CSS animations are animations that are built using code—specifically HTML and CSS. Using a handful of CSS properties, email marketers can manipulate the HTML of their campaigns and create a similar sense of motion as when using animated GIFs. Perhaps more importantly, they can create more interactive and engaging campaigns, too. In this guide, we’ll explore the pros and cons of using CSS animations in email, as well as the code that powers CSS animations. [...]
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Based on a survey of 240+ nonprofits, we examine a range of email marketing issues, including list size, workflows, automation, deliverability, and more. [...]
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ESPs are the technological foundation of the email industry—and the biggest line item in email marketing budgets. With so much on the line, it’s no surprise that frustrations with ESPs run high. In this webinar, Litmus Research Director Chad S. White and Community & Product Evangelist Jason Rodriguez share findings from our first-ever State of Email Service Providers report, along with insights from other research we’ve done. You’ll learn… [...]
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ESP, Study
Four months into the post-GDPR reality, our evidence suggests that the majority of email marketers are not seeing the major list damage once predicted. Our research shows that 60% of brands who are complying in full or in part with GDPR saw either no effect on list size or a loss of less than 10%. Some marketers would consider even the loss of less than 10% of an email list to be a catastrophe. But remember that not all email addresses in your database are equally valuable. [...]
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If you’re thinking of switching ESPs, first, be sure to create a solid ESP request for proposal (RFP). Second, go into the process fully understanding what’s involved. To help you with that second part, Litmus reached out to email experts at Marketing Democracy, BrightWave, DEG, Trendline Interactive, emailvendorselection.com, Laughlin Constable, and Red Pill Email to get their advice. [...]
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On the heels of GDPR, Denmark’s Data Protection Agency announced that it will set even tighter rules for emails containing sensitive personal data. The agency has recommended the use of email encryption since 2008, but starting January 1, 2019, encryption will be a requirement for all emails that contain sensitive personal information.
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How should your ESP RFP process go? Which ESP candidates should you include? What questions should you ask? To answer those questions and more, Litmus reached out to email experts at Marketing Democracy, BrightWave Marketing, DEG, Trendline Interactive, emailvendorselection.com, Laughlin Constable, and Red Pill Email. [...]
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Marketers who described their email marketing programs as unsophisticated reported an email marketing ROI of 44:1 on average. Programs of average sophistication reported an ROI of 40:1. And sophisticated email marketing programs reported an ROI of 38:1. The more sophisticated programs show a clear shift in focus from maximizing return rates to maximizing overall returns, which is what you want from a business standpoint. Who cares if the next $500,000 investment you make in your email program [...]
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Marketing, Study
A marketer’s email service provider is the cornerstone of their email program. It’s their most critical tool and a major budget item. But frustrations run high. Marketers told Litmus that limitations with their ESP was third on their list of biggest challenges for 2018. And 16% of brands said that changing ESPs was on their list of email marketing priorities for 2018. Based on our State of Email Survey of 3,000 marketers, our first-ever State of Email Service Providers report takes a detailed look at [...]
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While there are clear market share leaders in the email service provider industry, brands still have a long list of ESPs from which to choose. How long? Respondents to Litmus’ 2018 State of Email Survey mentioned more than 240 ESPs when asked which platforms they use to send marketing emails. Twenty email service providers were used by at least 1% of respondents. In order of popularity among our respondents, those ESPs are: [...]
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ESP, Study
The California Consumer Privacy Act, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, will require many large U.S. business to adopt much stricter privacy policies. [...]
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Law
Email analytics insights don’t just help you track email performance, they also are a powerful tool to help you improve your email campaigns. It’s simple: If you know what clients and devices your audience uses to read your email, you can focus your design and optimization efforts on exactly these environments. That means a better experience for your subscribers—and a more efficient process for your team. Over the course of 2017, we analyzed 15 billion email opens to see where subscribers read emails [...]
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Study, Trend
Using insights from the largest email industry survey of its kind, Litmus’ third annual State of Email Workflows report takes a detailed look at how email teams tackle every stage of the email creation process—from planning and building to quality assurance and sending. In this webinar, Litmus Research Director Chad S. White and Community & Product Evangelist Jason Rodriguez dive into the report’s key findings and break down the top 5 opportunities to improve your email workflow. You’ll learn… [...]
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Marketing, Study
If you’re an email marketer, you’ve probably said (or at least thought) one or more of those statements. If you’re a manager or executive, you’ve probably been told one or more of those by an employee or read it in the body language of your staff. [...]
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Email marketing is a team sport. And like a sports team, it’s not just the people who are on the field that count. An email team generally consists of three groups: Internal team members, which consist of the full- and part-time employees on a brand’s email marketing team. External email team members, which consist of freelancers and consultants, plus agencies and the services arms of email service providers. Business stakeholders, which consist of all of the people involved in strategic goal-setting [...]
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