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Creating Litmus Email Render Tests

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Cris Echeguren
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Your subscribers open email on a variety of apps and devices, each with their own rendering quirks that affect email performance.

You can create render tests in SharpSpring to see exactly how your email looks in the most popular email clients.

The renders created in SharpSpring are pulled from SharpSpring's partnership with Litmus and are billed separately.

This article will provide information on how to render emails.


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Creating Render Tests

To create email renders, do the following:

  1. In SharpSpring's top toolbar, click 
    Content > Emails.
  2. Create an email, or edit an existing one.
  3. In the Email Designer, click 
    Litmus Test > Run New Test.
  4. In the Select a Contact field, enter in either a contact's name or your own name for testing.
  5. Under Select Email Clients, choose which email platforms you want to see for your email.
  6. Click Run Test. 

When rendering, the lead will not be emailed. This is for testing purposes only. That said, any merge variables used within the tested email will be populated with the information for the selected lead.

  



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Important: Once you click Run Test, you will be charged for this Litmus test.


Viewing Render Tests

Once you click Run Test, you will be taken to a screen where you can view your email as it will be seen on the clients you selected (Outlook, Apple Mail, etc). From there, do one of the following:

  • Click the thumbnail to view the email as it will be in the seen for each client.

  • Click  12close.png  Close to return to the Email Designer.

  • Click Litmus Test > Date to view this render test again. All of your render tests will be saved and able to be viewed later.

If you make changes to your email after running a render test, you will have to run a new render test to see the updated version.

  



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Important: Each time you select Run New Test, you will be billed again for the clients you select.


Litmus Test Pricing

Pricing in US dollars for running Litmus Tests in SharpSpring is outlined below, with the actual value displayed in your billed currency:

  • $1.00 for any two of the Common Rendering Clients
  • $2.00 for more than two of the Common Rendering Clients (with a maximum of six clients)
  • $1.50 for any number of the Speciality Clients 
  Common Rendering Clients  
 

    •   Outlook 2016 (Win 7)

    •   Android 6.0 (Android 6.0)
 

    •   Apple Mail 10 (OSX 10.12)

    •   iPhone 7 (iOS 10.1)
 

    •   Gmail (Chrome)

    •   iPad (Retinal) (iOS 9) 
 

 

 
  Specialty Clients  
 

    •   Windows 10 Mail (Win 10)

    •   iPhone 6s (iOS 9) 
 

    •   Thunderbird (Win 7)

    •   iPhone 6 (iOS 8)
 

    •   Outlook 2013 (Win 7)

    •   iPad Mini (iOS 9)
 

    •   Outlook.com (Chrome)

    •   Gmail App (Android 4.4)
 

    •   Yahoo Mail (Chrome)

    •   Office 365 (Chrome)
 

    •   Inbox by Gmail (Chrome)

    •   AOL Mail (Chrome)
 

    •   iPhone 7 Plus (iOS 10.10)

  

 


Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Does this mean I can run a render test against all available email clients for $3.50?
A. Yes.

Q. Does my email render test expire?
A. Yes. Litmus only stores email render tests for up to six months. After six months, these tests are deleted by Litmus and are no longer accessible in SharpSpring.

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