How do I add a video to my messages and pages?

Adding a video thumbnail that links to a YouTube or Vimeo video can increase views. With your verified account, you can select one of the pre-populated thumbnails when uploading your video or add a custom one.

Please note that your video will not be playable within the email message itself because video is generally blocked by most ISPs and email clients.

If you're interested in sending video email using a hosting service that has provided you with some HTML to embed, you can add that using HTML. 

Step By Step Instructions

1. Create your message using AWeber's Drag & Drop Email Builder, or a landing page in the Landing Page Builder. Within your content, drag the Video block from the left sidebar and drop it in place.
   
   
   
   
2. From the window that pops up, in the Video URL box, replace the "#" place holder with the YouTube URL or Vimeo URL for your video. This will take a screenshot of the video for you, add in the title from YouTube or Vimeo, and hyperlink the image with your YouTube or Vimeo link.
   
   
   
   
3. You can also change the alignment of your video from the alignment options provided.
   
   
   
   
4. By default, the destination URL subscribers are directed to after clicking your video image will be the YouTube URL or Vimeo URL of your video. If instead you would like subscribers directed to a different web page, you can change the URL from the Destination URL section.
   
   
   
   Note: The video block works specifically with YouTube and Vimeo videos only. When using YouTube and Vimeo videos, be sure the videos are published and not private as they will not work otherwise. If you have another video URL, you can still take a screenshot of the video and add that image to your content. Then, hyperlink the image with the URL of your video.

For a complete walkthrough on creating and sending a message from start to finish, see our how-to video and watch the message editor in action:

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