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Many businesses that want to start with email marketing but aren’t familiar with marketing campaigns or with tools like EmailOctopus often begin by bulk mailing email addresses by placing them in BCC. While this is not the correct way to send bulk emails, it occasionally works. The more mature way to send bulk marketing emails [...]
If you own an Etsy shop, you may have experienced the challenge of limited features for engaging with past customers and encouraging repeat purchases. This is a frequent issue discussed within the Etsy seller community, and the solution here is to build an audience. While there are several ways to achieve this, like having an [...]
Interactive elements like videos are always more eye-catching than static images or plain text. Moreover, videos have already shown their value to marketers by delivering strong ROI and promoting growth; as a result, they are now an integral part of the most marketing channels. While adding videos to emails can be tricky, there are now [...]
A test by EmailToolTester found that one in six emails never made it to users’ inboxes. This means that around ~16% of emails go to waste due to various deliverability issues. Even though this number might look small to some, it can have a significant effect on your ROI. This why doing an email deliverability [...]
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Email marketing is a powerful tool to engage, nurture, and convert prospects. To maintain a high ROI in your email marketing campaigns, it’s important to continuously audit and analyse your email marketing strategy. What is an email marketing audit An email marketing audit is a step-by-step process of reviewing your email marketing procedures and strategy [...]
According to Statista, approximately 45% of all emails in 2023 were considered spam, and this number was as high as 80% in 2011. This number is the reason email blocklists exist. Not only do blocklists help reduce spam emails, but they also serve as a powerful tool in protecting users from phishing attacks and other malicious [...]
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On April 2nd, 2025 Outlook announced a new set of rules for high-volume email senders (domains through which more than 5,000 emails are sent daily). This is being done by Outlook to protect its users and reduce spam emails. So if you are a high-volume sender and send email to Outlook (email addresses belonging to hotmail.com, live.com, outlook.com), [...]
It’s 2025 and every other business is either online or is trying to get online soon and with all this competition, it’s becoming even more important to stand out. While you might try to do many things to stay ahead of this competition, the only thing that will benefit you the most is validation from [...]
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If you are still using Mailchimp, you must have received an email from them saying, “We’re discontinuing our Classic Automation Builder on June 1, 2025.” At first, this might just look like a product update email, but if you read it carefully, you’ll understand that this is being done to stop free users from using email [...]
When it comes to email marketing, most people think of newsletters or those fancy marketing emails. However, the real strength of email marketing lies in automation. It’s a cost-effective way to keep your subscribers engaged, increase sales, and grow your business. Benefits of email automation Email automation is more than just a feature that allows [...]
Dark mode is a popular feature adopted by many email clients and has become an important consideration for email marketers when designing their email campaigns. Dark mode is a display setting that uses a darker colour palette to reduce eye strain and improve readability in low-light environments. It is particularly popular on mobile devices and [...]
For nonprofits, email is one of the most effective communication channels for building relationships with supporters and connecting with donors. With email, you can share your story with the people who support your mission while spreading your mission to a wider audience. But in order for nonprofits to achieve their goals with email, they need [...]