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2012 Through The Lens of 2011 Deliverability & Q4 Benchmarks
Let me start by saying happy New Year! We hope that the final days of 2011 were spent relaxing with friends and family and that whatever final marketing pushes you might’ve been engaged with went off smoothly and effortlessly. Now …
Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deliverability Postmortem
We have closed the books on Black Friday and Cyber Monday for 2011. By all accounts the numbers look very promising and exceed last year’s. Marketers, retailers and shoppers alike have reason to rejoice. One might even go so far …
Gearing Up For Holiday Deliverability
With the holiday week upon us marketers are kicking their programs into high in hopes of achieving maximum inbox placement, clicks and ultimately, conversion. The economy has made the battle for holiday dollars fierce. Consumers are looking for the best …
Q3, 2011 Email, Mobile & Social Benchmark
As clocks roll back and the days grow shorter, we’re going to pause and review last quarter’s (Q3) deliverability across email, mobile and social messaging to get our bearings as we head into this holiday season. It’s more important than …
The Continuing Saga of Mail.com
The transition of Mail.com from AOL to United Internet continues to be problematic. We’ve heard from end users now about an alarming trend that negatively affects email marketers. It appears that Mail.com is issuing a hard bounce for valid …
The New Mail.Com Webmail Client
Ahhhh, spring is here! The warmer weather (in some parts of the country) has nudged blossoms out of their buds and filled the boulevards with petals. Snow is melting, birds are chirping, the boughs of our lemon tree are heavy …
Posted in Smarter Marketing
Tagged AIM, AOL.com, Email Optimization, ISP Deliverability, ISP Rendering Optimization, Mail.com, Webmail
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Mail.com Bulk Foldering 90% of Inbound Mail
We all know that we don’t live in a perfect world and that not every solution is elegant. One recent example we’ve run across is the mass bulk folder placement for mail bound for the mail.com domain. We at Pivotal …
Posted in Smarter Marketing
Tagged AOL, Email Authentication, GMX, ISP Deliverability, Mail.com, SPF, United Internet, Web.de
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Cablevision’s New Webmail Client
Cablevision has begun the roll out of a brand new web email client for their subscribers. The new webmail client has a few significant differences from the previous email client. Amongst the new improvements is a preview pane previously non-existent …
AOL Disabling Inactive Email Accounts
We’ve heard reports from numerous ESP partners and clients that AOL has been sending back large volumes of bounces due to the deactivation of old and unused email accounts. Although the exact reasons for what constitutes an inactive email account …
Comcast Delivery Delays
We’ve heard from end mailers and from top-tier email service providers who are experiencing large queues attempting to deliver email to Comcast, one of the leading cable providers in North America. More than 5 separate email service providers have reported …
Posted in Smarter Marketing
Tagged Comcast, Deliverability, Email Deliverability, ISP Deliverability
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Full Metal Email – Confessions of an ‘Anti-Spam Zealot’
We know that spammers are the enemies of all legitimate marketers—the fear spread by malware, fraud and spoofing have made our jobs increasingly more complicated and difficult. But if we think we have it tough then the ISPs are fighting …
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Anti-Spam, Deliverability, Email Deliverability, ISP Deliverability, Postmaster, Yahoo!
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Gmail’s March Madness
The NCAA Tournament started last Thursday which means that sports fanatics all over the country are consuming massive quantities of $0.99 Doritos, developing calluses changing channels frantically and going cross-eyed staring at their brackets. What I didn’t count on was …