Sending emails to influencers through SARAL is a direct brand-to-creator experience. Emails will be sent directly from your Gmail/GSuite account to their inboxes, ensuring authenticity and trust when influencers receive your messages. These emails are not labeled “sent via SARAL”; they come straight from you to the creator!
Connecting your email inbox is a crucial step towards starting outreach with SARAL. Let’s do it together!
How to connect my Gsuite Email to SARAL?
It only takes 2 minutes to connect your email inbox to SARAL. Here’s a video tutorial so you can follow along:
Here’s the One-Time Process to connect your Gmail to SARAL:
Open the Google Admin Console
Go to admin.google.com and log in with your admin credentials.
Navigate to API Controls
From the Admin Console dashboard, go to Security.
Select Access and Data Control.
Click on API controls.
Manage Third-Party App Access
Under API controls, click on Manage Third Party App Access.
Configure a New App
Click the Configure New App button.
Enter the Client ID
Copy and paste the following Client ID into the search bar, then click Search
Client ID:
308432843578-onpa84s44va4ob4cdsiapu75kfgre867.apps.googleusercontent.com
Select Access Scope
Ensure that “All Users” is selected under Scope.
Set Data Access to Trusted
In the Access to Google Data section, select the “Trusted” option.
Complete the Setup
Click Continue, then Finish to complete the OAuth setup.
Once this is done, go back to your SARAL account, go to Settings, Connected Emails, and click on Connect Gmail Account. This will take you to the "Sign in with Google" screen—simply sign in, and that’s it! SARAL will display a “Connected” success modal.
You’re all set now to start sending email campaigns to influencers!
How do I connect a Gmail Account to SARAL?
If you’re using a free @gmail.com address, you will have to connect it using another method via an “App Password”. Here’s how:
Go to SARAL Settings > Connected Emails > click Connect New Email
Enable IMAP Access
Go to your Gmail Settings > Enable IMAP > Forwarding and POP/IMAP > IMAP Access > Enable > Save Changes
Enable 2-Step Verification
Go into your google account’s security settings
Click your profile picture > Manage your Google Account > Security > 2-Step Verification
Follow the on-screen instructions to turn it on
Generate App Password
Once 2-Step Verification is turned on, you need to click inside the “2-Step Verification” option. Click where it says “On Since…”
Scroll to the bottom, and select “App Passwords”
Click inside, type “SARAL” as the App Name, and click “Create”
Copy the 16-character app password, go back to SARAL, paste it (no spaces), and click Connect my Email
Once done, SARAL will show you a “Connected” success popup.
You’re all set now to start sending email campaigns to influencers! But wait, not just yet! Let’s first set up our signatures 
.
How to set up my signature in SARAL?
Now that you have successfully connected your inbox, you can set up a personalized closing signature for sending emails to influencers.
Click On Settings: Go to your connected email account and click the settings icon.
Add Your Signature: Navigate to the signature section and add your desired text.
Format Your Signature: Utilize various formatting options such as bold, italics, and text color changes. You can also hyperlink text to your company website.
Please note that adding logo files in JPEG, PNG, or SVG formats is not supported. This restriction is in place to ensure high email deliverability, as emails with images are more likely to be flagged by spam filters, reducing the chances of your emails reaching the recipient's inbox.
Benefits of Email Signatures
Including a signature is especially useful for teams with multiple members managing accounts or using separate addresses for different campaigns. It helps maintain consistency and professionalism across all communications.
Where can I preview my signature?
Your linked signature will now be added to your email drips and your individual emails. You will be able to preview your signature by checking the ‘add signature’ checkbox when sending individual emails to influencers.
In SARAL, you can't preview your signature in the Email Drips preview because you can connect multiple inboxes to each email drip campaign to boost your daily sending rate. Rest assured, the correct signature will be attached to your email based on the inbox it is sent from.
What is Email Auto-Warming?
Email Auto-warm-up is a built-in SARAL function designed to gradually increase the sending volume of your connected emails.
This process is launched in SARAL once an email is connected to an active email drip. Auto-warm up helps improve your sender reputation and ensures better deliverability without shocking the Gmail filters with unusual daily sending volumes that might mimic spammy behavior.
How it works?
When launching your first email drip campaign in SARAL, every email address undergoes an auto-warming process. This starts with sending 5 emails per day and gradually increases by 2-5 emails daily until reaching a 50 emails/day limit. This means your initial campaign might take a bit longer to reach your entire influencer list until the domain is fully warmed up and the daily sending limit is set to 50.
This process ensures a consistent sending pattern, building trust with email service providers and avoiding spam flags. It’s crucial not to change the daily sending limit yourself, especially if the inbox is new, to maintain optimal deliverability.
After 1-2 weeks, once the auto-warming is complete, you can manually adjust the sending limit if needed. We recommend keeping the daily sending below 80 for fully warmed-up inboxes.
Update my daily email sending limit
To update your daily email sending limit, head over to your connected email settings, hit the gear settings icon 
right next to the chosen inbox and update the limit. The maximum allowed is 150 emails per day.
For optimal cold emailing, we recommend not exceeding 80 emails per day for fully warmed domains. If you need to send a higher daily volume, do not increase your daily sending limit above 80. Instead, determine your desired daily sending volume and consider connecting additional inboxes to SARAL as needed.
For more, you can check out our helpdesk article on Email setup best practices:
Email Setup Best Practices
Email Setup Best Practices
For more best practices on how to improve your email deliverability, visit
How to Improve Email Deliverability?
How to Improve Email Deliverability?
Still have questions?
Reach out anytime via the support chat at the bottom-right corner of your dashboard, or email us at support@getsaral.com. We’re happy to assist!