Broadcast Emails

Requesting and Sending Broadcast Emails

Request or schedule a broadcast email for an external WFU-affilliated audience using the form below.

Note: If you have not yet requested a BBIS recipient list, please do so before submitting this form. Make a request through the UA Help Desk.

"*" indicates required fields

Your Contact Info

Your Name*

First Last

Your Email Address*

Email Details

SENDER*

Who will create and send the email?

I will send

UMC will send

EMAIL TOPIC*

SPONSOR / ORIGINATING OFFICE*

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PRIORITY (Self-Send)*

NOTE: Self-send emails will always use STANDARD priority.

PRIORITY*

Standard requests may take up to two business days to process. Use Rush only if your request must be processed more quickly.

Your Phone Number

RECIPIENT LIST*

Enter the BBIS recipient list name exactly as provided by University Advancement. If you have not yet requested a list, please do so before submitting this form. Make a request through the UA Help Desk.

LIST SIZE (approximate)*

SEND DATE*

Enter the send date for the email. Please allow a lead time of at least two business days.

FROM Name*

Enter the name or title that will appear in the email's From field. It can be a person's name, department name, school or program. Names longer than 25 characters may be truncated when users view the email.

SUBJECT Line*

Do not exceed about 50 characters. See this Mailchimp article on subject line best practices.

REPLY-TO Address*

Enter the email address for replies. This must be an @wfu.edu email address that is frequently checked. Make sure the owner of the address knows that it is being used as a reply-to address.

MESSAGE

Enter text for the body of the email message below. Use only simple formatting such as bold, centered and italicized text. Do not use background colors or text colors. Alternatively, you may upload a Word or text document using the File Upload field below.

If you are copying and pasting from another document, please paste as plain text into this field. (CTRL + Shift + V on Windows and Command + Shift + V on Mac)

File Upload

Upload any documents required to create the email, such as a Word documents or images. Do not upload recipient lists. IMPORTANT: Links in Word documents should be provided as full URLs and NOT as hyperlinks within the document. If you are submitting an email message formatted as an image, please also provide a text version of the message. If you are submitting an image file, it must be a minimum of 600 pixels wide. Check that text on the image is legible when the image is reduced to 320 pixels wide for mobile devices.

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: docx, doc, jpg, jpeg, png, gif, Max. file size: 10 MB, Max. files: 4.

REVIEW / PROOFING EMAIL*

Enter an email address where a proof will be sent for review / approval. For multiple addresses, place a comma between each address.

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