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Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection: What This Means for Email Marketers and How to Prepare Now

Litmus

Apple just kicked off their annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2021) yesterday, and the email community has been abuzz ever since. Three words: Mail Privacy Protection. Apple announced Mail Privacy Protection for their Mail app on iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey devices. Is the open rate dead?

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Identifying ‘Real Opens’ Is Key to Adapting to Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection

Litmus

Apple’s new Mail Privacy Protection features will have widespread implications for email marketers , causing marketers to implement multiple strategies to adapt. That’s because these changes, which debut this fall, will prevent email senders from seeing Apple Mail users’ open behavior, IP address, location, and device information.

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iOS 15 is out, but marketers can shake off the loss of email open rates

Martech

The best news to come out of “Pixelgeddon” – also known as Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection feature, which went into effect on Monday, Sept. 20 – is that I will never have to listen to another conference speaker tell his audience, “ It’s all about the opens.” Workarounds waste time.

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Watch for inflated email open rates now that iOS 15 is out

Martech

With Apple’s iOS 15 now an available update for all iPhones, marketers should be on the lookout for changes in their email open rate data. What’s ironic, though, is that the feature could cause open rates to inflate, not drop. ” What if I still care about open rate data?

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Burger King’s NFT push: Wednesday’s daily brief

Martech

Fast forward to now, at our recent MarTech conference, and it seemed that CDPs were mentioned in actionable ways by marketers in almost every session. iOS 15 and letting go of open rates. It’s a day of rejoicing for those like Ryan who have advised marketers for years not to over-value the open rate.

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3 ways data can steer you wrong — and how to glean better insights

Martech

At the heart of significant marketing trends is data Look at the trends that have occupied marketers’ attention over the last three years: 2021: The rise of Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection feature , which masked user activity data. Marketers panicked at the thought of losing open rates. ” – Chad S.

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Click to give with GreaterGood: Thursday’s Daily Brief

Martech

Did you think open rates would drop? With Apple’s iOS 15 now an available update for all iPhones, marketers should be on the lookout for changes in their email open rate data. What’s ironic, though, is that the feature could cause open rates to inflate, not drop. Read more here.