Developers at Microsoft last night let slip that the new version of Microsoft Outlook, Outlook 2011, will use the Webkit engine to render HTML emails. Webkit is developed by Apple and is used in Chrome, Safari and on the iPhone email client. Over the last…
It’s been a while since we posted up some picks from other email marketing blogs – here’s some recent articles we like! Sh!t my dad says about email marketing Really good insight from someone outside the industry – by Chris Donald Email’s Alive, But You’re…
One of the frequently overlooked challenges email designers face is that, either due to personal preference or the settings of their email client, many recipients will view marketing emails without images enabled. Almost all webmail and desktop email clients now default to not showing images,…
Gmail’s recently announced Priority Inbox feature uses an algorithm to automatically sort busy inboxes into ‘Priority’, ‘Starred’ and ‘Everything Else’. Criteria for sorting into the priority inbox include keywords, people the user emails most and general user behavior (e.g. previous open rates). Rules can also…
Off topic, but anyone who works either at an agency or client side will know the frustrations that conference calls can have! This is a great sendup, from the Citizen’s Bank annual staff talent show. Spotted on twitter, somewhere.