# Design an email

> Add, move and change the pieces of an email blast on your phone or computer, with photos, buttons, listings, market numbers and First name, saved as you go.

Source: https://averyiq.com/help/design-an-email
Updated: 2026-11-07

An email blast is a stack of pieces: a header, headings, words, photos,
buttons, homes, market numbers and more, with your footer always last. You
edit the email itself, in your branding, and AveryIQ saves as you go.

## 1. Open the design

Go to **More**, then **Email blasts**, open an email and tap **Design**. A new
email opens here straight from the template picker.

## 2. Change a piece

On your phone, tap a piece to select it. A toolbar appears with **Move up**,
**Move down**, **Duplicate**, **Style** and **Delete**. Tap the words again to
type. A bar above the keyboard has bold, italic, links, lists, alignment and
**First name**. Tap **Done** on that bar when you've finished typing.

![A heading selected, with Move up, Move down, Duplicate, Style and Delete above it and a round + below](https://averyiq.com/help/images/design-an-email-1.png)

On a computer, click words to type in them. The panel on the right holds the
selected piece's settings: alignment, padding, background and everything
else the piece has. On a smaller screen, the settings open beside the piece
instead.

Words in yellow, like **{Area}**, and tags that say **Needs your words** are
the template's. Type over them: a template's sample numbers, names and
reviews can't be sent until they're yours.

## 3. Add, move and delete

- **Add**: tap the round **+** under a piece, or **Add to your email** at the
  end, and pick from the list. On a computer, click a piece in **Add** on the
  left, or drag it onto the email.
- **Move**: **Move up** and **Move down**, or press and hold a piece on your
  phone and drag it. On a computer, drag the grip on its toolbar.
- **Delete**: **Delete** on the toolbar. **Undo** puts it back.

The header stays first and the footer stays last. Tap the footer to see its
words: they come from your footer details, so every email ends the same way.

## 4. Photos and buttons

An empty photo offers **Photos** and **Camera** on your phone, **Upload a
photo** on a computer (or paste or drop a picture onto it), and **Add listing
photos** on a home or listing email. Then use **Style** for:

- **Crop**: Original, 3:2, 1:1 or 16:9.
- **Description**: what the photo shows, for people who can't see it. Every
  photo needs one before you send.
- **Link** or **Video link**: a YouTube or Vimeo link adds a play mark.

AveryIQ removes the location and camera details from every photo you add.

For a button, choose **What's it for?** (Home value, Selling, Buying, A home
for sale, Market report, Let's talk or Other). For Home value and Let's talk
you can send people to **Your request page**, which AveryIQ hosts, or to a link
of your own.

## 5. Homes, market numbers and First name

- A **Home** card shows a photo, status, price, address and beds, baths and
  square feet. **Pick your listings** fills it from your listings (see
  [Feature a listing in an email](https://averyiq.com/help/feature-a-listing-in-an-email)).
- **Market numbers** need a source line, like "Source: Central Oregon MLS,
  October". Say where your numbers come from.
- **First name** fills in for each person. For someone without one, "Hi
  {First name}," reads "Hi there,". Select the chip to choose **Leave it
  out** instead, which drops the name and its comma.

> [!TIP]
> End with a line that invites replies, like "Just reply. I read every one."

## 6. Preview, save and share

- **Preview** shows the email exactly as people get it, on a computer, a
  phone or in dark mode. **Preview as** shows it to someone with no first
  name.
- AveryIQ saves as you go. The top of the screen says **Saved**. Offline,
  your changes stay on this device and save when you're back.
- **Version history**, at the top of the screen, lists earlier versions. Open
  one to see it, then **Restore this version** if you want it back. What was
  there is kept as a version too.
- If the email changes somewhere else while you're editing (a teammate, or
  you on another device), you choose **Keep mine** or **Use theirs**. Nothing
  is lost: the one you don't keep is saved in Version history first.
- Changes you hadn't saved stay with you: when you sign out, the next person
  to sign in on that phone or computer never sees them.
- If a change can't be saved yet, **Done** still takes you back, and the
  checklist's **Design** row says so until you open the design again online.
- **Share a preview**, in Preview, makes a web page of the email for 7 days,
  for your broker's compliance review or a partner.

Tap **Done** when you're finished. You go back to the email's checklist,
which counts anything left to check before it's ready.