This guide will show you how to create a beautiful custom email template for each of your events. It’s a great way to continue promoting your photo booth business and supporting your clients.
1. Create A New Email Template
To create a new email template in PicPic Social, go to the Template section of the dashboard and choose the email option from the drop-down menu.
Once you're in the Email Template section, click on the blue button with the white + sign to create a new email template.
The Basic template allows you to attach your file directly to the email, so your guest can download their event photos from the email.
The Advanced template includes a link to your event microsite, where the user will have access to various sharing options.
2. Editor Overview
When you open the editor, you'll have access to a variety of tools that you can use to customize your email template. Below is a list of these tools along with brief descriptions of how each one can help you enhance your email.
Content: This is where you add a variety of content blocks to your email template. You can drag and drop as many options as needed to your email template’s body. This will break down each content type below:
Columns: This will allow you to create columns within your email template designs.
Buttons: This will allow you to create a button that you can link to a specific URL page within your email template design
Divider: This will allow you to divide sections of your email template design from one another.
Heading: You can add a header to the email template design utilizing this content block.
HTML: This will allow you to add custom HTML to your email template design.
Image: This will allow you to add an image to your email template design.
Menu: Utilize the menu option to link multiple URLs into one section in your email template design.
Text: This will allow you to add text to your email template design.
Blocks: This section allows you to add a Microsite Embed block to your email template. This placeholder may resemble an image content block, but it will specifically link to various Microsite actions. Check out the Microsite Email Embed Tags guide to learn more about the available Microsite Actions.
Body: From here, you will adjust the overall settings of the email template. You can increase the content width or change the font family for the design.
Images: We have integrated a stock image library into the editor under the Images tab. You are allowed to use all of these images licensed under Creative Commons Zero. You can also edit the images by dropping the stock images in your design and then clicking "Apply effects" on the right side.
Uploads: If you do not want to use images from our stock library you can also upload your images and GIFs to be used in the editor. It will all vary depending on your design, but it has built-in support to accommodate image resolutions up to 3000 x 2500.
After finishing your template edits, name your template and click Save to apply changes.
3. Selecting Email Templates in Your Event & Microsite Sharing Settings
Sharing Station: In the dashboard, navigate to the event you would like to assign the email template to. Then, press the Pencil icon to the right of the event to edit it.
Click the Sharing step at the top of the event, select/search for your template in the Email Template field, and press the blue button with the check mark to save your event once it's completed.
Microsite Sharing: Navigate to the Template section of the PicPic Social dashboard and select Microsite from the drop-down menu.
Once inside the Microsite template section, please press the Pencil icon to the right of the Microsite to which you would like to add your email template.
Click the Sharing tab at the top of the Microsite template, select/search for your template in the Email Template field, and press the blue button with the check mark to save your Microsite template once it is complete.
