ENHANCEMENT FOR NEW "SEND TEST" FEATURE - subject line specific to test emails

Brianna Sheck

I am just trying out the brand-new Send Test feature and it could end up being a nice time-saving feature. Part of the time-saving aspect is that this feature allows me to skip creating two separate campaigns... one for my TEST and one for my intended customer audience. I can test from the very same campaign I will send to my intended audience.

What's missing for me: We use a Subject Line nomenclature for our TEST emails, though, and I'm wondering, if this could be a third field in the new Send Test section. We enter our email addresses (or select contact lists) to send the TEST to, and then in a separate "test subject line" field, we can customize the subject line for the TEST email, which would differ from the real subject line that will be used for the intended audience. OR, I guess you could have TEST emails send with "TEST" in the subject line automatically, but I think I would prefer that I control how that is handled, because if we end up sending out a second or third test, I would want that to be evident in our subject line nomenclature, and I don't suspect an automated solution would be able to do that.

Please also add this same custom subject line for TEST emails to the A/B Campaign, as well.

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David Horvath (Marketing) May 25, 2020
Hi Breanna,

thank you for taking the time to submit your suggestion.

have you by any chance seen the 'Test Campaign' section in your 'Accounts' page?

when you click on your name, in the top right hand corner, and then click on 'account' you'll find a section called "Test Campaign".

Click on 'Edit' and you can check off a check box to include "test" in your subject line, when sending a test campaign. or you can write your own test text.

hope this helps. let me know if it does.

David Horvath (Marketing) Jun 8, 2020
Hi Breanna,

just following up with my previous email. please let me know if the above works for you.

James Baker Jun 8, 2020
I love this idea. However, I like seeingt he subject line as it's intended to go out. Perhaps the from name could be changed to include the words "TEST"

Brianna Sheck Jun 26, 2020
@David Horvath, since Maropost accounts only allow for ONE admin, I do not have Admin access and that Test Campaign section is only available to admin-level users.

Also, setting that at a global level in the settings does not allow for versioning in the subject line for TEST emails. Like, if I am sending the second or third TEST email out, I prefer to have that obvious in the subject line, so that there's no confusion when it arrives in an inbox that TEST3 was the third test sent. It's just good practice to include versioning with things like this to ensure everyone who receives the TEST email is looking at the correct/same version of it.