Day 1: pick a template and publish a homepage. Days 2–3: signup form and welcome email. Days 4–5: verify a sending domain and send a campaign. Days 6–7: enable analytics, consent, and track your first CTA click.
Why one week
Most indie creators stall between “signed up” and “sent something.” The gap is usually tool fragmentation — a site builder here, email there, analytics in a third tab.Aveiro keeps sites, audience, and analytics under one organization. This plan uses that connection so each step feeds the next.
Day 1 — Publish a homepage
Create a site from a template that matches your goal (portfolio, docs, or marketing landing).
Edit the hero and primary CTA in the visual editor.
Set title and summary in page settings for SEO and social previews.
Publish when the homepage reads clearly on mobile.
You should have a live URL on your Aveiro preview domain (or custom domain if already configured).
Day 2 — Add a signup path
Add an Email Signup component to the homepage or a dedicated /newsletter page.
Write consent copy that matches what you will actually send.
Open Audience → Automation and draft a welcome email for that site — leave it disabled until domain verification is done.
Subscribers from the site list feed the same org-wide audience tools as embed forms and imports.
Day 3 — Verify a sending domain
Go to Audience → Domains and add the domain you want to send from.
Add SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records at your DNS provider.
Use Refresh and check DNS in Aveiro until authentication shows verified.
Do not send campaigns from an unverified domain — deliverability suffers before you have any stats to diagnose.
Day 4 — Enable welcome email
Return to Audience → Automation for the site you added signup to.
Finish subject and body; toggle Enable welcome email.
Submit a test signup on the published page (not editor preview).
Welcome sends count against email credits like campaigns.
Day 5 — First campaign
Open Audience → Campaigns and create a broadcast to your site list or a segment.
Keep the first send small if the list is new — reputation builds gradually.
Review stats after 24 hours: opens, unsubscribes, and link clicks.
Day 6 — Analytics
In editor Settings → Analytics, enable visitor tracking for the published site.
Mention analytics in your site's privacy policy — tracking is cookieless and anonymous, so no consent banner is shown and every visit is counted.
