There are a ton more mistakes you can do with your entire email marketing program… but this infographic from Email Monks focuses on those ridonculous mistakes we make before clicking send. You’ll see quite a few mentions of our partners at 250ok on design and deliverability functionality. Let’s jump right in: Deliverability Checks Before we begin, are we set up for failure or success? Our sponsors at 250ok have an incredible solution that can help
The History of Email and Email Design
44 years ago, Raymond Tomlinson was working on ARPANET (the U.S. Government’s precursor to the publicly available Internet), and invented email. It was a pretty big deal because up until that point, messages could only be sent and read on the same computer. This allowed a user and a destination separated by the & symbol. When he showed colleague Jerry Burchfiel, the response was: Don’t tell anyone! This isn’t what we’re supposed to be working
Return Path vs 250ok: Email Deliverability Software and Services
Why does email deliverability matter? According to the 2015 Email Data Quality Trends Report by Experian, 73% of marketers reported having issues with email deliverability. Return Path has reported that over 20% of legitimate email goes missing. Undoubtedly, businesses encounter problems with deliverability, and that negatively impacts the bottom line. For years, Return Path has been the industry leader in the email deliverability space without much, if any, competition. With the arrival of 250ok, and a
What is DMARC? How Does DMARC Battle Email Phishing?
If you’re in the email marketing industry, you may have heard about DMARC. DMARC stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance. For additional information, I’d highly recommend the Agari site and their DMARC documentation and resources page on the topic. According to the experts at 250ok, our email sponsor, here are the benefits of DMARC: Standardizes the operation and interpretation of the well-known and widely-deployed email authentication protocols SPF and DKIM. Assists you in
What is Email Authentication? How does it Impact Deliverability?
There’s a lot of ignorance out there from marketers and IT professionals when it comes to email deliverability and inbox placement. Most companies simply believe it’s a simple process where by you send the email… and it gets where it needs to be. It doesn’t work that way – internet service providers have a number of tools at their disposal to verify the source of the email and validate it as a reputable source before
Send a Holiday Message to the Troops!
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