Now you can enjoy the exciting benefits of video in your Flodesk emails and get your subscribers to click "play" and engage with your brand on an even deeper level. ??Ĭan I also add my YouTube Shorts video via the Video block?
#Video blocks full#
When subscribers click the "play" button in your email, they'll be taken directly to the hosted, playable video file so they can enjoy your video in its full audiovisual glory! Once the email is sent, the video block will automatically link to the original public YouTube or Vimeo video page. The long and the short of it: you cannot presently embed a playable video with audio into an email, anywhere, period.įlodesk has released a Video block into the Email builder that allows members to do the following: The closest you can currently get with embedded video playback in email is an animated gif image, which can play a shorter looping animation or video, but it will still be missing the audio or playback control components. This is a hard limitation of email technology, and it's the case across all email marketing platforms. Video cannot actually be embedded into an email. Millions of businesses use video as a critical piece of their online presence, and having a way to deliver those videos via email is essential.īut let's go back to the original question- can video be added to email?
Video is an excellent way for businesses to get their products, brand, messages, and ideas seen and heard in exciting and engaging ways. It's something we get asked a lot here a Flodesk-and it's easy to see why!