Nov 16, 2022
A Game Changer: Block Designer is Here!
One of the most powerful facets of the Dyspatch email creation platform is the ability to drag-and-drop blocks to design your email. This functionality makes building an email without coding experience a breeze.
But while we were—for the most part—a codeless experience, there was always one aspect of Dyspatch that required some email coding knowledge: building custom blocks.
That is, we’re very proud to say, no longer the case.
Introducing: Block Designer, which empowers you to 🔨 design your own custom blocks 🔨 in Dyspatch through the visual editor!
Say farewell to HTML, DML, and other coding languages. Now, even the greenest email marketer is able to build unique email components with Block Designer.
How it works:
First, you’ll need to select a layout for your new block, by dragging it from the left side of the screen into your design on the right. The layouts available are:
- Single column
- Two column
- Three column
- Two column - small / large
- Two column - large / small
Once you’ve selected your block’s layout, it’s time to add elements to each column in your layout, and adjust the settings on those elements. The elements available are:
- Title
- Text
- Image
- Button
- Divide
- Spacer
Each element has its own unique properties and settings to adjust. For instance, you may want to adjust the height and width of an image. Or the text color and border color of a button. Once you’re satisfied with all your edits, simply click “Save Block” on the bottom left and you’ll see it appear in your email!
Our mission has always been to empower the world to send better emails, and Block Designer is a giant leap in that direction. We can’t wait to see what you build with it!
Note: Block Designer is activated by default for all new customers, but it needs to be turned on manually for existing customers. If you’re an existing customer who wants access, just contact us and we’ll turn the feature on for you (or answer any questions you may have about it!)
Nov 10, 2022
Localize and send with our new Phrase and Customer.io Integrations
A platform’s growth and strength are often found in its integrations. Dyspatch is no exception! We’re always looking to add new integrations that will unlock powerful features for more users. And today, we’ve launched one ESP integration and one Localization integration that will do just that.
Introducing Phrase
If you send emails to recipients in various countries, who speak various languages, then you’re likely no stranger to email localization. Previously, we were integrated with Smartling, our sole localization partner. But as of today, we’ve connected Dyspatch to Phrase as well!
Whether you’re using Phrase or Smartling to localize your emails, Dyspatch now has you covered. To connect your Phrase account with Dyspatch, simply navigate to the “Localizations” tab in your Dyspatch editor, and click the prompt to add Phrase!
Connecting Customer.io
Customer.io is a powerful email automation platform that many email marketers use to set up onboarding campaigns, send email newsletters, and generally communicate with customers. If you use customer.io, your Dyspatch experience just got levelled up!
Much like our other Email Service Provider (ESP) integrations, this new Customer.io connection allows you to send your emails directly over to Customer.io with a couple of mouse clicks. To add the integration, all you need to do is navigate to the Apps & Integrations screen on your admin dashboard, then add an ESP integration and select Customer.io as your sender!
Once connected, you’ll be able to push your templates directly to your Customer.io account using the Export/Download button in the Dyspatch editor (top right!)
Questions? Assistance?
We’re always here to help! Whether it’s setting up an integration or answering your questions, our support team is armed and ready. Reach out using the chat bubble in app, or by emailing support@dyspatch.io.
Nov 7, 2022
Download Email in PDF, and more small-but-mighty updates
They say big things come in small packages, and that rings especially true of today’s fresh releases. We’re proud to announce four small improvements and additions to the Dyspatch platform that improve quality of life, and empower users to reach farther within the app!
Let’s start with our (and your) favorite:
Download email as PDF
Whatever your reasoning may be, there may come a time when you need to export your email as a PDF. Now it’s as easy as 2 mouse clicks!
You’ll notice a new dropdown arrow next to your Preview button on the top right corner of the editor. Click that, then click “Download as PDF” and watch the magic happen.
Autocomplete variables
You can now effortlessly and intuitively access variables used within blocks in your template, and local template sample data, using the rich text editor command “/”. Once you type your forward slash, an autocomplete suggestion dropdown will appear to show you all variables that match your phrase!
Copy/paste content with links
Many of us work in Google Docs or other word processing software to draft our email copy. You may have noticed that pasting text into the Dyspatch editor would mean losing your hyperlinks. Good news - next time you go to paste in your email copy, your links will work perfectly!
<dys-img> enhancements
For those of you familiar with DML, you’ll be pleased to hear that the <dys-img> tag now supports editing the height and width through the visual editor! One less bit of coding 😉
If you have any questions about these updates, or need any assistance whatsoever, our support team is always here to help. Feel free to reach out to us using the chat bubble in app, or via email at support@dyspatch.io
Oct 17, 2022
Two P's in a Pod: Pardot Integration and PO File Downloads!
