Some serious topics turned into pleasant advice in this week's icing news. Read these quotes, view the presentations & videos, and learn how to be…
Isabel LapointeAugust 10, 2011
If you've spent any amount of time designing and coding emails to be sent with CakeMail or another similar email system, you'll know that email…
Cakemail SupportJuly 5, 2011
In the spirit of the Easter long weekend...and since many of you won't read this until Tuesday morning, here is the continuation of Monday’s entry…
Kevin HuxhamApril 21, 2011
Technology Emails are sent using an MTA (Mail Transfer Agent), which is essentially a piece of software that connects one computer to another to send email.…
Kevin HuxhamApril 18, 2011
In HTML email, using an anchor is similar to adding a bookmark inside your content. Adding an anchor to your content allows you to create…
Cakemail SupportMarch 28, 2011
(And of course, these apply to other SaaS providers, too.) Being on top of your metrics is crucial for anyone running a subscription-based service .…
Francois LaneMarch 23, 2011
You may find sometimes that your background image isn’t showing up when you test or send your emails - but why this is the case…
Cakemail SupportMarch 14, 2011
Some great things we’ve been reading & sharing around the CakeMail office lately. Call To Action Buttons Best Practice Guide Just because you create a…
Cakemail SupportMarch 4, 2011
Use our Social Media features and make your campaigns easy for your readers to share.
Cakemail SupportFebruary 21, 2011
Some great things we’ve been reading & sharing around the CakeMail office lately. Birdwatching: QR Codes In Emails Some interesting info here - though the…
Cakemail SupportFebruary 17, 2011
Here at CakeMail we use Memcached to cache numerous amounts of data required by our application. Often we need to flush data from Memcached before…
Cakemail SupportFebruary 3, 2011
If you are a front-end developer that need to use a cross-domain iframe, you know pain. You could write a nice bit of code and…
Cedric DugasJanuary 24, 2011
Some great things we’ve been reading & sharing around the CakeMail office lately. Designing email for touch With more and more of our email-reading happening…
Cakemail SupportJanuary 17, 2011
Building a list - and in turn, generating new leads and prospects - can play a significant role in your marketing efforts. But how do…
Steve SmithJanuary 14, 2011
Some great things we’ve been reading & sharing around the CakeMail office lately. How Email Marketing Will Evolve In 2011 The Email Insider looks ahead…
Cakemail SupportDecember 14, 2010
You've worked hard to create beautiful campaigns for this holiday season - now how do you make sure they get delivered? Having a list of…
Cakemail SupportDecember 7, 2010
With the holiday email season is in full swing, here are four great things we've been talking about that might help with your next email…
Cakemail SupportDecember 4, 2010
We've alluded to it a few times over the past few weeks, and we're excited to share the news that we've just released a new…
Kevin HuxhamNovember 24, 2010
Some great things we’ve been sharing & reading around the CakeMail office lately. Have you RSVPd for #CCMTL? We're getting ready for this weekend's Cupcake…
Cakemail SupportNovember 16, 2010
Some great things we've been sharing & reading around the CakeMail office lately. Does Outlook 2011 (for Mac) use webkit? Though not officially confirmed, this…
Cakemail SupportNovember 2, 2010
Most CakeMail customers already know about the greatness that is Litmus - a standalone web app also available in the CakeMail add-on Marketplace that makes…
Cakemail SupportAugust 19, 2010
The primary purpose of email authentication is to verify that the sender of the message is in fact the party responsible for the message being…
Kevin HuxhamApril 20, 2010
I received 2 very good questions this week concerning CAN SPAM with regards to F2F links and sending email from outside the United States. I…
Kevin HuxhamSeptember 2, 2009
Today, I wanted to talk about blacklists and spam reporting services, also what you can do if you’ve been listed. First off, a lot of…
Kevin HuxhamAugust 27, 2009
Note: this blogpost was originally published on January 5 2009. We know you’ve already planned to lose weight, quit smoking, and start exercising to improve…
Isabel LapointeMay 1, 2009
Loren McDonald has just published an interesting blogpost on the need (or not) to add a second unsubscribe link on the top of your email…
Isabel LapointeApril 10, 2009
Previous posts: Are You Designing Emails for Seniors – Part 1 A Few Numbers Are You Designing Emails for Seniors - Part 2: Visual and…
Isabel LapointeMarch 16, 2009
Previous post: Are You Designing Emails for Seniors – Part 1 A Few Numbers You design your emails to be nice, sleek, and readable in…
Isabel LapointeMarch 11, 2009
A study released a few weeks ago has revealed quite astonishing numbers on the usage of Web-based email sites in Japan. While the older population…
Isabel LapointeMarch 9, 2009
Numbers can be cruel, as shown in the research conducted in 2007 by MarketingSherpa. They found that among users who clicked the “Spam” button, 41%…
Isabel LapointeMarch 3, 2009
Here is our series on Spam Traps and the affect they have on your deliverability. If you missed a previous blog post, here they are:…
Kevin HuxhamFebruary 13, 2009
Here is our series on Spam Traps and the affect they have on your deliverability. If you missed the previous blog post, here it is:…
Kevin HuxhamFebruary 3, 2009
Hello again, after reading a slew of articles that keep pouring into my inbox about Email Marketing projections for 2009, I’ve noticed there is quite…
Kevin HuxhamFebruary 2, 2009
A couple weeks ago we launched our new Litmus plug-in, built for testing your emails directly in CakeMail. This way you can be sure that…
Isabel LapointeJanuary 22, 2009
Again from Chad White, from Retail Email Blog’s, here is its Subject Lines Hall of Fame for 2008: “After reading more than 12,000 retail emails…
Isabel LapointeJanuary 14, 2009
Using the results of a survey of 407 marketing professionals, MarketingSherpa has published a series of reports around one theme - Marketing During an Economic…
Isabel LapointeJanuary 7, 2009
This Christmas, Email marketing is your best ally in promoting your goods and services. Here are a few reasons why: 1) Marketing budget has been…
Isabel LapointeNovember 21, 2008
Here are interesting blogposts from the last weeks. Enjoy and learn :-) > Learnings From The UK DMA’s Email Marketing Event (by T. Gielen) Among…
Isabel LapointeNovember 14, 2008
Hello again, last month I talked about FBLs, how they work and how complaints affect your sender reputation. Today I’d like to go into a…
Kevin HuxhamNovember 6, 2008
For many experts email marketing is one of the best options you have in these difficult financial times. When marketing budgets are the first to…
Isabel LapointeOctober 29, 2008
In the USA, Email's ROI in 2008 was $45.06 (US) for every dollar spent. Even though it has dropped from $48.34 last year, and is…
Isabel LapointeOctober 27, 2008
In a ‘Chart of the week’ taken from MarketingSherpa’s most recent issue of the annual Email Marketing Benchmark Guide, their team has put the focus…
Isabel LapointeOctober 16, 2008
Email Marketing Q&A’s Email Experience Council talks about CAN-SPAM, Permissions, Lists and Email Content. Email Data Management Best Practices How to take care of…
Isabel LapointeOctober 6, 2008
There are several reasons why people subscribe to a newsletter: They are interested in your product, your brand or your company and want to…
Isabel LapointeSeptember 30, 2008
Learn what matters to your customers in order to deliver "a total customer experience that goes beyond the sum of its parts". The ideas in…
Isabel LapointeSeptember 26, 2008
Hello everyone, I must say I am very excited because this is my first blog entry here at CakeMail and boy did I choose some…
Kevin HuxhamAugust 27, 2008
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