{"id":24104,"date":"2024-04-11T22:36:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T22:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/?p=24104"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:11:43","slug":"spintax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/spintax\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Spintax? And How Can It Help You Randomize Cold Emails?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spintax is a popular technique used by (primarily) cold emailers to <strong>create near-endless variety in the messages<\/strong>\u00a0in their outreach campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>The goal: <em>Not<\/em>\u00a0to send dozens, hundreds, thousands, or even tens\/hundreds of thousands of identical messages.<\/p>\n<p>After all, as the theory goes, if Google sees you sending thousands of identical messages, they could be more likely to flag you as a mass emailer \u2014 or even the dreaded \u201cs\u201d word \u2014 and tank your deliverability.<\/p>\n<p>So with spintax, <strong>each email contains a random combination of different text options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re sending outreach messages through <strong>GMass<\/strong>, you can <strong>easily use spintax in-line<\/strong> to create the randomized messages you\u2019re after.\u00a0We&#8217;ll even\u00a0<strong>generate spintax options for you<\/strong> using ChatGPT \u2014 and we can <strong>automatically spin every email in your campaign with a single checkbox<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>GMass <em>also<\/em>\u00a0uses spintax in its original form, which is for <strong>A\/B\u2026Z testing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a <strong>guide to using spintax in GMass<\/strong>, along with the differences between using GMass\u2019s spintax for pure message randomization purposes or for A\/B testing.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"spintax-table-of-con-esll\">Spintax: Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#what-is-spintax-hybu\">What Is Spintax?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"what-is-spintax-hybu\"><a href=\"#using-spintax-for-me-tpvb\">Using Spintax for Message Randomization in GMass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#using-spintax-for-a-tvlu\">Using Spintax for A\/B Testing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#spintax-time-to-get-ngve\">Spintax: Time To Get Started<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Is Spintax?<\/h2>\n<p>Spintax is a feature that enables cold emailers (or any emailers) to randomize different portions of their messages.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, instead of starting every email with \u201cHello,\u201d using spintax you could offer up lots of different greetings:<\/p>\n<p>{{spin}}Hi{{variation}}Hello{{variation}}Hi{{variation}}Hey{{variation}}Greetings{{variation}}Dear{{variation}}Hey there{{end spin}}<\/p>\n<p>You could then add more spintax throughout the body of the email. <strong>The more options you create and the more parts of your email you spin, the more combinations you\u2019ll have \u2014 and the more variety you\u2019ll have in the emails you send.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The result<\/strong>: Instead of sending identical or virtually identical messages to a large list of recipients, each message is considerably different than the others.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"generating-spintax-inside-GMass\">The goal<\/strong>: Avoid getting red flagged by Google (or another email provider) as someone sending mass emails, which could affect deliverability and lead them to perceive your messages as spam.<\/p>\n<h3>The best option: SpinMax, GMass&#8217;s unique AI-powered spintax tool<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to get the maximum spin with minimum effort, GMass&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/spinmax\/\">SpinMax<\/a> is perfect for you.<\/p>\n<p>With SpinMax, you check a single box in the GMass settings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox.png\" alt=\"Check this in the GMass settings box\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox.png 1999w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox-1024x647.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox-768x485.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox-1536x970.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox-36x23.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-settingsbox-48x30.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then GMass will automatically spin every single email in your campaign, giving it slightly different variations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples.png\" alt=\"Examples of SpinMax\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples.png 1999w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples-24x13.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples-36x20.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spinmax-examples-48x27.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SpinMax works on your subject lines, email copy, and auto follow-ups.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see all your spun emails before sending, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/no-more-fear-preview-your-emails-as-drafts-then-send-them-with-one-click\/\">create drafts<\/a> to see how they look.<\/p>\n<h3>Generating spintax with ChatGPT (Right Inside GMass)<\/h3>\n<p>Spintax generation is really one of those things AI is <em>perfect<\/em> for.<\/p>\n<p>And we have an AI spintax generator built right into GMass.<\/p>\n<p>Our generator uses ChatGPT to create as many variations as you want <em>and\u00a0<\/em>format them in GMass&#8217;s spintax style, right inside your email.<\/p>\n<p>In your campaign, <strong>put the cursor<\/strong> wherever you want to insert your spun options. Then open the <strong>GMass settings box<\/strong>, and click the <strong>ChatGPT icon<\/strong> above the Templates dropdown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified.png\" alt=\"Click the ChatGPT icon\" width=\"2004\" height=\"1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified.png 2004w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified-1536x941.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified-36x22.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgpticon-tinified-48x29.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2004px) 100vw, 2004px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click onto the\u00a0<strong>Variations<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<p>Then enter one version of what you want to say, tell us how many variations to create, and click\u00a0<strong>Okay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2004\" height=\"1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified.png 2004w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified-1536x941.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified-36x22.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-enteroptions-tinified-48x29.