Create Stunning HTML Email That Just Works!
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Index
A
- addresses
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- IP addresses, (Blacklists)
- spam trap addresses, (Sender Reputation)
- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- animated GIFs, email client support for, (Video)
- announcement emails, (Announcement Emails)
- AOL 9, Flash support, (Flash)
- AOL Desktop
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- CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
- AOL Web
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- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
- AOL Webmail, forms support, (Forms)
- Apple iPhone, CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Apple Mail
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- HTML email support, (What's so hard about HTML emails?)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
- articles in emails, (Should I put the full articles in the email, or just teasers and links to the site?)
- audience, coding emails, (Know Your Audience)
- authentication, permission marketing, (Understanding Authentication)
- automatic filtering, spam, (Automated Filtering)
B
- background color, tables, (Tables: Not Just for Data)
- background, email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- blacklists, (Blacklists)
- blocking images, (Image Blocking)
- box model, email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- buying email lists versus renting email lists, (Is it okay to buy or rent an email list?)
C
- call to action, (Clear Call to Action)
- CAN-SPAM Act (2003), (Legal Compliance)
- captions, images, (Living without Images)
- catalog emails, (Catalog Emails)
- click rates
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- defined, (Measuring Success)
- what to expect, (How many clicks should I expect?)
- clients
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- all-image emails, (Living without Images)
- Modern Henchman newsletter client briefing, (The Modern Henchman Magazine Client Briefing)
- permission, (How can I know if my client has permission?)
- planning email campaigns, (Meeting Our Client)
- questions about email, (HTML Email Q&A)
- selling email services to, (Selling Email to Your Clients)
- subscriber lists and spam, (What to Do with Spam Complaints)
- coding emails, (Coding Your Emails)
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- challenges, (What's so hard about HTML emails?)
- CSS, (Use Inline CSS), (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Flash, (Flash)
- forms, (Forms)
- HTML email template guidelines, (Guidelines for a Solid HTML Email Template)
- Modern Henchman newsletter, (Building the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- scripting, (Scripting in Emails)
- templates, (More Resources for Building Email Templates)
- testing, (Testing)
- video, (Video)
- color
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- background color in tables, (Tables: Not Just for Data)
- email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- columns
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- layouts, (Layout Possibilities)
- Modern Henchman newsletter, (Adding the Content)
- complaints, spam, (Understanding Spam Complaints)
- content
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- Modern Henchman newsletter, (Adding the Content)
- planning email campaigns, (Planning Your Content)
- reusing, (Planning the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- conversion rates, (Measuring Success)
- copywriting, (Your Subscriber May Not Read the Email)
- CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
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- coding emails, (Use Inline CSS), (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- versus tables, (Tables: Not Just for Data)
D
- designing emails, (Design for the Inbox)
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- HTML emails, (The Case for HTML Email), (Gallery of HTML Emails)
- importance of designing, (Does email really need designing?)
- inspiration sources, (More Places for Email Design Inspiration)
- Modern Henchman newsletter, (The Modern Henchman Newsletter Design)
- plain text emails, (Designing Plain Text Email)
- display, email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
E
- email, (Why Email?)
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- (see also coding emails; designing emails; HTML emails)
- benefits, (Email's Undeserved Bad Rap)
- client questions about, (HTML Email Q&A)
- compared to websites, (An Email Is Not a Website)
- essential elements, (Essential Elements of an Effective Email)
- importance to Internet, (Email: The Heart of the Internet)
- nature of, (Email in the Real World)
- types of, (The Different Types of Email Communication)
- email clients
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- authentication, (Understanding Authentication)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
- email lists, buy or rent, (Is it okay to buy or rent an email list?)
- embedded animated GIFs, email client support for, (Video)
- embedded MPEGs, email client support for, (Video)
- Entourage
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- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
- Eudora
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
F
- feedback loops, spam complaints, (Feedback Loops)
- filtering spam, (How can I avoid my email being filtered?), (Automated Filtering)
- Flash
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- coding emails, (Flash)
- email client support for, (Video)
- folios, email service folios, (Your Email Service Folio)
- <font> tags, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- fonts
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- email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- HTML emails, (Typography)
- forms, coding emails, (Forms)
- forwards, (Measuring Success)
- frameworks, Modern Henchman newsletter, (Building the Framework)
- frequency of sending emails, (How often should I send emails?)
