topic Re: How to add contacts manually to Newsletter List in Tips, Tricks & Best Practices

How to add contacts manually to Newsletter List

FMieke — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:26:56 GMT

Hi Community,

I have a newsletterlist, sometimes people reach out and want to be manually added to the newsletter? Can we do this manually without any filters or stuff? Or do we have to send them a form?

In general it is interesting for me to create lists and add them manually without any filters or so?

Thanks in advance.

Frederick

Re: How to add contacts manually to Newsletter List

karstenkoehler — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

Hi @FMieke,

That depends on your newsletter list filters. If it's set up correctly, it should filter for subscription opt-in. If it does, you can add a contact to that list (indirectly) by:

Opting them into the subscription type: https://knowledge.hubspot.com/records/manage-your-subscription-preferences-and-types
[if you have double opt-in enabled] Update double opt-in status: https://knowledge.hubspot.com/marketing-email/set-up-double-opt-in-for-emails#send-opt-in-email-to-individual-contact

If you're unsure, please share your list filters as a screenshot.

Basic instructions to add contacts to lists can be found here: https://knowledge.hubspot.com/lists/add-or-remove-contacts-from-a-list

Keep in mind however that these instructions disregard consent considerations.

Best regards

Re: How to add contacts manually to Newsletter List

FMieke — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:49:02 GMT

Thanks for the explanation, Karten! That fixed my problem. Is there any way to add people to a list without creating new fields and filter by them?

Re: How to add contacts manually to Newsletter List

karstenkoehler — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:49:57 GMT

@FMieke yes, the instructions from my previous reply would not entail the creation of additional fields. These are all default fields.