Things we learnt at #TEDC14

Things we learnt at #TEDC14

I was lucky enough to attend this years Litmus conference in Boston, ‘Merica and to represent team Action Rocket. It was awesome. The Litmus guys know how to do stuff right. It was pretty much constant contact, either listening to brilliant talks from some of…

Email Inspiration: 5 great Animated GIF emails

Email Inspiration: 5 great Animated GIF emails

Here at ActionRocket HQ we love it when an opportunity presents itself to make an animated GIF. It’s a fairly old school technology, but it can be really effective when combined with the right corrective message. Here’s 5 great animated GIF emails we’ve spotted in…

Split-Testing Responsive Email Design: You’re Doing it Wrong

Split-Testing Responsive Email Design: You’re Doing it Wrong

if you're split testing responsive vs. non, and looking at clicks or opens, you're doing it wrong #emaildesign — Elliot Ross (@iamelliot) July 10, 2014 I watched a webinar yesterday where the presenter was strongly advocating doing a split test between a Responsive email vs.…

Email Inspiration: B&Q Interactive Email

Email Inspiration: B&Q Interactive Email

We love this B&Q email that Mark Robbins spotted on Twitter, because there is almost everything you’d want to do in an email going on. First off, there’s a custom published barcode, which contains the user’s unique member number. It’s also very nicely responsive. But the main…