Engage your audience with video content directly in your emails.
Whether you have a new story to tell, a new song to share, or a new podcast episode that just dropped, you can let your fans know by emailing them your video about it.
If your recipient is using an email client that supports native video (Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook.com, etc.), the client will play the video inline.
Other email clients should fall back to an animated preview:
Let's get into how you can embed and customize videos in your email:
Embedding a video via a YouTube, Vimeo, or Wistia link
If your video is hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, or Wistia, you can directly paste its link into the part of your email where you want to embed it. A preview of your video will appear with a link to play the video on the third-party platform.
Alternatively, do either of the following:
Click the + button on the left of the part of your email where you want to embed your video, and then add the Video content block
Type "/video" into the part of your email where you want to embed your video, and then add the Video content block
Then, paste your video's link into the settings to the right.
NOTE: Private YouTube videos can't be embedded in emails.
Embedding a video via upload
If your video isn't hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, or Wistia, you can embed it by uploading it to your email. You can do this only if you own the rights to the video.
First, add the Video content block to your email by either:
Clicking the + button to the left of the part of your email where you want to embed your video, and then adding the Video content block
Typing "/video" into the part of your email where you want to embed your video, and then adding the Video content block
Next, click the Upload tab in the video settings on the right.
Click Upload video to upload your video to your email.
Customizing your video
Click your video to access its customization settings in the right sidebar.
You can choose to right-align, center-align, or left-align your video, change the button and accent colors, adjust the video size, and more.
Thumbnail display settings
NOTE: Thumbnail display settings are available for uploaded videos. They are unavailable for videos embedded via a link, which will appear as clickable preview images only.
If you uploaded your video, you can choose to show a GIF preview within your email, which is a 10-second animated preview of your video that supports increased engagement.
There’s also an option to play the video within the email itself, when supported.
Embedding a video via a screenshot
If you're unable to or prefer not to embed a video via the Video content block, you can instead upload a screenshot of the video by adding an Image content block. Then, add the video link to the image setting's URL field.
NOTE: If you embed a video via this method, you'll be able to customize the image. But its customization settings will differ from those for Video content blocks (as shown above).
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Now that we’ve shown you the ropes, what will you share with your audience?
It might be your latest song release, podcast episode, or a new course video.
Your audience is waiting for you.
What will you share next?