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Deliverability Reminders: Subject Line Tips
Your subject lines are one of the primary factors that determine whether or not someone is going to open your email (along with the from name).
People often ask if there are certain words or phrases to avoid in subject lines and the short answer, as inbox providers have become Read more...
Deliverability Reminders: Email Content
Content can be a tricky thing when it comes to email.
A decade ago, you could get away with using tools that looked for keywords in your email and simply avoid using those words. Marketers would then try and "trick" these filters by replacing words like free with F.Re.E. Read more...
Deliverability Reminders: Complaints
This is another topic we have covered before, but is always a good refresher!
Complaints are one of the biggest problems people have with their email programs and can cause some of the most damage, short and long term.
There are a couple of kinds of "complaints": Read more...
Deliverability Reminders: Spam Traps
There are 2 main types of spam traps:
1. Pristine
2. Recycled
Pristine Spam Traps are essentially email addresses ONLY visible in the source code, but hidden so that you or I would never actually see them. The only way to find those would be to use some sort of bot or Read more...
Deliverability Reminders: List Hygiene
This is one of those areas that people really don't like!!!
We've grown accustomed to thinking that our list size is everything, so when it comes to cleaning it up (and possibly purging subscribers), it's not always a fun conversation!
However, it's one of the single biggest areas in which we Read more...
Email Deliverability Reminders…
We talk about various metrics from time to time... But over the next several weeks, we're going to discuss methods to improve your email deliverability once again as we approach the holiday marketing cycle.
Please note: These are not "quick fixes" and apply to your overall program, long term. Read more...