For the uninitiated, code is code. It’s a series of incomprehensible symbols that make about as much sense as the pictures carved on the walls of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb—and about as useful to your day-to-day life. As you learn more about how to use different coding languages, however, you learn more about the … Read more
Building emails for an email company whose primary audience is email marketers is… tough. Email marketers have incredibly high standards when it comes to the emails that land in their inbox. Sure, email clients don’t make it easy with over 300,000 potential email renderings and email client updates that can happen on average every 1.2 … Read more
Welcome back to our monthly series where we dive into the best email campaigns that hit our inboxes in December (aka the second busiest month of the year for engagement!). What stood out? Playful animations, clever campaigns, and thoughtful timing were top of our list. Keep reading for our handpicked selection, or skip ahead to … Read more
Did you know an email can display more than 300,000 different ways depending on the email client, device, and reading environment? In other words…there are 300,000 potential ways an email can break. And that’s before all of your stakeholders decide to poke and prod your code in different ways. With 60% of companies needing at … Read more
Email marketers don’t wear many hats—they wear them all. We asked email marketers what they’re responsible for in this year’s State of Email Workflows report, and out of a list of eleven options from design to development to deliverability, 22% said they handle ‘all of the above.’ When nearly a quarter of all email marketers … Read more
It’s 2023, and artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. From generative AI tools like ChatGPT to coding assistants like GitHub Copilot, the potential of AI is top of mind for almost everyone in the digital landscape. However, evaluating its use requires a judicious approach, to say the least. Read on as we dive into key aspects … Read more
We’re back, with the highlights of our inbox in this weird liminal space between Thanksgiving and December! Is it the holiday season yet? Can we get away with putting up Christmas lights before December 1st? Who can say? But what we can do is tell you who blew us away in the inbox this month! … Read more
Personalization is all the rage in email these days – and with good reason! In a world more saturated with information than ever before, personalization is a great way to add a human touch to communications and increase the relevance of your missive in the subscriber’s inbox. And there are so many great tools out … Read more
Welcome back to our latest installment of This Month in Email—your go-to series for all the latest happenings in the world of email marketing. What happened in November (aka the busiest month for inbox engagement)? Read on for the biggest headlines shaping the email marketing industry. News headlines In AI news Community In lighter news … Read more
Email geeks, we see all the hard work you put into your email marketing campaigns. Once you have a great idea, there’s the copywriting, the design work, the coding, the endless back-and-forth editing, and then finally, the operational side of pulling lists or behavioral triggers and actually pressing, “Send.” It’s a lot of work. Yet … Read more
Is there any way to ensure your emails always land in the inbox? With Google and Yahoo enforcing new email deliverability rules, reaching your subscribers is about to get more difficult. But worry not—as long as you follow these new rules, your email campaigns should stay out of spam. From authenticating your emails to avoiding … Read more
There are two kinds of people in the world: The ones who already have their holiday shopping checked off, cookies made, and tree lit the day after Halloween…and the ones who wait until the last possible second to get their holiday planning in order. (Hi, it’s me. I’m #2.) Like clockwork, the last few weeks … Read more
Your email service provider (ESP) is essential to your email marketing workflow. Without it, you wouldn’t have a way to deliver the messages you work so hard to strategize, design, and test to your audience. While your relationship with your ESP can change over time, leaving one to move to another is bound to be … Read more
When we think about creativity in email, we often consider imagery as the go-to solution for eye-catching designs. There’s another way to get creative—typography. Learn how you can make an impact, too, as this guide explores: What email typography is What’s a typeface? Which typefaces you can use in email The benefits of email typography … Read more
The holiday email marketing season is here. It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but it feels more like a super hectic, stressful sprint to the finish line. It’s your last push to meet your annual goals, so stress levels—and email volume—are at an all-time high. While your colleagues in other departments might be already … Read more
The holiday season is upon us, and that means email marketers are busy. It’s now or never to send holiday email campaigns that close the gap between your goals and your current numbers. This is when your subscribers go into high gear shopping and buying gifts for their friends, family, and themselves. In 2022, holiday … Read more
By this point everyone knows that you’re supposed to be using AI in your marketing…. but not everyone knows how. What exactly is it that AI can do that makes it so valuable? (Lots!) Which teams in your organization can benefit from it? (Almost all of them.) Can it help with content creation? Targeting? Workflow? … Read more
We’re back with the latest installment of This Month in Email, your go-to series for all the latest happenings in the world of email marketing! Beware of the spooky surprises! Sink your teeth into some of the biggest headlines from the month of October 2023: News headlines Community In lighter news Email Client Market Share … Read more
