Marketing Insider Group

MAY 30, 2023

Email: Track open and click-through rates, subscriptions, and spam complaints through your email marketing software. Direct mail: Since it can be difficult to measure the effectiveness of a direct mail campaign, add a tracking mechanism, like a unique URL or promo code, to each piece of mail to monitor conversion and response rates.

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SendX

JULY 9, 2021

The following characteristics easily identify spam emails: an unfamiliar email address in the field that says From a typo in the Subject subject lines written in ALL CAPS a high and typically bold font size and pure marketing promo and sales material Furthermore, have you considered the links you include in your emails?

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Zoominfo

MAY 19, 2020

What is spam? Many people seem to carry the misconception that any cold or unsolicited email is spam, and that spam is illegal. To start with, let’s clarify the distinction between “spam” and illegal email. Spam” is not a legal term, and definitions vary. But is Spam Legal? The CAN-SPAM Act.

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Litmus

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Sub-domain : A sub-domain of the domain that can be used for needs like marketing emails, to isolate mail streams from one another for both branding and reputation reasons. Attributed to an IP address based on what metrics an ISP has historically seen from that IP address and how users engage with mail that originates from it.

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SendX

APRIL 16, 2021

The last thing you want to do is to turn off potential customers simply because you send out the wrong sort of mail. Avoid Spam Filters If your emails keep landing in your subscriber's mailbox's spam folder, then it's inevitable that you won't be getting great results from your campaigns.

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Litmus

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In fact, 70% of emails show at least one spam-related issue that could keep them from reaching the inbox. While many factors affect your deliverability, spam traps are one of the biggest and most misunderstood of them all. What is a spam trap? Get your email scanned by every major spam filter before you send.

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Martech

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The guidelines largely focus on three areas: authentication of outgoing emails, reported spam rates and the ability to easily unsubscribe from email lists. DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) adds a digital signature to outgoing email, which verifies the message was sent by an authorized sender and wasn’t tampered with along the way.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 14, 2019

Spam filters are continually evolving, and that can mean bad news for your business. Staying out of the spam folder is just the first step in getting your customers, the loyal as well as the new, to engage with your content and lead to communication or sale. Email Marketing To Protect Against Spam. Segmenting Your Mailing List.

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illumin

JANUARY 30, 2024

Google and Yahoo will update their email policies in February 2024 to reduce spam and improve customers’ experience. In its announcement, Google says : “Starting in 2024, we’ll require bulk senders to authenticate their emails, allow for easy unsubscription, and stay under a reported spam threshold.” Maintain a low spam rate.

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The Forward Observer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

No Cold Calls.: Just click here to provide your postal address (I’ll send it anywhere in the world)! Douglas Burdett, host of The Marketing Book Podcast.

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Martech

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Because email is one of the most complex ways you can communicate with customers and prospects – through different mail clients, different ISPs, mobile and desktop, etc. The DNS maps a domain name to the IP address hosting the website and the IP sending mail for a particular entity with a different domain name.

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BenchmarkONE

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Ending up in the spam folder is every marketer’s nightmare. The more your emails get marked as spam, the worse your email deliverability can get over time. Let’s dive into these new spam screening policies Google and Yahoo are implementing so you can avoid being flagged as spam. Mail does not restrict.

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Vision6

JANUARY 15, 2024

are raising the bar to ensure a more secure email experience by tightening down on spam checks. To help protect inboxes from spam emails, Google and Yahoo! Maintain a spam complaint rate under 0.3% (no more than three spam reports for every 1,000 messages). As of February 2024, Gmail and Yahoo! But, fear not!

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Litmus

OCTOBER 31, 2023

And finally, Gmail announces new protections for a safer, less-spam-filled inbox. Starting in 2024, Gmail will require bulk senders to authenticate emails, allow for easy unsubscribes, and stay under a reported spam threshold. Make sure you’re not clicking a suspicious link before you click unsubscribe from spam email senders.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 27, 2023

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) defines who can send email from your domain, while DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) identifies an authorized ESP. Google tracks this reputation based on a variety of factors including opens, clicks, replies, forwards, spam complaints, and unsubscribes. Mail-tester.com is another great free tool we use.

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Litmus

AUGUST 22, 2022

List-unsubscribe is a native unsubscribe option offered by popular inbox providers like iOS Mail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Outlook.com to make it easy for users to unsubscribe from unwanted emails. Because it gives subscribers an alternative to designating your email as “spam,” list-unsubscribe also provides a benefit to email marketers.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 26, 2019

Internet service providers (ISPs) constantly come up with new ways to block spam- creating a never ending battle for marketers who just want reach their intended audience and protect their company’s sender reputation. Abide by the CAN-SPAM law. Keep reading. 8 Steps to Improve Your Email Deliverability Rate.

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Martech

MARCH 6, 2024

Since February, Google and Yahoo’s new spam policy updates have shaken things up for businesses using cold email outreach. With a tight threshold of 0.3%, even one spam mark in 300 emails can raise flags. DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail) works alongside SPF, ensuring your emails’ integrity hasn’t been tampered with.

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Martech

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the worst case — in the spam folder. You can try it for smaller mailings under 2,000 leads, but I’d recommend being careful with that. This builds up your sender reputation and helps you avoid spam filters. However, with cold emails avoid images, links, and HTML signatures, as all these impact deliverability.

