{"id":5870,"date":"2021-12-13T10:25:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helptest.mainbrainer.com\/knowledge-base\/click-actions-for-the-email-cta-button\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T07:05:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T07:05:13","slug":"click-actions-for-the-email-cta-button","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/email\/creator\/cta-button\/","title":{"rendered":"Click Actions for the Email CTA Button"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"aricle_container\">\n<p><a href=\"\/hc\/en_IN\/email\/creator\/button\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When adding a CTA Button to an Email<\/a>, you can configure different click actions for the Button depending on the desired functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at the different click configurations available for the CTA Button, and how to set them up:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>1: Redirecting the Button clicks to an external URL:<\/h3>\n<p>To redirect the Button clicks to an external URL, use the <strong>Button Action<\/strong> dropdown menu to select <strong>Link to External URL<\/strong>. Use the next field, <strong>Button External Link,<\/strong> to specify the external URL to which you want to redirect your Button clicks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2105\" title=\"Email button action set to link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-creator-button-setting.png\" alt=\"Email creator, button settings. Button action set to link to external url\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>2: Redirecting the Button clicks to a Landing Page:<\/h3>\n<p>To redirect the Button clicks to another Landing Page, use the <strong>Button Action<\/strong> dropdown menu to select <strong>Link to Landing Page<\/strong>. Use the next field, <strong>Select Landing Page,<\/strong> to specify the Landing Page to which you want to redirect your Button clicks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2107\" title=\"Email button action landing page\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-link-landing-page.png\" alt=\"Email button settings. Button action link to landing page. Landing page selected\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>3: Redirecting the Button clicks to an Email address:<\/h3>\n<p>To redirect the Button clicks to an Email address, use the <strong>Button Action<\/strong> dropdown menu to select <strong>Email Address<\/strong>. Use the next field, <strong>Email Address,<\/strong> to specify the Email address to which you want to redirect your Button clicks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2108\" title=\"Email button action set to email address\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-button-send-email.png\" alt=\"Email button settings, button action set to email address\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>4: Redirecting the Button Clicks to Survey<\/h3>\n<p>To redirect the button clicks to a survey, use the <strong>Button Action<\/strong> dropdown menu to select the menu option \u2013 <strong>Link to Survey Page<\/strong>. Use the next field <strong>Select Survey Page<\/strong> to specify a survey to which you want to redirect the clicks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2109\" title=\"Email button action opt-in\" src=\"\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/email-button-survey.png\" alt=\"Email button settings tab, action set to confirmed opt-in verification\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>5: Redirecting the clicks to a Thank You Page (to confirm an Opt-In request)<\/h3>\n<p>To redirect the clicks to a thank you page, use the <strong>Button Action<\/strong> dropdown menu to select<strong>&nbsp;Confirmed opt-in verification.&nbsp;<\/strong>Use the next field, <strong>Select thank you page<\/strong>, to select the third field to specify the Landing Page that you want to use as a <strong>Thank You Page<\/strong>. All clicks received on this Button will be redirected to the specified Thank You Page.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2109\" title=\"Email button action opt-in\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-button-opt-in.png\" alt=\"Email button settings tab, action set to confirmed opt-in verification\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>6: Redirecting the clicks to place a phone call to the specified mobile number:<\/h3>\n<p>To configure the button clicks to place a phone call, use the <strong>Button Action<\/strong> dropdown menu to select <strong>Call<\/strong>. Use the next field <strong>Select Country<\/strong> to select the country where you want to place a phone call. You can also type in the country code manually in the following field if you wish. In the <strong>Phone Number<\/strong> field, type in the mobile number to which you want to direct the phone call requests.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2110\" title=\"Email button action call\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-button-call.png\" alt=\"Email button settings tab, button action is set to call\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>7: Configuring a file download on Button clicks:<\/h3>\n<p>If you want the clicks on the Button to trigger a file download to the customer\u2019s local system, use the <strong>Button Action<\/strong> dropdown menu to select <strong>Download content<\/strong>. Use the <strong>Browse document<\/strong> button to upload the relevant document. All clicks received on this Button will download this document to the customer&#8217;s local system.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2111\" title=\"Email button action download\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-button-download.png\" alt=\"Email button settings tab, button action is set to download content\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n  .aricle_container p,.aricle_container li{color: rgba(0,0,0,.8)!important}  .aricle_container span{color:#0070ba!important}.aricle_container li,.aricle_container blockquote{font-size:18px!important;    font-weight: 400;<br \/>\n  }<br \/>\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When adding a CTA button to an Email, you can configure different click actions for the button depending on the desired functionality, e.g., redirection to an external URL, a landing page, a file download, opening a popup, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[353],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-5870","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-email-creator-en_in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5870"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11363,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5870\/revisions\/11363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=5870"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=5870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}