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2004px) 100vw, 2004px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GMass will use ChatGPT to generate your variations and insert them into your draft, properly formatted with GMass&#8217;s {{spin}} and {{variation}} notation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2004\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified.png 2004w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified-1024x629.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified-1536x943.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified-36x22.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/spintax-chatgptspun-tinified-48x29.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2004px) 100vw, 2004px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can now edit these (or not), add more, or use the spintax generation feature to create even more spintax for other parts of your message.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"spintax-for-randomiz-exzk\">Spintax for randomization versus spintax for A\/B testing<\/h3>\n<p>The spintax usage I\u2019ve described throughout the article thus far is for message randomization.<\/p>\n<p>However, the original purpose, and maybe the \u201cofficial\u201d purpose, of spintax is for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/features\/ab-testing-gmail\">A\/B\u2026Z testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With spintax, you put different variations of copy into your subject line and\/or message, and then <strong id=\"using-spintax-for-me-tpvb\">test to see which variation gets the best results<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Through the rest of this article I\u2019ll cover how to use spintax in GMass for both purposes.<\/p>\n<h2>Using Spintax for Message Randomization in GMass<\/h2>\n<p>The first scenario I\u2019m going to cover is <strong>when you\u2019re using spintax for pure message randomization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In order to achieve maximum randomization, there\u2019s a setting you\u2019ll need to select in your GMass dashboard. (It\u2019s not something you\u2019ll need to select on a campaign-by-campaign basis. Once you turn on maximum randomization, it\u2019s an account-wide setting.)<\/p>\n<p>Open the dashboard settings and click into the <strong>Other<\/strong>\u00a0section. Then check the box next to <strong>Maximize spintax randomization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image8.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image8.png\" alt=\"Setting up maximum spintax randomization in GMass\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>With that turned on, GMass will now pick randomly from every different spintax block within your email.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u26a0\ufe0fImportant: <\/strong>If you want GMass to use maximum randomization in an email campaign, do NOT turn on A\/B testing for that campaign. If you turn on A\/B testing, GMass will not be able to randomize your spintax options. More on the reasoning behind that is later in the article.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"spintax-notation-in-muzs\">Spintax notation in GMass<\/h3>\n<p>In GMass, you create a spintax \u201cblock\u201d by starting with the <code>{{spin}}<\/code> command, ending with the <code>{{end spin}}<\/code> command, and denoting each variation with <code>{{variation}}<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>For instance:<\/p>\n<p><code>{{spin}}Hello{{variation}}Hi{{variation}}Hi there{{variation}}Hello there{{variation}}Hey{{variation}}Yo{{end spin}}<\/code><\/p>\n<p>You can also add mail merge variables inside your spintax, as those use single curly bracket notation.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, if you connected a Google Sheet of contacts with a column called FirstName, you could do:<\/p>\n<p><code>{{spin}}Hello {FirstName}{{variation}}Hello there{{end spin}}<\/code><\/p>\n<p>GMass will also help remind you of the spintax notation when you\u2019re composing an email. And if you use our AI-based spintax generator, it will automatically put your variations into the correct notation.<\/p>\n<p>When you type two left curly brackets, GMass will bring up a list of the different possible commands. (A lot of them are for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/conditional-content\/\">conditional If\u2026Then content<\/a>; however you\u2019ll see the spintax in the list labeled with its original purpose, A\/B testing.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image3.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image3.png\" alt=\"The spintax inline shortcut in GMass\" width=\"1576\" height=\"1010\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"an-example-of-spinta-mjvz\">An example of spintax with maximum randomization<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ve turned on the maximum randomization spintax option in the GMass dashboard for this test.<\/p>\n<p>In this example, I have six different spintax blocks (including the one in the subject line).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image4.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image4.png\" alt=\"An example email with lots of spintax\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1245\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Notice how <strong>the blocks contain different numbers of variations<\/strong>. There are three subject line choices, six greeting choices, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not a problem when you\u2019re using spintax for pure randomization. GMass will mix them up regardless of the number of spin options per block.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll make sure I\u2019m not running an A\/B test (if you check the A\/B test option, it will override the maximum randomization setting and will instead put your variations into specific groups for testing.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image5.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image5.png\" alt=\"A\/B testing is off\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1176\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Now when I generate drafts of nine emails, here\u2019s what I get:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image7.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image7.png\" alt=\"The result of maximum randomization on spintax in an email campaign\" width=\"1999\" height=\"690\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>As you can see from the previews, GMass is randomly mixing elements from the different spintax blocks.<\/p>\n<p>To dig in a little further, here are two emails side-by-side with the random spintax highlighted.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image1.png\" alt=\"Spintax results side by side\" width=\"1999\" height=\"902\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>I now have a fully randomized campaign with different emails going to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>(Of course, if my campaign went to a large enough list, some of the combinations would eventually see repeats. The more variations you put in, the more random combos GMass can create.)