This month’s emfluence Marketing Platform updates include a new spam filter, conditional preferences, updates to contact records, and more. See what our community has asked for and what we built: Image and Link Checker: Insecure Warning To try and prevent clients from accidently linking to insecure images or URLs, both the Links and Image Checkers in the Email Preview step will now show a warning for insecure URLs. Workflows: Issue Filter AM Asks: Can you make it easier to identify workflows with issues? A new filter has been added, enabling […]
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No, TCPA isn’t another new acronym in the alphabet of legislation that marketers need to comply with (think GDPR, CCPA, and CPRA). The TCPA, or Telephone Consumer Protection Act to give it its full name, has existed since 1991, so you should be all over it already. However, there’s no time like the present to brush up on TCPA compliance because there’s some new rules that will come into play starting April 11, 2025. These new rules will make it easier for consumers to revoke their consent to receive robocalls […]
Email marketing was never intended to be a one-way communication channel. Despite the best efforts of those ineffective marketers who continue to hide behind “no-reply” email addresses, there has always been the opportunity to engage email subscribers in a conversation. This strategy has always relied on marketers deploying relevant, timely, and engaging email campaigns that encourage the kind of interaction that enables relationships to grow. With the advent of sophisticated marketing automation technology, the opportunity to take these relationships even further is literally off the scale. For marketers who value […]
We like to talk a lot about list verification and cleansing in the email marketing industry. It’s one of those marketing best practices that can make a real difference to your deliverability, campaign engagement, and return on investment. But talk is cheap. How many of us are actually doing it? While many email marketers understand the importance of list verification and cleansing, they also see it as a chore. It’s like painting your bathroom ceiling or tidying your garage, there’s always something better to do. If only there were a […]
It’s no secret that successful email marketing is all about sending the right message to the right person at the right time. Of course, the best email marketers take their time to test and optimize every aspect of their strategy to ensure their campaigns deliver the best possible results. But here’s the rub: Time is a precious and limited resource, and most marketers just don’t have enough of it to ensure their emails are as optimized as possible. The good news is, even as an un-optimized marketing channel, email marketing […]