Hi there!👋
In this guide, you will learn how to connect SendGrid Email as an email sender📧with SalesBlink to use in your cold email sequences.
Note: Since SendGrid only provides SMTP API, this is something you should know:
You won't be able to track replies 📈
Unified Inbox won't work 📧
Email WarmUp🔥won't work
Connecting SendGrid with SalesBlink
1. Creating a SendGrid API Key
Login to your SendGrid Account.
Create an API Key with at least "Mail" permissions.
3. Copy your API Key and save it in a safe place, SendGrid will not show this again.
Now that we have all the required details from SendGrid, we will use them to connect SendGrid to SalesBlink.
2. Connecting SendGrid with SalesBlink
Navigate to Email Senders & click on "Add Sender".
Select "SMTP"
3. Enter the details as follows:
Your Name: This is your name as displayed to the receiver.
Sender Username: apikey
Sender Email Address: Your email address that you are connecting.
Sender Password: Your SendGrid API key that was created.
SMTP Host: smtp.sendgrid.net
SMTP Port: 587
4. Hit "Next" and your email address will be connected.
5. (optional) Set your email signature. 🖊️
6. (optional) Set your custom domain for better email deliverability.
7. (optional) Check your domain setup.. 💯
🚀 That's all, your email address is added as a sender now!
3. Launch your Cold Email Sequence
You can now use your SendGrid email address to launch cold emails sequences.
There are a couple of ways to go about this:
Common reasons for error
Make sure your domain is authenticated or your sender is verified.
Make sure to set your username to the string apikey. This setting is the exact string "apikey" and not the API key itself.
FAQ
How many emails can I send using SendGrid SMTP API?
You can sent upto 5k messages per SMTP connection.
Hope you found this guide useful! 😃