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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

Domains & IPs: What the ESPs Aren’t Telling You

For many, email deliverability seems like a mysterious black box, filled with secrets only known to the experts. However, the truth is, it's a relatively straightforward science that you can understa...

Jesse Hanley
Jesse Hanley

DMARC, SPF and DKIM Simplified

In Email Marketing, ensuring your emails hit the inbox stage without a hitch is crucial. This is where the trio of DMARC, SPF, and DKIM takes the spotlight, acting as the guardians of your email's in...

Alyssa Jean
Alyssa Jean

Subject Lines & Preheader Text - The Power Couple That Can Make or Break Your Email

The subject line and preheader are the first things your subscribers will see when your email lands in their inbox. Because of this, it is of key importance to perfect the art of composing them well ...

Alyssa Jean
Alyssa Jean

Beyond Basic Discounts

We all love a good discount, but as email marketers, we love effective discount practices even more! We have determined a few innovative discount strategies that will help you reach your full brand p...

Alyssa Jean
Alyssa Jean

Customer Segments, but as Romantic Relationships

Ever heard of RFM? Time to dive in.

Alyssa Jean
Alyssa Jean

Unsubscribe rates aren’t evil, they’re indicative

Unsubscribe Rates are probably the most misunderstood metric in email marketing. Here's why.

Alyssa Jean
Alyssa Jean