Email Campaigns in Google

The process for running an email campaign from Gmail isn't obvious, but it is possible. You'll need a bit of HTML experience to design your template, but the rest is pretty straight forward.

1. Create a your email as a web page

Your email should be created as a stand-alone web page on your desktop. Be sure to embed all the styles you use and point any images to locations on a live website. If you have a Site Creator account, upload your image as a Document.

2. Create a distribution list

In Gmail, distribution lists are known as Groups. Login to Gmail and follow these steps:

2.1 Click Contacts

2.2 Click Groups

2.3 Click Add a Group

2.4 Enter a group name and email addresses from your contacts. *See below for maximum number of contacts.

2.5 Click Create Group

3. Open your email web page and copy the contents

3.1 Open your email web page in the browser

3.2 Select all by using Ctrl+A or by selecting the entire web page with your mouse

3.3 Copy the contents of the web page using Ctrl+C or by right-clicking the selection and selecting Copy

4. Open a new email in Gmail and paste the contents

4.1 Open a new email

4.2 Right click the body of your email and paste the contents of your email with Ctrl+V or by right-clicking and selecting Paste

5. Send your email

5.1 In the Bcc: line of your email, type the name of the group you created. You might want to send your email to yourself first to verify the formatting before sending it to the group.

5.2 Click Send

* Gmail limits a single email to 500 recipients if you send the email from the web interface and 100 recipients to when  sending from the POP service. You may need to create multiple groups to accommodate these limits. Adding contacts to your group is much easier if the addresses already exist in your Contacts. Import your contacts before you create a group.