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First-time marketing guide

Marketing Quick Start

Launch campaigns, build workflows, and track performance. This page is built for the first campaign cycle: draft one live message, build one simple workflow, and make sure your team can read the results instead of just sending into the dark.

What this guide gets you

1

One campaign that is drafted and moving toward a real send.

2

One workflow that proves automation can support the team instead of adding complexity.

3

One analytics habit so the next campaign is guided by data instead of guesswork.

Before you open Marketing

  • A clear audience or segment you want to reach first.
  • A single campaign goal such as awareness, follow-up, or event turnout.
  • A basic message or offer so the first send can be practical instead of over-designed.

Start here

Use this order for your first marketing session.

The goal is not to automate everything immediately. The goal is to send one thoughtful message, prove the workflow, and learn from the results.

01

Open the marketing workspace

Go to Marketing in the top nav.

02

Draft your first live campaign

Click New Email Campaign to draft your first message.

03

Use workflows for the next touch

Use Workflows to automate follow-ups.

Good day-one win

End your first session with one real campaign draft, one audience selected, and one follow-up path your team can automate or schedule next.

Core workflows

These are the campaign motions that matter once marketing work starts moving.

Each workflow here is about keeping communications practical: send clearly, automate intentionally, and review what happened before you repeat it.

Send

Send an email campaign

Start here when you need one message out the door and want the sending path to feel controlled instead of improvised.

Outcome: Leave with a campaign that is drafted, targeted, and ready for send or schedule.
  1. 1
    Go to MarketingEmail.
  2. 2
    Click New Campaign and choose a template.
  3. 3
    Add your audience and schedule the send.

Automation

Build a workflow

Use this after the first campaign exists so recurring follow-up does not depend on someone remembering every next step manually.

Outcome: Leave with automation that supports the team without overcomplicating the process.
  1. 1
    Go to MarketingWorkflows.
  2. 2
    Click Create Workflow.
  3. 3
    Choose a trigger, then add follow-up steps.
  4. 4
    Activate the workflow when ready.

Insight

Review performance

This is what turns one-off sending into a learning loop. Review performance before you repeat the same campaign pattern again.

Outcome: Leave with better clarity on what to keep, change, or test next.
  1. 1
    Go to MarketingAnalytics.
  2. 2
    Review open rates, clicks, and ROI.
  3. 3
    Adjust your next campaign based on results.

Keep momentum

The habits that keep campaigns useful instead of noisy.

The strongest marketing teams keep goals, segments, and measurement tight. These habits help you avoid sending more while learning less.

FAQ

Questions teams usually ask once campaigns are live.

These are the issues that show up after the first sends go out and the team needs a repeatable way to improve the next round.

Good stopping point for today

If one campaign is drafted, one audience is defined, and one follow-up path exists, the marketing workspace is already doing meaningful work.

Where do I manage segments?

Go to MarketingSegments to build and update audiences.

Can I automate donor follow-ups?

Yes—use Workflows to send timed sequences automatically.

How do I add new templates?

Open MarketingTemplates and create a new one.

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