G
- GIFs, animated, (Video)
- Gmail
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
- goals
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- business goals, (Designing to Meet Business Goals)
- Modern Henchman newsletter, (Planning the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- planning email campaigns, (Setting Goals)
H
- headers, spam, (Spam According to the Law)
- heading blocks, (How Low Will You Go?)
- Hotmail
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- HTML emails, (The Case for HTML Email), (Coding Your Emails)
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- business goals, (Designing to Meet Business Goals)
- challenges, (What's so hard about HTML emails?)
- CSS, (Use Inline CSS), (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- design environment, (The Design Environment for Email)
- essential elements, (Essential Elements of an Effective Email)
- examples, (Gallery of HTML Emails)
- Flash, (Flash)
- forms, (Forms)
- importance, (The Case for HTML Email)
- layout, (Layout Possibilities)
- Modern Henchman newsletter, (Building the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- scripting, (Scripting in Emails)
- template guidelines, (Guidelines for a Solid HTML Email Template)
- templates, (More Resources for Building Email Templates)
- testing, (Testing)
- video, (Video)
- website design principles, (Adapting a Website Design into an Email Design)
I
- image blocking, HTML emails, (Image Blocking)
- images
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- coding emails, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- image free HTML emails (almost), (Almost Image Free), (Living without Images)
- inline CSS, (Use Inline CSS)
- IP addresses, blacklists, (Blacklists)
- iPhone, video support, (Video)
- ISPs (internet service providers) (see email clients)
J
- Java applets, email client support for, (Video)
- JavaScript, webmail clients, (Scripting in Emails)
- Jennings, Jeanne S., on the benefits of email marketing, (Email's Undeserved Bad Rap)
K
- known senders, (Become a Known Sender)
L
- landing pages, (Sales and Sign-up Process Emails)
- layout
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- HTML emails, (Layout Possibilities), (Structure and Layout)
- Modern Henchman newsletter, (Testing the Modern Henchman Layout)
- legal compliance, spam, (Legal Compliance), (Spam According to the Law)
- length
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- emails, (How long should an email be?)
- URLs, (Guidelines for a Readable Plain Text Email)
- line width, (Guidelines for a Readable Plain Text Email), (Horizontally Challenged)
- link element, email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- links
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- in HTML email, (The Case for HTML Email)
- unsubscribe links, (Unsubscribe Link)
- lists
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- email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- email lists, (Is it okay to buy or rent an email list?)
- lorem ipsum text, (Planning the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- Lotus Notes
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- CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
M
- .Mac
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- market shares, email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- marketing, Jeanne S. Jennings on, (Email's Undeserved Bad Rap)
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- (see also permission marketing)
- measuring success
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- client point of view, (Setting Goals)
- planning email campaigns, (Measuring Success)
- MobileMe, video support, (Video)
- mockups, (Layout Possibilities)
- Modern Henchman newsletter
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- business goals, (Designing to Meet Business Goals)
- client briefing, (The Modern Henchman Magazine Client Briefing)
- coding emails, (Building the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- designing emails, (The Modern Henchman Newsletter Design)
- plain text version, (The Plain Text Version of the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- planning, (Planning the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- MPEGs, embedded, (Video)
N
- nesting tables, (Tables: Not Just for Data)
- newsletters, about, (Email Newsletters)
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- (see also Modern Henchman newsletter)
O
- open rates, (Measuring Success), (What is a good open rate?), (Have Recognizable Sender Details)
- opt-out requests, (Spam According to the Law)
- Outlook 2003
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
- Outlook 2007
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- rendering HTML, (What's so hard about HTML emails?)
- video support, (Video)
- Outlook Express
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
P
- packages, pricing service packages, (Pricing Service Packages)
- Penelope, forms support, (Forms)
- permission marketing, (Understanding Permission)
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- authentication, (Understanding Authentication)
- blacklists, (Blacklists)
- importance, (Why Designers Should Care about Permission)
- knowing if clients have permission, (How can I know if my client has permission?)
