2012-02-22 ... I can't tell you how often I get the question, "How do my metrics compare to everyone else?" As an email or multi-channel marketer, it's a natural question to ask. We're driven to rate the success of our work against benchmarks within our industry. However, this simple question has a bit of a complex answer, so let's address this in a couple of blog posts, starting with "Establish Your Baselines." Back in 2010, we discussed the pros and cons of benchmarks with a video post entitled “Add Some Salt to [...]
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bronto.com
Intelligence
2012-02-22 ... Occasionally the Yahoo! email platform recognizes key phrases in your links. If/when it does, Yahoo! inserts a span inside of your link with a class name of yshortcuts. An attempted fix I've seen includes styling the yshortcuts class inside of a style tag. This would work if it weren't for the fact that Yahoo! renames every class you put in your style tag and in your html. This renaming ensures that your classes work consistently in your email, but it also prevents you from styling any of the Yahoo!-added c
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responsys.com
Design
2012-02-22 ... The three of us left Google to form Fluent out of a desire to create a communication product that is design-led, fast moving and — most importantly — pushes email into the future. A tool that accurately reflects how people communicate today and will adapt to what they want tomorrow. To fulfil this vision we’re building a product based on six principles: Simple conversations, Streamlined workflow, Access anywhere, Beautiful design, Seamless experience for desktops, small screens and touch devices [...]
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tumblr.com
Trend
2012-02-22 ... Practical tricks and tips for keeping tweets and email subjects short: Synonyms are your best friends, Eliminate implied and unnecessary words, Mathematical symbols and numerals, The active voice, Hashtags, Abbreviations, URL shorteners, Colons and trailing dots.
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email-marketing-reports.com
Subjectline, Copywriting