How To Use The Marketing Dashboard

How to Use the Marketing Dashboard in Zibster

Overview

The Marketing Dashboard in Zibster gives you a quick overview of your email marketing, pop-ups, automations, and campaign performance. You can use this dashboard to review how your campaigns are performing, monitor unsubscribe activity, see recent pop-up engagement, and track email automation activity.

Many areas of the Marketing Dashboard are interactive, so you can click graphs, campaign names, pop-up names, automation series names, and report links to view more detailed tracking information.

Accessing the Marketing Dashboard

Log into your Zibster account and click MARKETING in the left-side menu.

This opens the Marketing Dashboard, where you can review your marketing activity for the selected year.

Understanding Your Marketing Dashboard

Once you are inside the Marketing Dashboard, you will see several sections that provide insight into your marketing activity. These sections help you review email campaign volume, email performance, pop-up activity, automation activity, and unsubscribes.

By default, the dashboard shows information for the current year. You can use the arrows next to the year to view marketing activity from previous years.

Dashboard Summary

The Dashboard Summary appears at the top of the Marketing Dashboard and gives you a quick snapshot of your marketing activity for the selected year.

The Dashboard Summary includes:

Campaign Emails Sent: The total number of emails sent through email marketing campaigns year to date.

Active Automations: The total number of active email automations in your account.

Active Pop-Ups: The total number of active pop-ups in your account.

Unsubscribes: The number of email contacts who have unsubscribed from your campaigns year to date.

Campaign Activity

The Campaign Activity section shows how many campaign emails you have sent each month for the selected year.

This information appears in a bar chart. You can hover over any month to see the total number of campaign emails sent during that month. You can also click a month in the bar chart to open the tracking report for that month’s email marketing activity.

This is helpful when you want to compare campaign volume across the year or review activity from a specific month.

Campaign Email Health

The Campaign Email Health section gives you a year-to-date overview of how your email campaigns are performing.

This section includes:

Open Rate: The percentage of recipients who opened your campaign emails.

Click Rate: The percentage of recipients who clicked a link in your campaign emails.

Unsubscribe Rate: The percentage of recipients who unsubscribed from your emails.

Bounce Rate: The percentage of emails that could not be delivered.

You can click the name or bar graph for any metric to open more detailed tracking reports.

Top Campaigns

The Top Campaigns section shows your top 5 campaigns based on the number of recipients.

This gives you a quick way to identify which campaigns were sent to the largest audiences. You can use this section to review high-volume campaigns and compare them with your campaign tracking reports.

Recent Email Campaigns

The Recent Email Campaigns section shows the 10 most recent email campaigns you have sent.

This section includes:

Sent Date: The date the campaign was sent.

Campaign Name: The name of the email campaign.

Sent: The number of email addresses the campaign was sent to.

Opens: The number of recipients who opened the campaign.

Clicks: The number of recipients who clicked a link in the campaign.

You can click any campaign item to view more detailed tracking information for that campaign. You can also click View All Campaigns at the bottom of the section to access your campaign tracking reports.

Top Pop-Ups

The Top Pop-Ups section shows your top 5 pop-ups that have been triggered on your Website or Mood Boards for the selected year.

This gives you a quick way to identify which pop-ups are receiving the most activity. You can click the pop-up name to view more detailed tracking information for that specific pop-up.

Recent Pop-Ups

The Recent Pop-Ups section shows the 10 most recent pop-ups used on your website or Mood Boards for the selected year.

This section includes:

Publish Date: The date the pop-up was published.

Pop-Up Name: The name of the pop-up.

Views: The number of times the pop-up was viewed.

Clicks: The number of times visitors clicked the pop-up.

Closed: The number of times visitors closed the pop-up.

You can click the pop-up name to view its detailed tracking report. You can also click View All Pop-Ups to access tracking reports for all pop-ups.

Recent Automations

The Recent Automations section shows the 10 most recent email automation series that have been triggered.

This section includes:

Series Name: The name of the automation series.

Type: The type of automation, such as Scheduler automation or Invoicing automation.

Last Sent Date: The most recent date an email from the automation was sent.

You can click the series name to view more detailed tracking information. You can also click View All Automations to access tracking reports for all email automations.

Additional Options & Helpful Notes

Use the Marketing Dashboard as a starting point for reviewing your overall marketing performance. For more detailed reporting, click into the individual campaign, pop-up, or automation tracking reports.

This dashboard is especially helpful for reviewing:

• How often you are sending campaigns
• Which campaigns reached the most recipients
• How contacts are interacting with your emails
• Whether pop-ups are receiving views and clicks
• Which automations have recently sent emails
• How many contacts have unsubscribed from your email campaigns

Reviewing your Marketing Dashboard regularly can help you understand what is working, identify trends, and decide where to focus your next marketing efforts.

Troubleshooting and FAQs

Can I view marketing activity from a previous year?

Yes. Use the arrows next to the year at the top of the Marketing Dashboard to view marketing dashboard information from previous years.

Can I click dashboard graphs?

Yes. Several dashboard sections are interactive. You can click graph bars, campaign names, pop-up names, automation series names, and report links to open more detailed tracking reports.

What does Campaign Email Health show?

Campaign Email Health shows your year-to-date open rate, click rate, unsubscribe rate, and bounce rate for campaign emails. These metrics help you understand how contacts are engaging with your email campaigns.

What is the difference between Recent Email Campaigns and View All Campaigns?

Recent Email Campaigns shows the 10 most recent campaigns you have sent. View All Campaigns opens the full campaign tracking area so you can review additional reports.

What does Top Pop-Ups show?

Top Pop-Ups shows your top 5 pop-ups that have been triggered on your website or Mood Boards for the selected year. You can click a pop-up name to view more detailed tracking information.

What does the Recent Pop-Ups section show?

Recent Pop-Ups shows the 10 most recent pop-ups used on your website or Mood Boards for the selected year. You can review each pop-up’s publish date, views, clicks, and closes.

What does the Recent Automations section show?

Recent Automations shows the 10 most recent email automation series that have been triggered. You can review the series name, automation type, and last sent date.

Why do I not see older marketing activity on the dashboard?

The dashboard displays activity for the year selected at the top of the Marketing Dashboard. Use the year arrows to make sure you are viewing the correct year.

Why do I not see a campaign listed under Top Campaigns?

The Top Campaigns section only displays the top 5 campaigns based on the number of recipients for the selected year. If a campaign was sent to fewer recipients than the top 5 campaigns, it may not appear in this section.

Why do I not see a pop-up listed under Top Pop-Ups?

The Top Pop-Ups section only displays the top 5 pop-ups for the selected year. If you haven't used a pop-up or if a pop-up has less activity than the top 5 pop-ups, it may not appear in this section.

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