Ros Hodgekiss is the Community Manager for Campaign Monitor, an email marketing and copywriting nerd, Disaster Volunteer with the American Red Cross and an enthusiastic, but not polished dancer. Her experiences from 8 years of creating and sending email campaigns have resulted in countless resources for email coders, including blog posts and Smashing Magazine articles, the Guide to CSS support in Email and the Guide to Responsive Email Design. When not cycling around San Francisco, Ros spends her time educating designers on the black art of email marketing.
Using the data from over 22 billion email subscribers, we determined what designers should prioritize when creating an email newsletter, both this year and beyond. Which email clients and platforms should we be supporting now? Should we learn all of the email workarounds or just use existing builders and frameworks? In this article, Ros Hodgekiss will interpret the numbers from her “Email Marketing Trends” report to help designers like you make informed decisions about what works and what doesn’t in email newsletters.
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What’s the point in creating a beautiful, valuable app if no one knows about it? Today we’ll focus on how to get a head start with email marketing by wrangling testers, staying in touch with users and successfully building hype for your app. Then, we’ll move on to how to announce the launch and measure results. While this article isn’t heavy on coding and development, you’ll find an assortment of practical suggestions that you can apply to your projects.
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Thinking about using CSS in email newsletters? Find a few ideas on how to start coding email designs with improved readability and usability when viewed in Web, mobile and email desktop clients alike.
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