Drumroll, please! Litmus is excited to announce the beta of our new email content optimization tool, Litmus Assistant. This AI-powered feature is designed to give your email and content teams the superpowers they need to make every send count. With tone of voice indicators, inclusivity checks, and more, Litmus Assistant is here to help. Let’s … Read more
Words bring your email campaigns to life! But the actual writing for email part can leave even the most seasoned writers scratching their head. What’s the ideal character count for email subject lines? Should I go for short or long copy? How much is too much personality for this marketing email? Email copywriting is a … Read more
How do you create stand-out marketing when budgets tighten and attention shrinks? Innovative emails. Email marketing is a reliable investment with an average ROI of $36 for every $1 spent. Yet subscribers (and email teams!) grow bored of the same old strategies, and your team has to adapt to changing expectations and demands. 4 email … Read more
This month, we’re doing something a little different with our favorite emails. We asked our audience on Twitter to share with us their favorite examples of accessibility in email, and you delivered! From glorious explanations and illustrations of ALT text, to text-only variations, there’s lots to appreciate and learn from in this roundup. Read on … Read more
And we’re back! Welcome back to This Month in Email—our monthly series on the latest happenings in the world of email marketing. Let’s dive into the biggest headlines shaping the email industry in April 2023. News headlines The world of artificial intelligence (AI) In lighter news Community happenings Email Client Market Share News headlines Outlook … Read more
Welcome to Feature Friday, a series where we get candid about emails that caught our attention recently, fresh from our own inboxes here at Litmus. This Friday, we’re highlighting two emails, one from our Favorite Email series and another from my own inbox. I picked Logan Sandrock Baird’s (Litmus’ Senior Community Evangelist) brain on first impressions, … Read more
So, we’ve established that Dark Mode is a thing. (A pretty substantial gonna-stick-around thing, even.) But we’ve also established that many people still aren’t designing or developing for Dark Mode. While this is true for a variety of reasons, when we asked our beloved email geeks why this might be true, the most common answer … Read more
Registration is now open for Litmus Live 2023! On September 11th-13th, 2023, the best event for email marketers, designers, and developers will be happening in-person in Boston and virtually. Over the course of three days, you’ll get inspired by email pros with in-person live sessions (or live streaming for our virtual attendees), one-on-one Q&A sessions … Read more
The Community Spotlight—a monthly blog series highlighting some of the amazing members of the email community—is back! Every month, we’ll interview, highlight, and celebrate the splendid members of the email community. We dig into where they got their start, where they are now, and explore their challenges and passions in email. This month, we’re chatting … Read more
At Litmus, we’re committed to providing the best support to our community and our customers. It’s kind of a big deal for us, so receiving review-based awards means the world to us. Sure, it’s cool to be recognized, but it’s even more important to be recognized for the values that are most important to us. … Read more
Welcome back to our monthly blog series where I, your humble Senior Community Evangelist, recap our latest Litmus Talks and note key takeaways (and offer a few thoughts of my own) to occupy your precious brainspace. This month, I’m sharing my thoughts on our dive into Artificial Intelligence (AI) marketing services in “Do Email Marketers … Read more
Drumroll, please! We’ve got some shiny new features in Litmus! Our latest product launch is an exciting step towards more accessibility, more options, and greater flexibility when it comes to everyones favorite experience… Dark Mode! (Emo hairflip and all.) Let’s open up the latest Litmus product launch box and take a look at the new … Read more
If you look after an email program, you’ve probably been asked: “Can we just send another email?” As daunting as this question may be, it should come as no surprise! After all, email marketing is your most powerful channel—ranked among the top three most impactful marketing channels by nearly 80% of respondents who completed our … Read more
It’s everyone’s favorite time of the month—time for This Month in Email! In this issue, we’ll cover all the latest and greatest happenings in the world of email marketing. Read on for the biggest headlines shaping the email industry in March 2023. News headlines Community happenings Email Client Market Share Yeah, we’re still talking about … Read more
Okay, so you’ve got people opening your email. Your designs wow, your headlines compel, your segmentation is simply perfect. Pop corks and toss the confetti, the hard part is over… right? Not so fast. As every email pro has discovered at one point or another, getting opens is only half the battle. The next big … Read more
Our State of Email reports have historically relied on the generous knowledge-sharing of the email community. This exchange of insights not only benefits individual email marketers in their professional development but also contributes to the collective improvement of the field. As email professionals, we understand the value of sharing our experiences and techniques with one … Read more
Can you believe it’s already the end of Q1?! The first quarter of the year always seems to fly by (for me at least), and it’s got me reflecting on how I distribute my time, energy—and attention. Speaking of attention: did you know the average amount of time readers spend with an email is only … Read more
There is nothing worse than spending hours creating a beautiful email, filled with perfectly witty animated GIFs, amazing images, and accessible buttons, only to find that it fails Outlook preview when you move to email testing. Soul crushing. Outlook emails not displaying HTML emails properly has been a staple in the email marketing book of pet peeves for … Read more
