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How to Keep Your Emails Out of the Promotions Folder

By Mike Donnelly on Jan 31, 2018 12:55:45 AM

I recently read a blog post by Seth Godin Please don't kill the blogs, which is an "open letter" to Google where he expresses his frustration with the way Gmail has been putting his subscribers’ blog notifications in their "Promotions" tab instead of in the Inbox.

Topics: Email Deliverability Email send frequency optimization
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Is Email Marketing a Commodity?

By Mike Donnelly on Aug 17, 2017 12:10:08 AM

As an entrepreneur with a vested interested in email, not so long ago I’d argue with anyone that email marketing wasn’t a commodity. A recent conversation with an industry colleague changed my perspective. Looking at Merriam-Webster, a commodity is a ‘mass-produced unspecialized product’. By that definition, the sending of old-fashioned email blasts is clearly a commodity. Everybody can (and likely does) do it.

Topics: Email Deliverability Email Email Marketing