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The History of Email and Email Design
54 years ago, on October 29, 1971, 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…
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Bulk Email Address List Verification, Validation, and Cleansing Platforms and APIs
Email marketing is a blood sport. In the last 20 years, the only thing that's changed with email is that good email senders continue to get punished more and more by email service providers . While ISPs and ESPs could…
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CleanTalk: How To Stop Form SPAM On WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, or Other Platforms
Because Martech Zone is quite popular, I get hundreds of submissions a day through the site. Most are comment spam which Akismet does a pretty good job at flagging. However, comment spam isn't something that's too difficult to identify or…
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Website Features Checklist: The 68 Ultimate Must-Haves for Your Site
Wow. I love it when someone designs a checklist on an infographic that's both simple and informative. UK Web Host Review designed this infographic to develop a list of features they believe should be included with every business' online presence.…
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Spam Laws: A Comparison of US, UK, CA, DE, and AU
As the global economy becomes a reality, treaties are being signed that ensure that each country respects the laws of another and may even be able to take punitive action against companies that violate those laws. One area of focus…
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Email Subject Line Words That Trigger Spam Filters And Route You To The Junk Folder
Getting your emails routed to the junk folder sucks... especially when you've worked so hard to build a list of subscribers that fully opted in and wish to view your email. There are a few factors that impact your sender…
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What is Email Authentication? SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Explained
When we work with large email senders or migrate them to a new email service provider ( ESP ), email deliverability is paramount in researching the performance of their email marketing efforts. I've criticized the industry before (and I continue…
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Adding an Email Preheader Increased My Inbox Placement Rate by 15%
Email delivery is stupid. I'm not kidding. It's been around for over 20 years, but we still have 50+ email clients displaying the same code differently. And we have tens of thousands of Internet Service Providers ( ISPs ) who…
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Protect Your Blog: Legal Issues Every Blogger Should Understand
Getting caught up in content creation and overlooking the legalities involved is easy. However, failing to understand the laws associated with blogging can lead to severe consequences, from lawsuits to hefty fines. Understanding the main legal issues surrounding copyright infringement,…
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Social’s Media’s Road to Longevity under GDPR
Spend a day walking around London, New York, Paris, or Barcelona, in fact, any city, and you would have reason to believe that if you didn't share it on social media, it didn't happen. However, consumers in the UK and…
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11 Bad Email Marketing Behaviors That Damage Your Reputation… And How To Avoid Them
Despite the rise of social media, messaging apps, and AI-driven communication, email remains a critical tool for marketers and sales professionals. It's direct, cost-effective, and measurable. But email is only effective when it's done right, and far too many businesses…
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Affiliate Marketing and CAN-SPAM Compliance
Email marketing remains one of the best tools for affiliate marketers, but with that power comes responsibility. To reduce the flood of unsolicited and misleading emails, Congress enacted the CAN-SPAM Act, setting clear guidelines for what is acceptable in commercial…
