How Do I Send a Video Through Email Using HubSpot

Hi Marketer, did you know that you can use the free version of HubSpot to send videos via email?

HubSpot is a powerful software that offers a full suite of tools to manage marketing, sales, and customer service, helping businesses of all sizes streamline their operations.

In addition to being user-friendly, HubSpot offers several tools for free, such as contact management and the creation and sending of marketing emails. With the free version, you can send up to 2,000 emails per month and manage up to 1 million contacts.

One of the best features of HubSpot’s free version is that you can add videos to your emails using Viewed, making it easy to play video in email directly. If you’ve ever wondered how to send a video via email effortlessly, this integration is the solution you’ve been looking for.

1. Sign up for Viewed

Sign up to Viewed to create a free account to add videos to your emails. 

Creating your account is very easy, you just need a corporate email  and fill in a short form as shown in the picture below.

2. Upload your video

Click the Upload a video button at the top right.

The first time you upload your video we will ask you to select HubSpot.

• Video name: It’s a name to identify the video in your list.
• Video file: Select your video file. You can use drag and drop or click to browse for it on your computer. You can also copy a link from YouTube or Vimeo.  The maximum allowed size is 120 Mb. with a maximum length of 32,767 seconds. 
• Video width: Is the width in pixels of your video in your HTML template  (Max. 750, we recommended 600).

Finally click on the green button "Upload a video"  and let our platform work its magic.

3. Coffee Time!

It's time for a cup of coffee. This process will only take a few minutes for your video to be ready.

Relax, our system will take care of everything. Viewed will automatically create all the necessary video formats to deliver the best possible experience to every OS, device and browser.

4. Get the code to embed a video in an email

In the "Video Sharing" section select the HubSpot option and then "Copy without Module" to copy the embed code of the video you have uploaded to our platform.

5. It's time to go HubSpot 

Desde el área de marketing, abre o crea la plantilla de email a la que deseas agregarle el vídeos. 

In the tools panel select the "+" symbol to be able to add an HTML block.

Select and drag the HTML block. 

Paste the embed code in the HTML module, so your video will play inside the email.

Configuration of your video and email

Now that you've learned how to use the Viewed platform to embed videos within your email, it's time to configure your video display to enhance your subscribers' experience.

If your video is longer than 10 seconds please refer to the following guide: How to configure a video within an email?

Done! Your campaign is now ready to send video via email and engage your audience effectively!