Segment your list and only send emails to specific people / rows – Documentation - Yet Another Mail Merge Support

Target and segment your contact list with our three methods: With filters from Google Sheets, by hiding rows, and/or by adding a zero (0) under the 'Merge status' column from your spreadsheet.

Method 1: Send your email only to filtered rows

info Use Google Sheets filters for big mailing list and target a specific group of people!

First, add filters in your spreadsheet. Click cell A1, then the 'Filter' button from your Google Sheets toolbar:

Add filters to your spreadsheet

Once done, you should see the filters (little arrows) on your headers:

The following example shows that we want to send an email only to people who have replied in the past:

After filtering on 'Yes', YAMM will notify you and make sure that only the filtered rows will be processed:

When you go back to your spreadsheet and remove the filters, you will see the mention 'EMAIL_SENT' only on previously filtered rows (3, 5 & 6), which indicates that YAMM has correctly skipped the other recipients:

Filtered rows results

not_interested This option doesn't work with filtered views. Many people can create different filtered views and we're not able to detect which one is active. So make sure to use real Google Sheets filters.

Method 2: Hide some rows to skip these recipients

info Very convenient to use, hiding rows is suitable for smaller mailing lists.

If you want to send your emails to specific rows, you can hide some rows from your spreadsheet, and YAMM will automatically skip them and will send your campaign only to visible rows:

Hidden rows skipped

Not sent to hidden rows

Method 3: Add '0' to skip the rows and send your email to the other recipients

info This method is useful for big mailing lists, without filtering on a specific criteria.

If it doesn’t exist yet, add a column named 'Merge status' in your Sheet and add a '0' (zero) for all the rows that should be skipped. This option is useful if you don't want to send your mail merge to your whole mailing list.

In the picture above, an email will be sent to rows 2, 4 & 5 (where the cells are empty under 'Merge status'), but not to rows 3, 6 & 7. Also note that the rows with the tags 'EMAIL_SENT', 'EMAIL_OPENED', 'EMAIL_CLICKED' or 'UNSUBSCRIBED' already applied will be skipped as well. Learn more about this feature in this article.

Like for the Google Sheets filters, you'll see a notification if we find rows that should be skipped.

info This method can also be used to send your campaign to the remaining recipients from your spreadsheet without sending duplicates to those who already received your email. In that case, simply delete the '0' under the 'Merge status' column, and start your mail merge as usual. But don't delete the other mentions (EMAIL_SENT, EMAIL_OPENED etc.)!

Comments

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Adele Strazar October 30, 2016 14:41

Thank-you!

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shayek ahmed fahim April 16, 2019 06:51

i would like to know that may i able to use unsubscribe link option? with free version?

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YAMM Team April 24, 2019 10:16

@shayek ahmed fahim

You can use our unsubscribe feature with YAMM free.

If you have more questions or require assistance, please contact us at support@yet-another-mail-merge.com

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