The Deliverability Light at the End of the Tunnel

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I was having a conversation with a colleague recently about deliverability, and as these discussions sometimes do, it started to become a bit heated. This person was disgusted by the rules and filters emails are currently subjected to. He said, “I send properly authenticated emails, make sure my emails are active on white lists, and [...]

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Email Practices of Top Online Retailers – Upcoming Webinar

How are email marketing practices of the top online retailers changing, for the better or worse? Find out at a free Webinar on Thursday August 20 at 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT, when I present results from Silverpop’s latest study comparing the email practices of retailers from Internet Retailer’s Top 500 list and 395 additional [...]

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Resources for Your Email Marketing Education

My most recent Email Insider column outlines the specialized knowledge email marketers need to have to run their programs successfully. It goes well beyond the basics you learned back in Marketing 101:

1. Email strategy

2. List-building/acquisition

3. Email design

4. Deliverability

5. Copywriting

6. Database marketing

7. Legal issues

8. Email trends and best practices

You can find more detail [...]

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