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Heinz Marketing

JULY 9, 2023

I’ve already covered one email optimization workhorse in a previous App of the Week post, Mail-Tester.com , but there are a few more, MX Toolbox and Google Postmaster , that should make up any Marketing Operations professional’s arsenal.

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Trade Press Services Newsletter

MARCH 2, 2023

While spring-cleaning your website, clear spam comments, fix broken links and delete content that is no longer relevant, such as outdated events. To help your computer run smoothly, clear out the trash folder, browser data, downloads folder, cache, and junk mail. Update frequently used apps and programs and uninstall any unused ones.

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The Point

APRIL 29, 2021

The most common business case for using a separate email domain is that doing so can help protect a company’s main Web domain (companyname.com) from spam complaints, and thus minimize the chance of that same domain being blacklisted. For example, you’ll need to make sure that all mail gets redirected to email addresses using the new domain.

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DealSignal

MAY 15, 2023

These email validation software vendors could only tell us whether the corporate mail server responded or not—we were missing vital details needed to use these emails without concern of driving a high bounce rate. This approach will only detect mail servers and email inboxes that don’t exist. It doesn’t verify anything about a list.

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Litmus

MAY 20, 2022

But the reason behind why emails go to spam instead of the inbox is far more complicated than it seems. Authenticate any domain that you use with your Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record, DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC). Cater content to customers.

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Because your emails are winding up in spam folders. So today, in this guide, we’ll share 12 reasons why your emails go to spam, and how to make sure they don’t. Then, we’ll give you 6 concrete tips to make sure you can avoid your emails winding up in the spam folder. Spam Filter Testing and Spam Checkers.

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Litmus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Microsoft Outlook users were flooded with spam due to broken email filters. Google will apply Gmail spam detection to political campaign emails, once again. Bad ads are swamping social media platforms. Firefox for Android adds extension for hiding email addresses. A late-night email from Google terminates 453 employees in India.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 12, 2019

There’s something lurking out there, in the corners of the email marketing world, that scares a lot of people: the spam trap. Spam traps instill fear in marketers because most people don’t really understand how spam traps work or how common they are. Keep reading to learn all about spam traps and how to avoid them!

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Zoominfo

MAY 19, 2020

What is spam? Many people seem to carry the misconception that any cold or unsolicited email is spam, and that spam is illegal. To start with, let’s clarify the distinction between “spam” and illegal email. Spam” is not a legal term, and definitions vary. Try it Now But is Spam Legal? What is a cold email?

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Litmus

JULY 15, 2022

With Litmus Spam Testing , you can identify and fix issues that might otherwise land your emails in spam—long before you hit send. Read on to learn more about why spam tests are so important, what they can help you identify, and how to conduct them. What is Litmus Spam Testing? You’ve hit a spam trap.

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Vision6

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

According to Google, Gmail blocks more than 100 million emails as spam worldwide each day. Fortunately for you, spam filters can easily be avoided if you know what they’re looking for. Spam filters learn what characteristics are “spammy” by looking at spam emails. What causes emails to be flagged as spam?

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Optinmonster

DECEMBER 18, 2023

SMTP Integration With WordPress With WP Mail SMTP 9 Best SMTP Providers What Is SMTP? SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the communication protocol used for sending and receiving emails, and it’s a fundamental component of the email infrastructure. What Is SMTP? What sorts of emails do you need an SMTP service for?

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 27, 2023

Sometimes even in the dreaded spam folder. Our technology settings looked good— I checked Mail-Tester , MX Toolbox , and Email on Acid. out of 10 in Mail-Tester. My teammate, Win, scoured our Mail-Tester results and found a line of javascript code in our new newsletter template that was flagged as an issue—dangerous code.

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Ontraport

MARCH 1, 2021

You want your emails to land in the inbox, but there are SO many spammers out there — nearly 55% of all email is spam! — and the inbox providers (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc) too often throw out your “good” mail with the bad. Email is integral to the success of your business, so you want to get it right. Frustrating!

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recent Google and Yahoo spam ban demand the immediate attention of marketers and sales professionals. Table of Contents [Open] [Close] Overview of Google and Yahoo Spam Ban Google’s Enhanced Email Guidelines Who will this affect? of your emails are reported as spam, you could face penalties or restrictions.

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SendGrid

MAY 18, 2023

How does Comcast decide which mail lands in the inbox versus the spam folder? We learn from Comcast’s senior engineer. The post Ask the Expert: Alex Brotman, Senior Engineer, Comcast appeared first on SendGrid.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 21, 2023

By Lisa Heay , Director of Business Operations at Heinz Marketing For this week’s app of the week post, I wanted to highlight a cool tool I recently learned about – mail-tester. Plainly put right on their main page—mail-tester allows you to test the spammyness of your emails. This may be the case with other platforms, as well.

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SmartBug Media

JUNE 2, 2022

Short for “Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing,” the CAN-SPAM Act was passed in 2003 and provides FTC oversight over marketing emails in the United States. Under the CAN-SPAM Act, emails must have a visible way to unsubscribe, among other provisions. Spam or Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE).

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