NOTE: This guide is for using Personal GIFs with HubSpot. If you'd like to use Personalized Videos, please see either of these articles:
It's easy to generate and use batches of personalized GIFs with HubSpot Marketing Emails.
1. Generate a batch of personalized GIFs
This guide show you how to generate a batch of personalized GIFs with CSV.
2. Import the CSV into HubSpot
Open the "Contacts" page and click the "Import" button in the upper right:
Choose "Start an import":
Choose "Import file from computer":
Choose "One file":
Choose "One object":
Choose "Contacts" as the import type:
Click "choose a file" and upload your Vidu CSV batch:
Import the vidu_gif_path value from the CSV:
You'll now have the option to import properties from the CSV. We just need to import one, vidu_gif_path. If this is your first time importing Vidu GIFs, create a "single-line text" property:
Note: If you plan to use multiple GIFs per contact, you might want to give this a specific name like vidu_giftcard_gif_path or vidu_welcome_offer_gif_path.
Click "next", you'll see a confirmation message:
Click "View Contacts":
If you adjust the columns to display vidu_gif_path, you'll see a unique value for each contact:
3. Insert the dynamic GIF into the email
Create a new email and insert a "HTML" module (you may have to click "+ More" to see it).
Insert the following HTML:
<img
src="https://videos.yourdomain.com/files/{{contact.vidu_gif_path}}"
width='500'
height='281'
/>
(replace videos.yourdomain.com with your custom domain)
You'll see a placeholder image where the dynamic personalized GIF will appear:
4. Test the email
Click the "Send test email" button in the top right "Preview" menu and choose a contact from the CSV import:
You'll receive an email that will contain the personalized GIFs:
