Between November and December 09, the number of people reading the STYLECampaign newsletter on the iPhone, jumped from 4.4% to 10.4%. Needing to test some new, iPhone friendly templates, I went searching for a mobile preview tool. Here’s 10 I’ve found: 1. { DeviceAnywhere } Pros: DeviceAnywhere allows you access to over 2,000 devices. All emulators, not static previews. On the iPhone... [Read more]
OTTAWA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Campaigner, today announced the launch of several new features and capabilities that further provide businesses with an easy and cost-effective way to build customer relationships, engage with prospects and increase sales. With Campaigner’s tools for email campaign creation, templates, reports, and contact list management,... [Read more]
Campaign Monitor has just released a mobile app optimized for the iPhone, Android etc… Campaign Monitor chose to focus on creating a mobile web version of their service. They reasoned this was a more flexible approach for their clients and especially resellers — the mobile app route keeps it all private label if you wish. There’s no need to download anything since you get the mobile... [Read more]
To get the right answers, you have to ask the right questions. Our Chief eMail Officer and myself have spent some time scouring the planet for the questions you should be asking your eMail Service Provider (ESP) and what you have here is the result. I’ve credited each set of questions to the original source in the foot notes but, in some cases I created the actual question or revised them to make... [Read more]
Back in November @CKsays from NYC tweeted a question to us asking if we knew of any ESPs offering iPhone apps for their platforms. In fact, we did and we posted that same day with 3 different options. This post drew a huge amount of traffic and we’ve been keeping our eyes and ears open for other possible iPhone solutions ever since. We’ve found three more great iPhone apps from 3 great... [Read more]
The CakeMail team has just released version 2.2 of the CakeMail User Interface. CakeMail is an open-architecture, multilingual email marketing platform. CakeMail’s layered design is specifically meant for interactive marketing agencies, software companies, and web firms looking for an easy way to add email marketing to their offering. Here’s what the CakeMail team had to say in their press... [Read more]
Jordan Lane blogged Wednesday about an interesting Zappos marketing eMail he got recently regarding their holiday plans. The eMail informed subscribers that they would be seeing an increase in mailings and even named the dates when they could expect to see them. Seems like a very considerate thing for them to do and of course, Zappos get’s to remind their subscription base once again to keep them... [Read more]
One thing we like to do here at The eMail Guide is find answers to your questions and solutions to your problems. We absolutely love it when we get a question via twitter which we can provide a fast response to. This morning our friend CK in NYC, posted a tweet asking us about iPhone apps for eMail marketing. Well CK, here are the top 3 we know of. We’ll keeping digging for more and we invite... [Read more]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Upcoming tips focus on advanced email marketing with the use of multimedia Campaigner’s Tips Help Small Businesses Coordinate SEO and Email Marketing for Best Results OTTAWA – November 12, 2009 – Campaigner, a leading email marketing solutions provider, launched 101 Tips for Getting Started with Email Marketing this year to help small business owners implement... [Read more]
It certainly doesn’t shock me that monkeys can run their own testing lab when I consider all their accomplishments. Think about it, get enough monkeys in a room with enough typewriters and you’ve got yourself Shakespeare! So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that MailChimp has the little darlings running around in lab coats carrying laptops and compiling code. This, I imagine is the scene at the... [Read more]
Some real treats for you on this Monday as we creep towards Halloween! Constant Contact has opened up their goody bag to offer up a new tool to help small businesses and organizations market events. Certainly the PR sounds impressive, allowing users to not only promote but, track response and even process transactions. While there may be nothing more fun than a barrel full of monkey’s, apparently... [Read more]
When the first email was sent in 1971, the age of electronic communication was born. So when Lars Rasmussen asked himself, “what would email look if it was invented today?”, he inevitably answered the question by developing real-time communication platform, Google Wave. Google Wave will revolutionize the way we interact by combining email with instant messaging, chat, wikis, blogs and social networks,... [Read more]
