Hi Richard,
Since the email notification that users receive upon earning an achievement is standardize across all badges, perhaps you can try changing the description of the badge instead(http://take.ms/VLihD)?

Thank you for the suggestion Raymond, it works but unfortunately doesn't completely solve the issue, but if the email notification for achievements is standard there is a way (if this is possible):

Current notification for achieving a badge (where "Newbie" is changed to the name of the badge):

This is a notification to let you know that you have just unlocked the badge "Newbie" on the site.

How do I change it to:

This is a notification to let you know that you have just unlocked the badge "Newbie" on the site, don't forget to check the Community Sub-Menu "Applications" to install the Apps you want and keep them up to date!

(It is fine if the addition appears for all Badge Achievement notifcations and if I can show Community Sub-Menu "Applications" as a link that would be perfect).

Hey Richard,
If you are fine with the message appearing in all badge achievement emails, you can just do a language override using the following language constant and the translation that I drafted.

COM_EASYSOCIAL_EMAILS_UNLOCKED_NEW_BADGE_INFO="This is a notification to let you know that you have just unlocked the badge <strong>"_QQ_"%1s"_QQ_"</strong> on the site, don't forget to check the <a href='community/applications'>Community Sub-Menu "_QQ_"Applications"_QQ_"</a> to install the Apps you want and keep them up to date!"

Give it a try and see how it goes.

Perfect Raymond, thank you!

Hey Richard,

You are most welcome. Glad to hear that your issue has been resolved now.

As a gentle reminder, kindly start a new thread if you have any other issue in the future so it will be easier for us to manage your inquiry. I will lock and mark this thread as resolved.