Tag Archives | deliverability
Using “Reply To” to increase engagement (and deliverability)
Since the previous post on crafting a thank you page, I've had several people write us to either:
1. Let us know they DO personally respond to email messages; and
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Staying (and Getting) Out of the Spam Folder (Part 2 of 3)
Last week, we discussed list building, opt-ins and unsubscribes
This week, we're going to go over authentication and reputation.
1. Reputation
First and foremost, it's important to keep an eye on your reputation across the board. We monitor your IP and sending domain. However, any domains that you use in your messages Read more...
Staying (and Getting) Out of the Spam Folder (Part 1 of 3)
Over the next 3 weeks, we're going to be discussing how to stay out of the spam folder (and get out if you've found your way there)
1. List Building 101
This should go without saying, but DO NOT use co-reg strategies... Do NOT scrape the Internet for email addresses... And Read more...
Engagement Metrics Explained
Return Path has released their Engagement Metrics Benchmark report. While we have discussed these items before, it's worth downloading the report and giving it a quick read.
As we all know by now, engagement is critical to the success of your email program. The major ISPs (Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Read more...
Verizon Email Closing Down
You may have heard the chatter about Verizon moving out of the email space and migrating their customers to AOL for the backend.
Here is more info on it from Verizon (why they're getting out of email and how Verizon customers are impacted):
https://www.verizon.com/Support/Residential/email/migrations.htm?CMP=DMC-CVZ_ZZ_ZZ_Z_DO_N_X00425
While the change will take some time Read more...
Gmail Filtering
The deliverability community is relatively small. There are a handful of people that we follow because they tend to have some different insight and viewpoints on deliverability and what's going on in the space.
Last week, I read an article over on the Word to the Wise blog about Gmail's Read more...