As big fans of alliteration, we thought it would be fun to combine these two small-but-mighty features into one announcement. While they both start with the letter P, they are vastly different in nature. Let's dive in!
First P: Pardot Integration is here!
We're always trying to make your email marketing workflow faster, regardless of what platform you use to send emails. Which is why we're always striving to build integrations for all the most popular ESPs out there. The latest addition to that list is Pardot—an email marketing and automation platform operated by Salesforce.
Now you can easily export your email designs from Dyspatch to Pardot for sending with a couple of mouse clicks. All you need to do is add the Pardot integration from the Apps & Integrations tab on your Admin dashboard. Once that's done, you'll be able to export to Pardot directly from the Dyspatch drag-and-drop editor.
Second P: PO Files available for download!
This is an update that is helpful to customers who are using localization features, and having their templates translated for different locales. As a user, you want to be able to download a PO file for a given template localization, so that you can easily work with your translators/text editors outside of Dyspatch, and/or keep the translations in version control.
Before today, you were able to download a POT file for a given template, and upload PO files for a given template localization. But you weren't able to download a PO file for a given template localization—until now!
Next time you're looking at a specific locale on your template, click the '3 dots' dropdown menu and you'll find an option to "Download PO File". Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!
Questions? Need Help?
As always, our support team is here to assist you with your Pardot Integration, PO Files, or anything else you may need help with. Reach out at any time via live chat or support@dyspatch.io
Sept 15, 2022
Build Interactive AMP Surveys with Dynamic Survey Builder!
We’ve just made it easier than ever to build forms and surveys that your email recipients can fill out without ever leaving their inbox! Say hello to a whole new level of engagement, with Dynamic Survey Builder, our latest Apps in Email product!
To build your own dynamic AMP survey, simply create a new block, choose Dynamic Survey Builder, and add your survey options. Once it’s built, you’ll be able to drag and drop the new survey right into your email template! Absolutely zero coding required.
Here’s a peek at how your finished survey will look in your recipients’ inboxes:
Ready to take our Dynamic Survey Builder app for a spin? If you’re AMP-verified, then all you need to do is login to your Dyspatch account, click “Apps & Blocks” from the left panel, and create a new Dynamic Survey Builder block. Then just add it to your template and you’re on your way to the email engagement promiseland.
Aren’t AMP-verified yet? Need help getting set up? No worries! Our dedicated support team is here to help you enable AMP functionality so you can begin sending dynamic experiences ASAP.
Looking forward to seeing what you build next!
Aug 10, 2022
Two New ESPs Now Connected to Dyspatch!
Sometimes I wonder, what would our world be like without one-click integrations?! Let’s not go down that rabbit hole 😨 Instead, let’s focus on the good news: If your organization uses Klaviyo or GetResponse to send emails, your workflow just got a heck of a lot smoother.
Similar to our other ESP integrations, essentially all you need to do is grab your API key from Klaviyo or GetResponse, plug it into Dyspatch when you’re exporting your template, and voilà!
With these two new integrations you can now export any email template you designed in Dyspatch directly to Klaviyo or GetResponse for sending—with a click or two of your mouse!
No more downloading HTML and importing it to Klaviyo or GetResponse, Dyspatch will take care of that, so you can spend your time doing things the machines can’t 😉
If you have any questions about these integrations, need help getting them set up, or need help with anything at all really, please contact our support team at support@dyspatch.io
July 21, 2022
Zapier Integration Makes Interactive Email 5,000+ Times More Powerful
Our interactive email functionality like Review in Email, Poll in Email, and NPS in Email just got a huge functional upgrade!
Previously, any data you collected from Apps in Email would be stored in a Google sheet. Which is fine, if you're just testing the waters with AMP email. But we knew that enterprise orgs would rather send that data to their CRM, or pipe it into a Slack channel for a more integrated approach
So we thought to ourselves:
“We could integrate our Apps in Email with 100 different popular tools… OR… we could integrate with Zapier!”
So we did just that! Now, any data you collect from your AMP emails can be sent to any of the 5,000+ apps that Zapier integrates with. For example:
- When someone fills out your NPS in Email, Zapier sends their score directly to your #NPS channel in Slack.
- When someone answers your Poll in Email, Zapier sends their responses to the user research team's email address.
- When someone gives you feedback through Review in Email, Zapier Tweets their star rating and review from your account.
