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During the holiday season expect emails to land more in the Promotion tab

Discover why emails land in the promotions tab during the holiday season and learn best practices for improving deliverability. Embrace the promo tab and focus on sending valuable emails to your subs...

Jesse Hanley
Jesse Hanley

Quick Email Signature Examples

Stuck on a nice, compliant plain text email signature? We got you covered!

Jesse Hanley
Jesse Hanley

Confirmed Opt-In aka Double Opt-In Benefits

In this article, we'll talk about the benefits of Confirmed Opt-In aka Double Opt-In.

Jesse Hanley
Jesse Hanley

What is the Precedence: Bulk header?

A few years back, the ISPs (Gmail, Yahoo, etc) began asking email marketers to identify themselves and classify the type of email they were sending upfront (in the email headers). This was done to he...

Jesse Hanley
Jesse Hanley
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Predicting Inbox Placement

Ever wondered how to land in the primary inbox? We've got you covered in this post!

Jesse Hanley
Jesse Hanley

Debugging Deliverability: A Real Life Example

A fun story diving into debugging a customer's issue landing in the inbox.

Jesse Hanley
Jesse Hanley

Should I Use Subdomains For Sending Email?

During the onboarding process for our customers, regardless of their size, we strive to ensure that each one receives the best deliverability advice possible. One key piece of advice we offer is to ...

Jesse Hanley
Jesse Hanley

Beyond the Inbox: 3 Promotional Email Campaigns You Haven't Tried Yet

One of the biggest challenges of email marketing is trying to make a creative and unique campaign that will stand out in the inboxes of your subscribers. To help you with this, we offer you ideas for...

Alyssa Jean
Alyssa Jean

Mastering the Customer Lifecycle with Email Marketing

The art of marketing is not just composing a good message - it is also how you deliver the message and keep the engagement. This is why it is of crucial importance to start building up a relationship...

Alyssa Jean
Alyssa Jean

The Secret Psychology Behind Your Shopping Cart: Cognitive Biases Unveiled

Marketing emailing is, first and foremost, about customers. Therefore, if we wish to know more about marketing, we need to know more about how customers act in general, what they wish for, and what w...

Alyssa Jean
Alyssa Jean