Written by Dawid Tyburek

Snippet tags: what are they and how to use them

Personalize communication with your users

Introduction

Snippet Tags are pieces of predefined code that can be used in your communication. Snippet Tags allow to personalize the content of communication and dynamically render data for each individual receiver.

In User.com there are several types of a Snippet Tag, please reference the section below:

User Tags
- Personalize content of automatic or mass messages, enabling you to render data stored in user attributes (e.g. first name, days till the end of subscription), and therefore create communication reflecting each receiver's specific situation.
Company Tags
- Personalize content of automatic or mass messages, enabling you to render data stored in attributes of companies your receivers are assigned to, e.g. change the company name or tax identification number.
Product Tags
- Generate a list of products from a specific segment, category or ids. You can access any product stored in User.com Products section.
Product Event Tags
- Generate a list of products from a specific Product Event occurrences stored on receiver's profile.
Event Tags
- Generate a list of events from a specific Event occurrences stored on receiver's profile.
Deal Tags
- Generate a list of deals stored on receiver's profile.
Activity Tags
- Generate a list of activities assigned to receiver.
Email Campaign Tags
- Generate a list of email interactions stored on receiver's profile.
Product from Product Recommendations Tags
- Generate a list of recommended products based on receiver's product event history.
Author Tags
- Personalize content based on the Agent communication is sent from.

Example

This is an example of what you will see in the editor:

This is the end result of dynamically rendered content which a receiver will see:

Use cases

Let's say you have users named John, Marianne, and Sylvia. You want to send the same email to each of them where only the name changes. Start with: Hi {{ receiver.first_name }}! and instead of the Snippet Tag your receiver will see their name in the greeting.
Using Event Snippet Tags is a great way to send automated emails about Abandoned Carts or Product Recommendations for various customers. It will allow you to prepare only one email message that will display a personalized message for every receiver.
If you want to automate updating Company Attributes, you can use Snippet Tag in the Automation to provide a personalized value for each User and assigned Company. In fact, you can use Snippet Tags in many Automation Modules!
Usage of Snippet Tags can also be useful while automating creation of your Deals. Simply use attributes stored on Users profile to create a name of the Deal or even use it with your Deals custom attribute.

Snippet Tag modifiers

For example, if you don't want to have blank spaces while using a Snippet tag in a Greeting, provide a default value to make your communication flawless. Simply use {{receiver.first_name|default:"Friend" }}, in this case, even if the receiver will not have First Name attribute filled, the Greeting will show a Friend instead of a blank space.
Full list of filters to modify is available to see in each Snippet Tags section.

Often used Filters:

default:""

Used to provide a default, fallback value if the attribute accessed by a Snippet Tag is empty.
Hello {{ reciever.first_name|default:"Friend" }} produces Hello Friend when a receiver has no value for the First Name attribute.

cut:""

Used to truncate text values or remove all occurrences of a given text.
{{ receiver.custom_attribute|cut:"-Dog" }} produces Cat when a receiver has Cat-Dog as a Custom Attribute value.

date:""

Used to format date according to the provided format.
{{ receiver.trial_ends|date:"D, d M Y" }} produces Tue, 13 Feb 2024.
{% now "c" %} is a special and very useful template tag that will produce timezone aware timestamp, for example to use in Automations. c argument controls the produces date format.

truncatewords:2

Used to truncate a piece of text after a predefined number of words. It adds ellipsis at the end of a truncated value.
{{ receiver.product_name|truncatewords:4 }} produces This product allows users ... from a value This product allows users to maximize growth.

Where to find Snippet tags

Go to Tools -> Snippet Tags and choose which tags you would like to learn about

How to use Snippet tags

To use Snippet Tags you need to copy text, change variables if needed, and paste it like the standard text to your creation. Once sent to the receiver, it will turn into dynamic user data.

Everything written in double brackets {{ }} will be treated as a variable. It will work the same in any campaign and even Pop Ups or HTML Blocks!

You can also find Snippet tags while typing an email message in Editing template or Message. From the drop-down menu under Personalize, select which attribute you want to render.

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