- relevance, (The Rise of Relevance)
- sender reputation, (Sender Reputation)
- spam, (Spam: It's Not Just Viagra), (Understanding Spam Complaints)
- whitelists, (Whitelists)
- permission reminders, (Permission Reminder)
- plain text emails (see text emails)
- planning email campaigns, (Planning an Email Campaign)
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- client questions about email, (HTML Email Q&A)
- content, (Planning Your Content)
- goals, (Setting Goals)
- importance of planning, (Planning Is Essential)
- measuring success, (Measuring Success)
- meeting clients, (Meeting Our Client)
- positioning (in CSS), email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- press releases
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- about, (Press Releases)
- as spam, (Permission versus Spam)
- pricing, email services, (Pricing Email Marketing Services)
- promotion, selling email services, (Promoting Email Services to Clients and Prospects)
Q
- QuickTime, email client support for, (Video)
R
- readability, plain text emails, (Guidelines for a Readable Plain Text Email)
- relevance, permission marketing, (The Rise of Relevance)
- renting email lists versus buying email lists, (Is it okay to buy or rent an email list?)
- reputation, sender reputation, (Sender Reputation)
- resumés as spam, (Permission versus Spam)
- reusing content, (Planning the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
S
- sales and sign-up process emails, (Sales and Sign-up Process Emails)
- sales pitches, preparing, (Your Sales Pitch)
- scripting, coding emails, (Scripting in Emails)
- selectors, email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- selling email services, (Selling Email to Your Clients)
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- importance, (Why Sell Email Services?)
- preparing your pitch, (Preparing Your Pitch)
- pricing, (Pricing Email Marketing Services)
- promotion, (Promoting Email Services to Clients and Prospects)
- what services to sell, (What Can You Sell?)
- sender details, (Have Recognizable Sender Details)
- sender reputation, (Sender Reputation)
- service packages, pricing, (Pricing Service Packages)
- skills, pricing, (Pricing Your Skills)
- slicing, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- spacing, tables, (Tables: Not Just for Data)
- spam trap addresses, (Sender Reputation)
- spam words, avoiding filtering, (How can I avoid my email being filtered?)
- spam, permission marketing, (Spam: It's Not Just Viagra), (Understanding Spam Complaints)
- structure, HTML emails, (Structure and Layout)
- style element, email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- styles (see CSS)
- subject lines, spam, (Spam According to the Law)
T
- tables
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- coding emails, (Tables: Not Just for Data)
- email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- templates, coding emailss, (More Resources for Building Email Templates)
- testing
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- business goals, (Designing to Meet Business Goals)
- HTML emails, (Testing)
- text emails
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- balancing with images, (Living without Images)
- designing, (Designing Plain Text Email)
- email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Modern Henchman newsletter, (The Plain Text Version of the Modern Henchman Newsletter)
- Thunderbird
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
- time to send emails, (What is the best time to send?)
- trust, email open rates, (Have Recognizable Sender Details)
- typography
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- email clients, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- HTML emails, (Typography)
U
- unsubscribe links, (Unsubscribe Link)
- unsubscribes, (Measuring Success)
- URLs, length, (Guidelines for a Readable Plain Text Email)
V
- video, coding emails, (Video)
W
- web designers, role for, (The Opportunity for Web Designers)
- webmail clients, scripting, (Scripting in Emails)
- websites
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- compared to email, (An Email Is Not a Website)
- design principles applied to HTML emails, (Adapting a Website Design into an Email Design)
- whitelists, (Whitelists)
- whitespace
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- layout, (Building the Framework)
- tables, (Tables: Not Just for Data)
- width
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- lines, (Guidelines for a Readable Plain Text Email), (Horizontally Challenged)
- tables, (Tables: Not Just for Data)
- Windows Live Hotmail
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- forms support, (Forms)
- video support, (Video)
- Windows Live Mail
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- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- Windows Mail, video support, (Video)
- Windows Media, email client support for, (Video)
- Windows Mobile, video support, (Video)
Y
- Yahoo Classic, CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Yahoo Mail
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- alt attributes, (Living without Images)
- CSS support, (CSS Support in Email Clients)
- Flash support, (Flash)
- forms support, (Forms)
- image blocking, (Avoid Relying on Images)
- video support, (Video)
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