<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-if-you-don-t-tu-ygus\">What if you don\u2019t turn on \u201cmaximum spintax randomization\u201d?<\/h3>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t gone to the dashboard and turned on maximum spintax randomization AND you\u2019re not running an A\/B test, <strong>GMass can (and will) still shuffle up whatever you put in your spintax blocks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, it will not do so randomly. Here, it\u2019s mixing up your variations in an orderly fashion.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, <strong>GMass will match up items from your different spintax blocks sequentially<\/strong>\u00a0(it won\u2019t pull random items from each block in each case). GMass will aim to pair up the first items in each spintax block, then the second items, and on and on through the variations it creates.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, when I re-ran the campaign with maximum randomization turned off, here\u2019s the first email generated. It\u2019s using the first option from every spintax block.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image6.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image6.png\" alt=\"Less randomization with spintax\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1136\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>But when spintax blocks contain different numbers of elements, that\u2019s ok too. GMass will still go through and sequentially grab the next available option, continuing to mix things up.<\/p>\n<p>Here, for instance, is the fourth greeting option (\u201cHello there\u201d) pairing back with the first of three subject line options (\u201cwhirl\u201d), the fourth chat synonym (\u201cconversation\u201d), the first of three social proof options (Fortune 500 companies), the second of two good options (\u201cdeliciously good\u201d), and the first of three CTA options (\u201clet me know\u201d).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image2.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image2.png\" alt=\"GMass making spintax permutations\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1174\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s an <strong id=\"using-spintax-for-a-tvlu\">actual method to that madness<\/strong>, as GMass is methodically working through different permutations of the options.<\/p>\n<h2>Using Spintax for A\/B Testing<\/h2>\n<p>GMass originally introduced spintax as a way to run A\/B tests.<\/p>\n<p>And you can (and, often, should) use it for that purpose as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In an A\/B test, you\u2019ll still enter your spintax notion the same way.<\/strong>\u00a0However, you need to have the <strong>same<\/strong>\u00a0number of variations in each spintax block. Otherwise, GMass will give you an error.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because <strong>GMass groups your different variations for testing<\/strong>. The first variation in each spintax block becomes the \u201cA\u201d testing group, the second in each becomes the \u201cB\u201d testing group, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s already full documentation on the GMass blog for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/ab-test\/\">A\/B testing<\/a>, but to give you the brief rundown:<\/p>\n<p>Set up spintax blocks, making sure each has the same number of variations. Of course, in a pure A\/B\u2026Z test, you\u2019d only test one thing, not multiple, but some people will have more than one spintax block.<\/p>\n<p>In the GMass settings for the campaign, go to the <strong>Advanced<\/strong>\u00a0section and check the box for <strong>A\/B Test<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image10.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image10.png\" alt=\"Using spintax for an A\/B test\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1328\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Choose the <strong>percentage<\/strong>\u00a0of your list you want to receive test variations.<\/p>\n<p>You can pick 100% if you\u2019re just collecting data and don\u2019t want to send the remainder of this campaign to the winning variation. And GMass will send you an automated email letting you know you\u2019re collecting stats for the campaign but don\u2019t need to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Decide how long to wait before GMass (or you, manually) will evaluate the results.<\/p>\n<p>Choose who\u2019s going to evaluate. If you choose <strong>Automatic<\/strong>, GMass will automatically pick a winning variation and send it to the remainder of your list after waiting for the designated amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need to also choose on <strong>which metric GMass should evaluate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image11.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-14\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image11.png\" alt=\"A\/B test automatic decision settings in GMass\" width=\"838\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If you choose <strong>Manual<\/strong>, GMass will send you an email after the designated evaluation duration showing you the A\/B testing results. You can <strong id=\"spintax-time-to-get-ngve\">choose the winning variation by clicking a link in that email<\/strong>, and GMass will send it to the remainder of your list.<\/p>\n<h2>Spintax: Time To Get Started<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Spintax is a widely-used tool<\/strong>\u00a0for cold emailers who want to <strong>add more variety to emails in a campaign<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 and, in the process, <strong>avoid the potential deliverability pitfall<\/strong>\u00a0of sending the same exact message over and over.<\/p>\n<p>In GMass, you can use spintax to add maximum randomization to your emails.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use spintax for its original purpose, which is quick and easy A\/B testing.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already a GMass user, both\u00a0<strong>SpinMax (for automatically spinning your entire campaign)<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>spintax (plus our AI-based spintax generator) are available on all GMass plans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re <em>not<\/em>\u00a0a GMass user yet, <strong>give it a try<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 and see why <strong>more than 400,000 people<\/strong>\u00a0are currently using GMass to send their cold outreach, email marketing, mail merge, and mass email campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>get started in a matter of seconds<\/strong>\u00a0by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/gmass-powerful-mail-merge\/ehomdgjhgmbidokdgicgmdiedadncbgf\">downloading the Chrome extension<\/a><\/strong>. 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