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How to add attachments to my emails?

TL;DR There's no possibility to add attachments to your campaign but there's a workaround to this by adding URL to your campaign.

Written by Weronika Wróblewska
Updated over a week ago

Wondering if you could add some attachments to your cold email? Unfortunately, the answer is no, you cannot. Not directly. Woodpecker does not offer such an option due to the deliverability issues it may cause.

Instead of an attachment, add a link (URL) to the file in your cloud storage. This link will redirect your prospects to the content you want to share.

Remember that the file in your private cloud storage (e.g. Google Drive, Dropbox) must be public and accessible to others, so if necessary, change its sharing settings.

However, before you start with this we highly recommend looking at our article on Attachments in Cold Email: Should We Ever Use Them? »

How to add the link to your copy:

  1. Edit your campaign.

  2. Click on the icon Insert/edit link.

  3. Paste in the URL to your file.

  4. Add your text, for example, Here's the presentation.

  5. Click ADD.

Adding a link to the email

Deliverability issues?

The process of sending messages involves 2 parties: your Woodpecker account and your mailbox. Woodpecker is a trigger for sending the message from your Inbox.

Having an attachment in your email may be found suspicious by the anti-spam filters and therefore your message may get bounced and sending (or the whole mailbox) may get blocked. This, in turn, may harm your domain's reputation. Once you burn this reputation (or in other words, the reputation goes bad) it is very difficult to rebuild and regain it. However, it's not impossible.

If you think you may be experiencing issues with your domain, move on to our blog article to check & improve the reputation of your domain.

Why don't we allow attachments to be added directly to a campaign?

Sending attachments can negatively affect your deliverability, which is how many of your emails land in your prospects' inboxes. What does it mean for you?

Having an attachment in your email copy may be found suspicious by the anti-spam filters. Therefore, your message may get bounced, and sending (or the whole mailbox) may get blocked. This, in turn, may harm your domain's reputation. If you burn your domain's reputation (or in other words, the reputation goes bad) it is very difficult to rebuild and regain it. However, it's not impossible.

How to take care of your sending

For good deliverability practices, check our blog post: Cold Email Deliverability: There Is Still A Lot to Learn.

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