in the following order:

• Editions scheduled to automatically send
• Editions with a target send date
• Editions with no target send date (no target)

How do I schedule send?

Same as you do now – click “Schedule send” in the editor, pick the date (the auto send toggle will be automatically toggled on), and click “Schedule send.”

Who will have access to this feature?

Target Send Date is available for all customers

What will happen to my drafts created before launch?

All drafted editions prior to launch will remain “No target,” i.e. they won’t have a planned send date. You’ll need to add one. New drafts created after the release will be auto-assigned a send date of 3 days from creation date at 9am ET. 

Who can edit the target send date or turn on automatic send? 

Any collaborators with send permission can change the send date and toggle automatic sends on. Collaborators with writer permission can change the send date if automatic send is not enabled. Once automatic send is enabled, writers can no longer change the send date.