Lists & Recipients
Creating and Editing Custom Lists (Full Video Tutorial)
Click below for a full tutorial video on creating and editing Custom Lists from your Self-Service Caster account. Download and fill out the attached Custom List Template with the required information. Please be sure to include each recipient's first ...
How to Import Recipients to a List
Editing Custom Contacts (Tutorial Video)
Custom Lists are not Appearing When Selecting Recipients
After creating the schedule, clicking on "Browse Lists" returned an empty labels column. Because of this, I'm not able to select my custom lists. Please follow the steps below: 1) Close the release. 2) Go to contacts and make sure that you can see ...
Copying All Recipients to a Different List
As a list manager you may want to add recipients from one list into another list. Copying all recipients In Contacts, locate the list you wish to copy the recipients from. Select the top check box in the first column to select all recipients. Select ...
Copying, Moving & Deleting Recipients
Copying a recipient Select the recipient/recipients you want to copy and then select the copy icon. 2. Select the list you want to copy it to and then select the copy button. Moving a recipient Follow the step 1 above but select the move icon ...
Export Recipients to an External Spreadsheet (.csv)
You may wish to export an existing list to an external spreadsheet so that you can review it with non-users on your team. You can do this by exporting it. Exporting recipients In Contacts, locate or select the list/s you wish to export. You can use ...
Importing a List of Recipients from a Spreadsheet (.csv or .xlsx)
You can import a list of recipients from an external spreadsheet (.csv) by uploading it to Contacts and mapping existing fields to the list. The To import a .csv or .xlsx/xls, in Lists, find a list you wish to import recipients into and click on it ...
Editing a Recipient
Editing a recipient In the list showing the recipient, hover your mouse pointer to the recipient you want to edit and select it. 2. The edit window for that recipient will show. Click Edit to start editing the recipient info. 3. Every metadata field ...
Adding a Recipient to a List
Adding a recipient In Contacts, find the list you wish to add a recipient to and click its name to open it. Click the Add Recipient icon The Add Recipient panel will open with fields where you can add needed contact information about the recipient. ...
Deleting All Recipients in a List
You may wish to clear a list entirely while preserving the list itself (useful for reimporting from an external spreadsheet). Deleting all recipients In Contacts, located the list you wish to clear On the right side, select the check box on the first ...
Deleting a List or Folder
Deleting a list or folder A dialog will appear asking you to confirm your decision. Click OK if you are sure. The list or folder will be removed from the current folder and will no longer be available for selection by your label's release creators. ...
Renaming a List or Folder
To rename a list locate the list or folder you want to rename. Hover your mouse pointer on the list you want to rename and click the Rename icon. The renaming dialog comes up. Type in the new list name and click Save.
Copying/Moving a List
You may want to copy or move a list to and from folders so that they can organize them differently as they appear in your release creators. Copying a list to another folder In Contacts locate and select the list that you want to copy. Select the copy ...
Creating a New Folder
Creating a new folder Go to Contacts in the main menu. Navigate to the location /folder where you want the folder to reside. Hover your mouse pointer at the top action menu or inline menu and select the "add folder" icon A naming dialog will appear. ...
Creating a New List
Creating a new list Go to Contacts in the main menu. Navigate to the label and then folder where you want the list to reside. Hover your mouse point to the folder where you want to add the list and select the "Add List" icon. A naming dialog will ...
Searching for Lists
An alternative to browsing through all your lists to find a specific one is to use the search function for either list names or specific recipients. Searching for lists To search for a list, contacts and folder enter in the name or partial name into ...
Viewing Lists
ll the lists managed by your label are available in the Lists accessible by anyone in your label with the list manager privilege. Viewing lists After signing in, go to navigation bar and select Contacts. You will see the Lists page. Browsing lists ...
Working with Lists
In Caster, in order to provide access to users of Play MPE you have to specify which recipient lists are allowed to receive your emails and view your releases in their players. Contacts are simply groups of recipients, emails and contact information ...
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