With Apps in Email feeding data to Zapier, the email marketing world’s your oyster! We can’t wait to see how you leverage this powerful new integration.
If you have any questions about Zapier, or need help getting Apps in Email set up, please contact our support team at support@dyspatch.io
July 13, 2022
Introducing Review in Email, our Flexible, Interactive Product Review and Feedback App
Review surveys can be highly valuable and advantageous in gathering feedback from your recipients. They can be used to gain a better understanding on how your customers see and interact with your product or service. Through these surveys, you can gain valuable insight into what your customers think, so that you can pinpoint areas of improvements to better serve your customers more effectively and advantageously. But even with a quick couple-of-questions survey, it can be a challenge to gather responses.
This is where Dyspatch’s new Review in Email comes into play. With this innovative app, you can empower recipients to respond to a survey, directly in an email. This app can be used for a variety of use cases due to its agnostic design: a minimalistic star rating input and a textarea for users to add a quick description.
Jun 20, 2022
Dyspatch + Sendwithus Integration—A Match Made in Email Heaven
Check out our new Sendwithus integration! 🔥 Now you can leverage Dyspatch's easy-to-use template builder with Sendwithus' powerful sending and analytic capabilities.
What’s Sendwithus?
Sendwithus is a highly scalable email deployment platform that can help you centralize your transactional email templates, onboard and engage users rapidly with drip campaigns, and analyze the efficacy of your emails. Learn more about Sendwithus.
Say goodbye to plain, off-brand transactional emails. ✌️ The new Sendwithus integration allows you to:
- quickly create beautiful, on-brand email templates with Dyspatch’s powerful drag-and-drop editor,
- add interactive features—like NPS surveys—to your templates using Apps in Email,
- then port your template over to Sendwithus with one or two mouse clicks.
Ready to augment your transactional email game? Connect your Sendwithus and Dyspatch accounts on our Integrations page.
Don't have a Sendwithus account? Sign up for free.
If you have any questions about this integration, or anything else, please contact our support team at support@dyspatch.io
May 3, 2022
Introducing the EasyPost App — Add Live Parcel Tracking to Your Emails!
For the first time ever, Dyspatch’s new EasyPost app brings live parcel tracking into email! With this app, you can ensure emails display up-to-date tracking information, pulled the moment a recipient opens your message.
That means, you can send one confirmation email — tracking info included — instead of multiple order updates. It also means your customers can get the information they need at a glance, right in an email. No need to copy paste a code or remember a password.
Apr 20, 2022
DML 101: Building Blocks With Dyspatch
Onboarding a new team member to Dyspatch? Just getting started yourself? We've put together a guide to building blocks with the Dyspatch Markup Language (DML), our proprietary email HTML framework.
DML is a simplified, guaranteed responsive version of HTML that allows teams to build emails faster, without worrying about complicated code or templates breaking. By leveraging DML to build blocks in Dyspatch, you can design a modular email system that's versatile, reusable, and portable.
Apr 20, 2022
Save time by styling buttons at the theme level
No need to double up on button blocks anymore! Now, you can set the styling for your buttons at the theme level. That means, you can have generic button blocks with little to no styling, add them to various themes, and they'll inherit the styling you specify.
Build blocks faster without worrying about pulling in the right button for each of your themes and streamline your modular system.
Apr 7, 2022
Introducing NPS in Email, our New Interactive NPS Survey App
With our new NPS in Email app, you can empower recipients to respond to an NPS survey, directly in an email.
By nature, NPS surveys are quick and easy to complete. Our NPS in Email app amplifies this strength and removes every barrier to getting a response — like slow load times and on-page distractions — except for one click!
Apr 4, 2022
Introducing the SimplyBook.me App, a New Interactive Calendar Booking Experience
As part of Dyspatch’s ever-growing library of interactive Apps in Email, we’re thrilled to share a revolutionary new way to manage calendar bookings, all from the inbox. With Dyspatch's new SimplyBook.me app, you can empower customers and prospects to schedule appointments directly from an email.
By reducing the friction inherent in the traditional booking workflow — which requires users to navigate from their inbox to the browser and back — you’ll provide a seamless email experience, and ultimately, increase bookings.
Mar 28, 2022
Sync email templates to Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Now in Dyspatch
Big news! Dyspatch now supports a direct integration with Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC). With this click and connect integration, teams can sync Dyspatch email templates to their SFMC account with ease.
