Author: Elliot Ross

UCAS/Hewlett Packard marketing email causes a media stir

UCAS/Hewlett Packard marketing email causes a media stir

A co-branded marketing email from UCAS (the UK’s higher education admissions authority) and Hewlett Packard has caused a bit of controversy over the last few days. The mailing, with subject line “You have been accepted to receive big discounts on HP laptops!”, was sent before…

HTML Email Issue: loss of backgrounds in Hotmail (includes fix)

HTML Email Issue: loss of backgrounds in Hotmail (includes fix)

Various email clients have different quirks and html challenges – in our HTML email coding section we document these and detail any workarounds if available. Email Client Affected: This issue affects the new version of Hotmail. Issue: Hotmail have introduced a code in their rendering…

Email Inspiration: MTV UK Newsletter

Email Inspiration: MTV UK Newsletter

Update – see comments section for feedback with the design team. MTV UK‘s new email newsletter broadly follows some best practice, but there’s a few tweaks that could be made to really make it perform. The design and branding is very strong, and neat tricks…