Tips & tricks

How to Import Contacts from CSV into SendBlaster

SendBlaster makes it easy to import your mailing list email addresses and contacts.  In this post we’ll explain how to do it. Easy and Hassle-free guaranteed! Step 1. Exporting your contacts from your mail account  into CSV file format. To import your contacts into SendBlaster you need to export a .csv/.txt file (one record, on…

Using Links in Your HTML Emails

When designing your HTML email you should keep your eye on links included in the message. A recent study found emails with 25 or more links had an open rate 12% higher than those containing fewer than 25 links, and a click-through rate 29% higher than for e-mails with fewer than 25 links (eMarketer.com). If…

Email Footers: Best Practices & Tips

Footers are probably the last read part of the email but they are certainly not least. Nowadays readers expect that footers should also display relevant information about your business and your brand. That’s why you should consider them as part of your email marketing strategy. In other words don’t understate them! At least you should…

Gmail, Msn Live, Yahoo! Mail, AOL SMTP Settings to Use in SendBlaster

When you send out your mailing using an external SMTP server, SendBlaster will delay the message  and the SMTP server itself will then delivery it.  All you have to do is to configure correctly those smtp settings. Today we want to focus on SMTP settings regarding the most popular web mail providers: Gmail, Msn Live,…

Email Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

Email Marketing can be an easy method to build relationships with your customers,  increase traffic and sales. But do you handle it correctly? Let’s take a look at some bad habits that “beginners” and “pros” make when they get into email marketing. Here are some common errors to avoid. Sending without permission It is very…

13 HTML Email Tips

Every time you create a new HTML email you should check that it works properly across email clients and platforms. In this post we’ve listed a couple of “golden rules” regarding html emails.  Do you already follow them? Keep your HTML emails no larger than 650 pixels wide. E-mails file size around 50 kilobytes. Not…