July 9, 2008
From Loren McDonald at Silverpop, an email service provider, here are ten big email design & marketing mistakes to avoid:
- Making it difficult to unsubscribe.
- No "welcome" message and/or waiting weeks to send the first message.
- Overmailing.
- Using a large single image as the core of your email.
- Not using alt tags.
- Relying on graphical links.
- Not having a preference center.
- Not designing for the preview pane.
- Using a person’s name in the "from" line.
- Hiding email registration.
Loren’s straightforward explanations are worth reading if you’re an email marketer.
Tom
Great tangible tips for email marketing. Thanks for sharing.