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Targeting an email

There is a new warning message on Action Network (as of 2024) that looks like this:

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With smaller lists (less than 5000 subscribers) it's probably still ok to send to everyone on your list - just tick the box and proceed.

The situation with which emails go to inboxes and which go to spam changes all the time, so it might become more important to target on more active subscribers on your list. To do this in a quick and simple way you can target using this option: target_actives.png

This will then only send an email to someone who has subscribed, opened, clicked or taken and 'action' (that means filling in a form or event) in the last year.

The will probably reduce the number of people you email to about 70-80% of your full list and if you do this regularly, it is supposed to help make sure emails go to inboxes and not spam. As you list looks more 'engaged' and active.

It would then be good practice to email EVERYONE a couple of times a year, to try to 'wake up' those inactive people.