Template

Email Campaign Brief Template

A planning brief for aligning audience, objective, offer, message, assets, timing, and measurement before a send.

Use this when the email needs a clear starting point

Use this before writing any important campaign or automation email.

Copy this structure, then make it yours

Campaign name: [name]
Business goal: [goal]
Subscriber goal: [goal]
Audience/segment: [who receives it]
Lifecycle stage: [stage]
Primary message: [one sentence]
Offer or next step: [CTA]
Proof or support: [proof]
Send date or trigger: [date/trigger]
Exclusions: [who should not receive it]
Success metric: [primary metric]
Owner: [name]

Replace these before you send

  • name
  • business goal
  • subscriber goal
  • audience
  • lifecycle stage
  • primary message
  • CTA
  • proof
  • date/trigger
  • exclusions
  • primary metric
  • owner

See how a finished version should feel

A launch campaign brief can define the customer segment, launch angle, send schedule, suppression rules, and revenue or activation metric.

Make the template sound less like a template

  • Complete the brief before copywriting.
  • Keep the primary metric tied to the business goal.
  • Document exclusions to avoid bad sends.

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