Communicating with video is an amazing way to build relationships. And you can take those relationships even further by adding a "Reply with Video" feature to your emails!
With this feature, people who receive your video emails can reply to your emails with videos themselves! Imagine having nearly a face-to-face conversation with someone through email communication.
Check out this video to learn how or keep reading below.
Here are the step-by-step instructions.
Option 1: Add a "reply with video" feature to your video's landing page
Step 1: Click the "Options" tab in your email composer.
Step 2: Under the "Sharing Options" section, check "Reply with Video."
Result: Your recipient will see an option to "Reply with Video" on the landing page of your video. If you are sending your email to multiple people, the "reply with video" option will also appear at the top of your email message.
Option 2: Add a "reply with video" button to your email
Step 1: Go to the "Emails" tab in your BombBomb account. On the Emails page, click the "New Email" button.
Step 2: To use an image as your button, click the "Layout" tab on the left side of your screen and look for the "Media" button. Click and drag the media element to any place you'd like in your email.
Step 3: Click into the element on your email to edit it. In "Media Type," select "Image." Upload an image from your computer or choose an existing image. (We recommend creating a simple image that says "Reply with Video." Feel free to save the image below for this purpose!)
Optional: Right click on the image below and select "Save Image As" to save this image to your computer and upload it to your BombBomb account.
Step 4: In the "Link Type" dropdown, select "Variable."
Step 5: In the "General" section of variables, you will see an option for "Video Reply URL." Click this option once. This will turn on the reply-with-video feature for the image you've inserted.
Pro Tip: If you'd like to an include a button with text rather than uploading an image, in Step 2, simply select "Button." Edit your button text to read "Reply with Video" and follow the above steps for adding the "reply with video" variable. (Change "Link Type" to "Variable" and click "Video Reply URL" under "General."
Option 3: Add "reply-with-video" using the Chrome Extension in Gmail
You can also insert the reply-with-video feature if you have the downloaded the BombBomb Chrome extension and use it in Gmail. In the BombBomb PowerWheel, you'll see an icon for "Reply with Video." Select this option and when the icon has turned black, the feature is turned on for that video. You cannot turn this feature on without having a video present in your email.
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The dashboard in the video is completely unlike my BombBomb dashboard. I have no idea what he is talking about because there's no features like that in my account.
Hi Apoorv!
Thank you for your comment and feedback. This article has a video that is out of date, and is on our list to get updated soon. The dashboard that you now see in your account is the updated version, and the correct version.
The Reply with Video feature that this article discusses is seen when working inside the Email Composer. There are a couple ways to access the Email Composer from your account, and if you click on the Orange "Build a Campaign" button on your main Dashboard page, you will be taken to the Email Composer that the video references.
I hope this helps, but if you need anything else please feel free to write us at support@bombbomb.com.
Thank you!
The "Email Composer" is disabled for my subscription level, and when I click on the "Build a Campaign" link I get the same "Your subscription level does not include access to this page" message.
On the included features page, "Reply with video" is listed as a feature included with my subscription, but there doesn't seem to be a way to get to it.
Is there an updated video about how to do this? How else can I add the reply with video feature that comes with my subscription?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Paul!
Thank you for reaching out and for your questions. Because you are on the BombBomb Essentials plan, you will not have access to any of the "Reply with Video" features inside the Email Composer.
If you want those, you will need to upgrade to the BombBomb Plus subscription.
You do, however, have access to the "Reply with Video" function in the Gmail Chrome Extension, which is explained in Option 3.
All the screen shots in this article have been updated within the last few weeks, so those are current, but if you have further questions please feel free to write us at support@bombbomb.com.
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