Category: Observations

Yahoo! Adding ‘Today’ Ads to Emails

UPDATE: We’ve found a solution for hiding ‘Today’ news ads in your emails. Recently I’ve noticed that a handful of emails sent to my Yahoo! account had a small ad tacked onto the bottom: Today, Litmus user …
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Graymail Features Roll Out to Hotmail Users

After announcing their “graymail” initiative in October this year, Hotmail started implementing changes and new features in customers’ inboxes last week. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the things you can expect to see in your …
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Facebook Messages Are Dead

At least when it comes to sending email. Last November, Facebook introduced it’s new “Social Inbox” messaging system, which included the option to have messages sent to your Facebook account through your very own @facebook.com email address. …
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Boxed In: Next Goes Horizontal and Plays With Color

I collect tons of screenshots of emails I find interesting for one reason or another. It could be a beautiful design, a rendering problem, a change to a standard template, or something that just happens to catch …
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Does a Great Design Matter if You Can’t See It?

A couple months ago a friend tipped me off to Fab.com, one of the latest sites to launch in the DOD (deal of the day) frenzy. Their deals are a bit unique and right up my alley, …
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Top Tips and Inspiration from Twitter Chats

I’ve recently had the opportunity to participate in two email-related Twitter chats. So what’s a Twitter chat? Pretty simple, actually: make up a hashtag, use a tool like TweetDeck, and participate in the conversation that transpires among …
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3 Reasons Why Facebook Messages Are Irrelevant to Email Marketers

After Paul’s overview post on Facebook Messages, I started to dig in and learn more about how Facebook Messages handles email to form my own opinion on whether “Project Titan” is going to destroy or revolutionize email …
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Mobile Tips from the Email Insider Summit

I recently returned from MediaPost’s Email Insider Summit, where I had the pleasure of joining Dylan Boyd, Chris Studabaker and Len Shneyder on a panel titled “Why You Need to Be Concerned About Mobile – And What …
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