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Preview Text: What It Is, Best Strategies, & How to Set It in GMass

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  1. What happens if you don’t set preview text? “If you don’t set the preview text for your email, an email client will display the first several words of your email instead.” This is generally a wasted opportunity. Inbox real estate is tight and limited; preview text is one of your few opportunities to entice people to open your emails.

    In Email preview text

  2. Preview text appears next to (or below) an email’s subject line in the inbox. Its function is to give, yes, a preview of what’s in the email. “Preview text won’t be visible anywhere in the email itself — only in the inbox.” How preview text appears in different email clients

    In Email preview text

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