Week #2: Useful email design blog posts and resources

A quick round up of some great recent email marketing and email design articles.

Design and Build Email Newsletters Without Losing Your Mind (and Soul)

Smashing mag’s great overview of some of the challenges and considerations you should make when designing an html email, plus a stack of examples.

Holiday 2009 vs. 2008: What Did We Learn?

Some take-outs from this year’s Holiday season.

The evolution of Wishabi’s monthly email newsletter

Interesting review of how a retailer’s newsletter has changed over time.

Email as a social stepping stone

Four key observations around social media and email, by e-Dialog International MD Simone Barratt.

Mashable: How to take advantage of social media in your email campaign

High level overview of how social charing and links to social media can be incorporated into emails.

The Four Agreements to Powerful Email Marketing

Four over-arching principles to apply to your email marketing campaigns.

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