Email Enhancements are available on all Mixmax plans, including the Free plan. Check out our pricing page for more information.
Mixmax offers a wonderful array of email enhancements. From group event polls to link previews to self-destructing emails - we're your Swiss army knife for your email!
How to Insert Enhancements
There are a few ways to insert enhancements:
The Enhance menu
Within your compose window, hover over the Enhance menu in the lower-right corner to see all enhancements grouped by function.
Keyboard slash commands
With slash commands, you can quickly access the enhancement menu within the compose window. After typing in / (slash), you'll see our complete list of enhancements ordered alphabetically. Use the up/down arrows or your mouse to scroll through the list, and press Enter or click to select an enhancement.
To learn all of our shortcuts, go to Keyboard commands.
Enhancements by function
Calendaring
Calendars are our most popular enhancement category. With calendar features, you can schedule group events or important meetings all within a single email!
Share Availability
Shortcut: /availability or /cal
Share specific times when you're available to meet, and your recipient can schedule instantly within your email!
Calendar invite
Shortcut: /invite
Insert a beautiful-looking calendar invite directly into your email.
Group Event Poll
Shortcut: /groupscheduling
Quickly survey your recipients to find the best time to meet.
Surveys
Yes or No (or Maybe)
Shortcut: /yn [question]
Get a quick answer by inserting a yes or no question. Customize the answer choices by clicking the button text and editing!
Q&A
Shortcut: /qa [question]
Ask an open-ended question by inserting a Q&A survey.
Poll
Shortcut: /poll
Poll recipients by inserting a multiple-choice survey. To learn more, see poll results.
Media
Image
Shortcut: /image [search term]
Upload an image from your computer. Or, type /image [search term] to find and insert an image from the web.
PDF Preview
No shortcut
Attach a PDF to the body of your email. To learn more, see enabling PDF preview.
Social Badges
Shortcut: /badge or /social
Click the Add Badge button to place multiple social media badges next to each other horizontally. You can even use them to customize your signature.
Yarn Video Search
Shortcut: /yarn [search term]
Search Yarn for videos to insert right in your email.
File Request
Shortcut: /filerequest
Ask your recipient to upload a file by inserting this handy-dandy button.
Tenor
Shortcut: /tenor [search term] or /riffsy [search term]
Search and insert a GIF from Tenor (previously known as Riffsy).
Math Equation
Shortcut: /math
Turn clunky formulas into beautiful math for your emails!
Formatted Code
Shortcut: /code or /code [search term] (for existing formatted code)
Choose from 31 color themes to share gorgeous formatted code - any language!
Crowdcast
Shortcut: /crowdcast
Invite recipients to your live Crowdcast event. Great for webinars, Q&As, interviews, etc.
Table
Shortcut: /table or /table [rows] [columns]
Edit the number of rows and columns in your table in one of two ways:
Use the keyboard shortcut:
/table [rows][columns](Enter [rows] [columns], e.g. "2 3").Right-click on the table to insert or delete rows and columns.
Giphy
Shortcut: /g [search term] or /giphy [search term]
Search and insert a GIF from Giphy.
Separator
Shortcut: /separator
Inserts a simple grey line to separate sections, giving your emails a clean, professional look.
Call to Action
Shortcut: /cta or /button
Call to Action buttons encourage recipients to visit any site, even your Mixmax Public calendar, with one simple click.
Custom HTML
Shortcut: /html
Create newsletter-like emails or anything else you can create with inline HTML! Learn more: Add custom HTML.
Video
Shortcut: /video
Record or insert a Vidyard video. Learn more: Add Video to Email with Vidyard.
Communication
Password Protected
Shortcut: /password
Write a secret message that recipients need a password to view.
SMS Me
Shortcut: /sms or /sms [phone number]
Have recipients send you an SMS directly via email without knowing your phone number.
Self-Destructing
Shortcut: /selfdestruct
Set your message to self-destruct at a specified time.
Link Previews
Inserts a visual preview of your link, like below. Learn more: Customize link previews.
Vimeo
No shortcut.
Insert a Vimeo video preview.
Google Maps
Shortcut: /map [search term] or /maps [search term]
A hyperlinked map preview of any location.
No shortcut
For Pinterest pins or boards.
GitHub Gist
No shortcut
Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Twitter Tweet
No shortcut
Shows the full tweet without recipients needing to visit Twitter.
No shortcut
For individual Instagram posts.
Live Web Clip
Shortcut: /webclip
Capture part of a live website and embed web content in your email.