Mar 24, 2022
Get more flexibility and move faster with the Dyspatch Markup Language (DML)
Exciting news: We’ve made DML even more powerful for developers. Here’s how:
Dys-row background colors
Looking to change the color of only certain elements within your blocks, so you can better highlight your messaging? Now you can change dys-row colors directly in the visual editor! This gives you much more flexibility when it comes to template styling, reducing the need to create additional themes or blocks too. Plus, you’ll never have to worry about going off-brand, since the color palette is determined in the theme editor.
Dys-style in blocks
Fine-tuning your templates with custom styling has never been easier, now that you can add dys-style tags directly in your blocks. Rather than having to apply changes at the theme level, this update lets you hone in on only the blocks you want to customize with CSS, saving you time and making for much tidier templates in the future.
Dys-buttons letter-spacing
Does your brand have strict rules for letter spacing (i.e. tracking) that you want to keep consistent — even for buttons? No problem. With this latest update, you can change the letter spacing in dys-buttons, and ensure every email matches your branding guidelines to a T. Consistency is key, after all.
Easily change a block’s theme
Want to quickly add or remove a block from a theme? We hear you. Now you can skip the extra clicks it takes to get to the theme editor, and assign a block directly to a theme while you’re working on it. This update helps you get the technical side of things out of the way, so you can start designing faster.
Mar 14, 2022
Sync email templates to HubSpot, now in Dyspatch
Synergistic news! Dyspatch now supports a direct integration with HubSpot. With this click and connect integration, it’s easier than ever for Dyspatch users to sync their email templates to HubSpot in a matter of seconds.
Feb 16, 2022
Get more design flexibility and control with editable style elements
Looking to make minor design changes to your template elements, without building new blocks or implementing custom code?
With our latest update, you can define the customizability of each element inside your blocks through editable styles attributes. This improves the reusability of your blocks — since you can easily make changes to the text, color, and buttons as you go — while setting guardrails for elements that shouldn’t be altered.
To get started, you'll first need to define which elements you’d like to make customizable via editable, editable-fields, and editable-styles attributes. Once you've made these updates, you’ll be able to enjoy more design control, so you can make changes more efficiently than ever.
Oct 15, 2021
Sync email templates to Iterable, now in Dyspatch
Exciting news! Dyspatch now supports a direct integration with Iterable. This click and connect integration allows Dyspatch users to sync their published email templates to Iterable in just a few seconds.
Sept 9, 2021
Social icons, now at your fingertips
Get social with our latest update! You can now add standard social icons to your Dyspatch email templates, quickly and easily.
Choose from 21 popular social media platforms and leverage our new dys-social and dys-social-element tags to implement their icons. Select which colour you prefer: black, white, or full colour. You can also choose your preferred icon shape: default (the icon with no background behind it), circle, or square.
With these handy abstractions, you won’t need to loop in your designer to add new icons to your template, worry about design compliance, or hunt down social media icons for LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Soundcloud, etc.! That means, less time in design and a speedier email creation process.
Sept 9, 2021
Align your text with a quick click
Aligning your text in Dyspatch just got easier. Now, you can use the rich text editor (RTE) to choose your preferred text alignment.
Select from left, right, centered, or justified, and make sure your paragraph aligns perfectly in any template. With a quick click, you can try out different text alignments to see what works best — no dev help required. Build better looking text blocks faster, and get to market faster too.
April 8, 2021
Sync email templates to SendGrid, now in Dyspatch
We’re excited to announce that Dyspatch’s built-in integrations have expanded to include support for SendGrid. With this real-time integration, importing your published Dyspatch email templates to SendGrid is just a couple of clicks away.
Mar 19, 2021
Sync email templates to Braze, now in Dyspatch
Importing your published Dyspatch email templates to Braze just got easier. With our new Braze integration, templates (including localized versions) will sync email directly from the Dyspatch app into your Braze CRM for sending with one click.
Our intuitive drag-and-drop email builder empowers your email team to quickly build beautiful and responsive email templates in one centralized hub, making email template production efficient, collaborative, and scalable. Build interactive, on-brand emails with the Dyspatch email builder. Approved email templates seamlessly sync to Braze for segmentation, targeting, and Braze's renowned analytics reporting.
What's more, variable fields in Braze are also available in Dyspatch and will seamlessly sync to the Braze platform as part of your template. This integration also powers a faster localizations workflow. By localizing your templates using our time saving localizations workflow and bulk exporting them to Braze, scaling your internationalizations strategy has never been easier.
This update also introduces Liquid templating language support to Dyspatch, allowing you to also convert your dyspatch email templates and download the Liquid templating language compliant HTML in a zip file using our export feature.
