How To Add Emoji To Outlook Email



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From stars and snowflakes to smiling faces and smiling feces, we’ve fallen in love with emojis. While we regularly see emojis in texts and social media posts, these cute little icons are also valuable tools for email marketers.

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What makes them so valuable? Perhaps it’s because emojis stand out in an inbox dominated by text. Maybe it’s because subscribers can process pictures exponentially faster than text. Or it could be because icons communicate emotion more effectively than text. What we know from testing is that strategically and sparingly adding an emoji to a subject line drives higher open rates.

Let’s look at just one case study. This past spring, Entertainment Cruise Productions ran a promotion for their email subscribers. Subscribers who booked a cabin on The 80s Cruise during a promotional period were entered to win an unlimited beverage package during the cruise. We split the list of recipients into two groups. Group A received a subject line with the clinking beer mug emoji, 🍻. Group B received a subject line with just text.

Group A: Book Early and You Could Win Unlimited Drinks! 🍻

Group B: Book Early and You Could Win Unlimited Drinks!

The group with the emoji had an 18 percent lift in open rates over the group without the emoji.

In a holiday email, a client tested the use of the Christmas tree emoji, 🎄. This time the emoji was used at the beginning of the subject line. Group A received an email with the emoji in the subject line, and group B received no emoji. Using the Christmas tree led to a 37 percent increase in open rates.

Things to Consider Before Adding Emojis to Subject Lines

A few emojis go a long way. We recommend that you add emojis to email subject lines only when they are relevant. Using too many subject line emojis or using them in all of your email could cause subscribers to perceive your email as spam.

Run tests to ensure your subscribers think you’re as fun and cute as you think you are. Conduct A/B split tests with group A receiving the subject line with the emoji and group B receiving no emoji. You’ll likely see a boost in opens (and subsequent clicks and conversions), but if you don’t, it’s best to cut back on emoji use.

Run rendering checks in as many live inboxes as possible. We’ve found Yahoo to be the trickiest email client to work with for emojis. Certain emojis appear as meaningless code in Yahoo. AOL can also be problematic as it will strip certain emojis from the subject line.

If this happens, you can either choose a different, more common emoji or exclude Yahoo or AOL subscribers from your main delivery and send them a version without the emoji. (Katey Charles Communications clients who need help with list exclusions can contact Tech Support for fast assistance.)

How to Add Emojis

If you can copy and paste, you can add an emoji to your email subject line! Simply highlight the emoji below and tap CTRL-C. Then place your cursor in the subject line field of your email marketing software and press CTRL-V.

A word of caution: Be sure to run rendering checks in as many live inboxes as possible. Different email clients render emojis differently. For example, some provide a color version while others are in black and white. Don’t rely on rendering simulation programs.

Here are a few of our favorite subject line emojis.

SymbolDescription
Sun
Star
Snowman
Musical note
Airplane
Heart
Check mark
Arrow
Snowflake

You can copy more emoji and symbol choices through the Facebook symbols website and on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat#Unicode and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous_Symbols. Be sure to test these emojis before including them in a live email.

Note: These instructions apply to the email marketing software we offer to our clients, and may not apply to other email marketing programs.

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© GaudiLab/Shutterstock Outlook makes it easy for your to add emojis to your emails while on the mobile app through your emoji keyboard. GaudiLab/Shutterstock
  • You can insert emoji in Outlook messages on the desktop and mobile apps.
  • To insert emojis in an email on Outlook's desktop version, you will need to access the emoji library in the same menu for uploading attachments and images to your messages.
  • Outlook allows you to insert emoji on the mobile app using your phone's preloaded keyboard.
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What would digital correspondence be without emojis? Boring, that's what.

These tiny icons are inserted into digital messages to convey emotion. They run the gamut between smiley faces and animals to objects and road signs. Like other email clients, Outlook allows you to insert emoji into the body of an email.

If you're over making text emoticons and want to add a few emojis to emphasize how you feel in your message, here's how to insert them in your Microsoft Outlook emails on desktop and mobile.

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How to insert emoji in Outlook on desktop

1. Log in to Outlook and click on 'New Message.'

2. In the message pane, click on the smiley face icon.

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider You can find the emoji icon in the same Outlook menu as the attachment paperclip and image upload icon. Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

3. A new panel called 'Expressions' will appear. Click on the emoji(s) you want to insert.

4. If you don't see an emoji you want to use in the 'Popular emojis' section, click 'View all' to see the entire selection of emojis.

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© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider You can also search for emoji in Outlook based on keywords. Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

5. The emojis you click on will appear in the body of your email.

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider You can insert emojis into the body of an email by themselves or within sentences. Chrissy Montelli/Business InsiderHow to put smiley in email

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How to insert emoji in Outlook on mobile

1. Open the Outlook app and begin composing a new message.

2. Tap on the smiley face icon on your keyboard.

How to add emoji to outlook email subject line© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider Android users can use their Gboard emoji library, but Apple users also have a keyboard emoji library. Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

3. Tap on the emoji you want to insert.

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© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider You can view the entire selection of emoji by swiping your finger upward and downward on your keyboard. Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider

4. The emojis that you tap on will appear in the body of your email.

© Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider You can insert emojis by themselves or within sentences in the Outlook app. Chrissy Montelli/Business InsiderHow

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5. To return to your regular keyboard after you've selected your preferred emojis, tap the 'ABC' key.

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