Dynamic email content allows you to tailor your email messages to the interests of each subscriber. There are a lot of different variables that you can pull into your messages, like subscribers' geographic location and their personal information. Content that is more relevant to subscribers often translates into increased engagement in terms of opens, clicks, and conversions.
Where can I use dynamic email content?
You can make use of dynamic email content anywhere in the AWeber message editor, including the subject line.
How do I write dynamic email logic?
In order to code for dynamic email content in your messages, you would have to include the logic tags below.
{{ ... }} | Print the value of a subscriber variable |
Hello {{ subscriber.name }} |
{% ... %} | Evaluate an expression |
{% if subscriber.signup.city == 'Philadelphia' %} |
{# ... #} | Write comments in your message that are not seen by your subscribers. |
{# This is a hidden comment. #} |
{% raw %} | Markup within the raw tag will not be evaluated as a variable or statement. |
Here is how I personalize my email greeting: |
Operators
Operators help you display specific content if certain conditions are met. If the first condition outlined by the "if" operator is not met, then the system will look to another condition based on the "elif" operator. If neither condition is met, then the system will look to the content with the "else" operator.
if | Display message content IF the statement is true. |
{% if subscriber.custom_field['pet'] == 'dog' %}
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elif | If the first condition isn't met, evaluate another condition. |
{% if subscriber.custom_field['pet'] == 'dog' %}
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else | Display the following content to subscribers that did not meet any of the conditions above. |
{% if subscriber.custom_field['pet'] == 'dog' %}
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Comparison Operators
Comparison operators work in conjunction with the operators above.
== | equal to |
!= | not equal to |
> | greater than |
>= | greater than or equal to |
< | less than |
<= | less than or equal to |
Filters
Filters help you customize the content by capitalizing specific letters, displaying fallback content when the subscriber doesn't have a value, and displaying a random option from a set of choices.
upper() | Converts each character in a string to uppercase |
{{ "hello there" | upper() }} HELLO THERE |
lower() | Converts each character in a string to lowercase |
{{ "HELLO THERE" | lower() }} hello there |
capitalize() | Capitalizes the first word in a string |
{{ "hello there" | capitalize() }} Hello there |
title() | Capitalizes each word in a string |
{{ "hello there" | title() }} Hello There |
default() | Provides a fallback if the variable has no value assigned |
Dear {{ subscriber.first_name or "friend" }}, Dear friend, |
truncate() | Returns a truncated version of a string |
{{ "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" | truncate(20) }} The quick brown fox... |
replace() | Return a copy of a string with all the occurances of a substring replaced with a new one. |
{{ "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" | replace("fox", "rabbit") }} The quick brown rabbit jumps over the lazy dog |
first() | Returns the first item of a sequence |
{{ ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Grapes'] | first() }} Apples |
last() | Returns the last item of a sequence |
{{ ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Grapes'] | last() }} Grapes |
unique() | Returns a unique set of items in a sequence |
{% set colors = ['red', 'blue', 'red', 'orange', 'blue', 'white'] %} red |
count() | Returns the number of items in a list |
{{ ['a','b','c','d','e','f'] | count() }} 6 |
sum() | Returns the sum of a sequence |
{{ [12, 4, 545, 714, 332, 451, 975, 8, 1, 34, 342] | sum() }} 3418 |
min() | Returns the smallest item in a list |
{{ [12, 4, 545, 714, 332, 451, 975, 8, 1, 34, 342] | min() }} 1 |
max() | Returns the largest item in a list |
{{ [12, 4, 545, 714, 332, 451, 975, 8, 1, 34, 342] | max() }} 975 |
random() |
Select a random item from a set of choices |
{{ ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Grapes'] | random() }} Grapes |
join() |
Returns a string of items joined by a separator. |
{{ ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Grapes'] | join(" | ") }} Apples | Oranges | Grapes |
select()
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Filter a sequence to items matching the criteria provided. |
{% for number in [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] | select("odd") %} 1
Other examples include:
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random_number() |
Returns a random number between two values. |
{{ random_number(1,500 }} 371 |
round() |
Round a number to a given number of decimal places |
{{ 34.2374 | round(2) }} 34.24 |
now() |
Returns the current date and time. |
{{ now | date_format(fmt='MM/DD/YYYY') }} 01/26/2021 |
For more information on dynamic email content, and the different types of variables that you can include when coding for dynamic email content, check out the articles below: