Archive for the 'Email Design' Category

HTML Email Incompatibilities in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

I know this is late. But, I just recently switched to Outlook 2007 and noticed first hand about the incompatibility in rendering some of the existing email newsletter…
Words have been spreading since early this year — with disappointments from email marketers — that the new Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 uses Word HTML rendering engine instead […]

That Little but Powerful Signature File

Signature files — or just sig files — are a few lines of contact and other information regarding the sender of an email. It usually appears at the bottom of every email we send.
Most email programs and webmail services allow you to customize signature lines or choose from different pre-defined files.
Many marketers overlook the importance […]

Study on Email Creative That Works

A study of B-to-B email marketing messages by SilverPOP identified several creative elements that boosted open rates and click rates, writes Kate Maddox for BtoBonline.com.
SilverPOP evaluated creative elements ranging from content in the subject line to the design format of emails, from an analysis of 147 email campaigns sent by 115 B-to-B marketers between April […]

Image Blocking Raises Concerns

A recent study from Goodmail concerning email graphics indicates the situation is even more dire than most think, reports Ken Magill for Direct Mag. The survey drew 226 respondents about their opinion about blocked images and links in emails.
The results show that 58.5 percent said that when they receive emails with blocked images and links, […]

Crafting a Compelling Text Message

As more email clients now support HTML emails, marketers probably think that plain-text email will soon get out of date. Stefan Pollard opined that it is actually quite the contrary.
Text email is more important than ever now that HTML is under attack from image-blocking, platforms that don’t properly render it, and aggressive spam filtering that […]