How Do You Create An Email Advertisement?
If you are running any flavor of Windows®, you have all the software you need to design and send HTML e-mail advertisements. Follow the steps outlined here and by the time you’ve finished, you will have a good sense of how you can design your own HTML e-mail ad. Find and size the graphic(s) you will use. Upload the graphic(s) to a directory on your file server. Make a note of the absolute web address (for example, http://YourWebSite.com/graphics/myPic.jpg). See note. Open a new e-mail window and design your ad. Put the graphics where you want them, fill in the copy; create text boxes, borders, whatever you want. When you’ve finished, in Outlook, save your file as an Outlook Template (File / Save As / Outlook Template); in Outlook Express or Windows Mail, just save the document and the program will put a copy in your “drafts” folder. Send your ad to yourself and a friend to ensure the graphic and other links you have included work the way you want them to work. When you have confirmed t
