Hey lemlister! 👋
Setting the right schedule for your campaign is key to maximizing its effectiveness. After all, timing plays a crucial role in determining when your emails reach your leads, and in turn, when you’ll engage with them. A well-planned schedule can help you connect with your target audience at the perfect moment, leading to better responses.
But that’s not all! With lemlist, you also get to control the sending speed, so you can decide how many new leads will be contacted each day. We recommend setting a delay of at least 15 minutes to ensure a smooth distribution of your emails throughout the day.
Quick Note: This sending speed only applies to new leads receiving the first email in your sequence (Step 1). It doesn’t affect follow-ups or the global limit in your settings.
How to Set Up a Schedule?
1️⃣ Go to your campaign dashboard, and click on the campaign to which you want to setup a scheudle
2️⃣ Click on Settings.
3️⃣ Navigate to the Schedules section, and click on Create a new schedule.
4️⃣ Give your schedule a name.
5️⃣ Select the timezone that works best for you.
6️⃣ Choose the time frame (days & hours).
7️⃣ Click on Add this schedule to apply it to your campaign.
Example: How Scheduling Works
Here’s how scheduling might look in action:
Scenario 1: New Leads
You set the schedule for weekdays from 9 AM to 5 PM in the EST timezone with a 20-minute reach time.
The system calculates that you can contact up to 24 new leads per day. If your global limit allows, these new leads will receive the first email at evenly spaced intervals.
Noted: The global limit is your total cap on emails sent per day, applied across all campaigns for each sender email. This includes both new leads and follow-ups, ensuring that your outreach remains within safe sending practices to protect deliverability.
Scenario 2: Follow-Ups
A follow-up email for a lead who received their first email at 10:30 AM on Monday will ideally be sent around the same time in subsequent days (e.g., Tuesday after 10:30 AM).
For more details on how follow-up works, you can check it here.
Pro Tip 💡: If you're happy with your schedule, save it as a template for future use!
And that’s it, lemlister! You're all set to start scheduling like a pro.
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