Now that your ShulCloud website is ready, it's time to let everyone know about it! Here's a sample message you can send to your members (and, of course, edit it as you please):
Sample Message
Dear [first_name],
We're excited to announce that we've launched a new website. You can find it here [site-address].
With this new site, you'll be able to edit your family's account and yahrzeit information, find friends in the member directory, register for religious school and congregational programs, and view and pay statements, to name a few things. Every member already has an account; here's how you can set up your account access and create a password:
- Click here ([login_link])
- Click on My Account
- Click on Edit My Profile and set a password for your account
Once you have a password, you can log in whenever you like by clicking on Login in the upper right corner of the website.
Once you're all set up, please make sure that the information is your profile is correct and complete. If you have open charges on your account, you can go to [payment-link] to make a payment or make an additional donation.
Please look around the site and let us know what you think! If you have any questions, please contact us at (email-address).
Sincerely,
[Shul Office]
How to send your announcement via ShulCloud
To get started, go to Admin Menu > Mail > Create New Mail
Step 1
Select the Announcement mailing list, and then select Continue.
Step 2
A mailing list of everyone subscribed to the Announcement list will automatically load.
If you want to send your email to everyone: simply click Continue on the upper right.
If you want to target only a specific group of people: first, click on Clear all to clear the list. Then choose Advanced Targeting.
Once you open Advanced Targeting, you can customize your list using a number of different filters: Account Type, Minyan, Person Type, Age Range, Tag, Email or Mailing Address status, and by enrollment in a course (school module only). Choose your filter and click on Add This Filter to Recipient List to customize your mailing list.
Step 3
Now it's time to make a few decisions about your mailing:
Type of Email for this Sample can be: Plain Text (no formatting options) or Rich Text (allows you to adjust the text, add images, and format the email in many different ways).
- Confirmation Email Address: will send a confirmation message once the email is complete.
- Override Email: will send every single email to this address instead of the recipient list specified in Step 2.
- Post Message to Blog: If your site has a CMS page set to be a blog, you can post this email as a post on that page.
- Delayed Send: Allows you to decide if you want to start processing the mail immediately or schedule it to start processing later.
- Tag: If you use mail tags, you can tag your mailing here.
Step 4
For ShulCloud's MailBuilder feature, here are step-by-step instructions.
Note: if you prefer to send emails in Rich Text format, you'll find an older set of instructions here.
Sample Announcement Email 1 (PDF)
Sample Announcement Email 2 (.pptx)