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title: Example: Video in a newsletter
slug: campaign/docs/example-video-in-a-newsletter
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createdAt: 2026-07-20T15:44:58.774Z
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This example uses a mailing containing an animated GIF teaser that links to a landing page with a full-scale, high-quality video. The animated GIF is created from a short sequence taken from the video and loaded into the mailing as a normal image file. This animated GIF is set in a text/image paragraph, together with the teaser text. The mailing would appear this way in an inbox:

![Image: Mailing with an animated GIF](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/3NJptzDREQ5cn1KFcrMJ6-20260720-145321.png "Image: Mailing with an animated GIF")

::embed[::embed[The animated GIF links to a landing page. The full, high-resolution video is integrated into this landing page. The video itself can be hosted on [YouTube](http://youtube.com), [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com) or another hosting service. These services supply a snippet of code that you insert into the source code:]{url="http://youtube.com"}]{url="http://youtube.com"}

![Image: Landing page with high-quality video](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/FZR81-ao6qGgSpqe8c02p-20260720-145321.png "Image: Landing page with high-quality video")

## Creating a video mailing with an animated GIF and landing page

1. Load the video to a hosting service (such as YouTube or Vimeo), if you are not hosting it yourself.

   :::hint{type="info"}
   **Tip**

   Use a standard video format such as the widely available and high-quality MP4 format.
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2. Create an animated GIF to use as a teaser. Animated GIFs can be created using standard editing programs like Adobe Photoshop.

   :::hint{type="info"}
   **Note**

   The width of the GIF must be less or equal to the width of the content paragraph in your mailing. Example: If you are adding a GIF with a width of 650 pixels to a Text/Image paragraph with a content width of 600 pixels, the GIF will be compressed and lose its animation.
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3. Set up a mailing in the client where you want to insert the teaser.
4. Create a landing page based on this mailing.
5. Switch back to the mailing and insert a text/image paragraph. Upload the animated GIF in the **Image** tab and compose the paragraph in the usual manner.
6. Select the landing page from the list in the **Link** field.
7. If needed, add a note indicating that the video will open in an external browser window.
8. Open the landing page and insert a source code paragraph containing the code snippet that embeds the video. You can get this code snippet from YouTube by going to the video and clicking **Share** and then **Embed**. You can get the code from Screencast by hovering over the video icon and then clicking **Share**.
9. Save and test the mailing.