rlai Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) Site URL: https://www.studyacuwithme.com hopefully this is in the right forum i would like visitors to download a free PDF from my website; however, i'd like them to give me their email address to do so; each podcast will have a PDF associated  how do I do this? 🙂 Edited March 13, 2020 by rlai Link to comment
LindsayM0609 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Hello, Hoping I found the right crowd. I am offering a PDF download as a free gift for signing up to our newsletter. I have all the emails automated but I can't -link the download to the automated email -get the the link to auto download vs. open in a new page Is there a way around these?  Thanks! Link to comment
tuanphan Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Hi, If you haven't received an answer yet, you can post on some FB groups + Squarespace Customization Resource Groups + Squarespace Community + Squarespace Entrepreneur + Squarespace Rockstars Email me if you have need any help (free, of course.). Answer within 24 hours. Or send to forum message How to: Setup Password & Share url - Insert Custom CSS - Page Header - Upload Custom Font - Upload File - Find Block ID - Contact Customer Care Link to comment
larrykay Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Site URL: https://www.thepivotquest.com/ Hi. How do I add a block to my 1-page website that offers a free eBook download in exchange for the visitor's email? I prefer a block rather than a popup. Can I upload my eBook to Squarespace so that the download link appears automatically, or must I use a third-party email service for that? Thanks! Link to comment
Susana_SQSP Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Hey @larrykay, You could use a Newsletter Block for what you're trying to achieve and then just customize the post-submit message so it has a link to a page where you have uploaded your ebook as a link. You might want to keep that page in the Not Linked section of the Pages panel so it doesn't display on your site's navigation and protected with a password so it could be private. You'd need to include the page password in the Newsletter Block post-submit message as well. A more sophisticated way to go about that, would be using Email Campaigns (requires a separate subscription) and then setup an automation, so an email containing a link to your eBook is automatically send to the subscriber once he added their email address to the list. You would still use a Newsletter Block to collect your subscriber's email addresses and then just connect that block to Email Campaigns.   Link to comment
paul2009 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 21 hours ago, larrykay said: How do I add a block to my 1-page website that offers a free eBook download in exchange for the visitor's email? In addition to using Squarespace Campaigns (as suggested above) you could also use Mailchimp or Zapier to automate this. Squarespace Campaigns is far easier to manage but the other services have free plans. 53 minutes ago, Susana_SQSP said: You could use a Newsletter Block for what you're trying to achieve and then just customize the post-submit message so it has a link to a page where you have uploaded your ebook as a link. I don't recommend using the post submit suggestion if you want to avoid fake and spam email addresses. This method will provide the user will a link to the PDF without validating their email address, whereas the other options will require a valid email address because if the user provides a fake one they'll never be emailed with the PDF. 🙂 Susana_SQSP and catalienne 2 About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
fufu15 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 4/2/2021 at 4:04 PM, Susana_SQSP said: A more sophisticated way to go about that, would be using Email Campaigns (requires a separate subscription) and then setup an automation, so an email containing a link to your eBook is automatically send to the subscriber once he added their email address to the list. You would still use a Newsletter Block to collect your subscriber's email addresses and then just connect that block to Email Campaigns.   Hello! Where will I find the option to add a link to my Ebook after subscription? It's important that it should be after the subscription i s confirmed. Thank you! Link to comment
paul2009 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 35 minutes ago, fufu15 said: Where will I find the option to add a link to my Ebook after subscription? If you are using Campaigns, the article linked above about automation explains how to send an email triggered by subscribers signing up for the mailing list. Susana_SQSP 1 About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
gerick Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Bumping... Any luck on this? Link to comment
paul2009 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 4 hours ago, gerick said: Any luck on this? Did you try the suggestions offered earlier in this thread? About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
gerick Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 4:54 PM, paul2009 said: Did you try the suggestions offered earlier in this thread? IÂ was able to set this up using MailChimp + Zapier. Thanks for the suggestions! Link to comment
NatashaLYBF Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 @gerick - Would you be able to explain how you set this up with Mailchimp & Zapier- that is what I am trying to do! Link to comment
Botanicals4Animals Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 @NatashaLYBF - I wouldn't recommend using the setup with Mailchimp & Zapier. Â I started that way and it worked for ONE Blast and then I had a few random people trying to signup for the pdf and I got an email from Squarespace asking if those were legit emails and they never got sent the pdf because the "email campaign" had "already been completed." Â I tried re-setting/re-linking everything and kept getting that message. Â It's like I need to setup a new campaign after every email blast from mailchimp because when it's connected through zapier to my website it's the zapier that makes it an automation that gets sent out with the pdf. Â So, I ended up doing an email campaign/marketing through Squarespace so it's directly linked and there's no third party involved. Â Link to comment
Amyj Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Hello, Can anyone help advise how I upload the PDF or word document to the automated email that I wish to send when a customer inputs there email address. Many thanks Amy Link to comment
paul2009 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 14 minutes ago, Amyj said: Can anyone help advise how I upload the PDF or word document to the automated email? You cannot upload a file directly to the email, but if you upload the file to somewhere secure, such as Google Drive, you can provide recipients with a link to the document. Amyj 1 About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
Amyj Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 OK thank you. I want to make it as professional as possible so this wouldn't work. Is there any other way i can make a PDF downloadable whilst obtaining email addresses? Â Link to comment
paul2009 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 2 minutes ago, Amyj said: I want to make it as professional as possible so this wouldn't work. I'm not that I understand what you mean 🤔 Can you explain why a link titled 'click here to download your PDF' wouldn't be professional. About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
Amyj Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Sorry for the confusion. We already have the PDF downloadable on our website via the customer clicking a button. We now need to understand how we could obtain the email address at the point of downloading the PDF. Reading the options above we would like to prevent receiving spam emails and also the customer having to download via google drive. The PDF is currently here: https://www.finnson.co.uk/finnson-blog/what-to-pack-for-hospital Any suggestions greatly appreciated! Many thanks Amy Link to comment
paul2009 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 16 minutes ago, Amyj said: We already have the PDF downloadable on our website via the customer clicking a button. We now need to understand how we could obtain the email address at the point of downloading the PDF. See this earlier post in this thread about adding a Newsletter Block in place of the button that links directly to the PDF:  About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
Amyj Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Thank you Paul. But I thought this was a suggestion you didn't advise as we would receive spam email address. Link to comment
catalienne Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Thanks for this, super helpful! Just a question re downloadable products. Can you have a free brochure type of document in the store and invite people to download it for free without an ecommerce plan? Trying to setup a brochure link for client website inviting people to download the document .pdf in a way we can track who requests it via their name and email. Thanks in advance x Link to comment
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