New Email Builder - Dynamic countdown timers in your Mailshots
Have a countdown to the date of an event, upcoming consultation, survey, grand opening, or the date and time that a promotion expires— you name it. The system you use will automatically generate a countdown timer as a GIF animation.
To add a countdown timer to your email:
- Add an Image block to your email where you wish your countdown to appear. (See our article on the Image content block for assistance: Content Tab - Images).
- Click on the image to display the Content Properties menu on the right-hand side of the builder.
- Find the toggle to switch on Dynamic Images and slide this to "On".
- You now need to create a countdown timer, there are many services that you can use for this purpose, including the examples below:
- Create your timer and once you save, copy the URL for the timer.
- Add the URL inside your content properties section and hit save.