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Jan 31, 2008, 12:13

Notice: This is a discussion thread for comments about the SitePoint article, The Principles of Beautiful HTML Email.
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Great great great...
I´d title it: The Principles of Usable and Beautiful HTML Email. ; )

mattymcg · Jan 31, 2008, 18:49

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Originally Posted by Gabriel Porras

I´d title it: The Principles of Usable and Beautiful HTML Email. ; )

What a mouthful! It might be more descriptive, but hardly a catchy title...

Btw Mathew: this is one of the best articles I have read on the topic. Great stuff!

randywehrs · Jan 31, 2008, 20:16

Yes, thank you! My new job is 80% creating html emails, and this article and its links are very helpful. Give us more on this!! :)

Feb 1, 2008, 06:47

You've GOT to be kidding me? The "email standards project" is a blatant way for these fresh view morons to promote their stupid email sending service. Shame on SitePoint for publishing this.

Feb 1, 2008, 13:20

Glad you enjoyed it guys. Agro, are you the one from 'Cartoon Connection'?

Feb 1, 2008, 15:08

"Studies over recent years have shown that, on average, email marketing provides as much as $50 in revenue for every dollar spent."

********. Pure ********. At least it was text-only ********.

Tyssen · Feb 1, 2008, 19:48

Get a clue Agro.

mattymcg · Feb 1, 2008, 20:23

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Originally Posted by Mathew Patterson

Glad you enjoyed it guys. Agro, are you the one from 'Cartoon Connection'?

You know, I'd never considered that Agro from Cartoon Connection looked much like a troll... until now!

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Originally Posted by Rudy

"Studies over recent years have shown that, on average, email marketing provides as much as $50 in revenue for every dollar spent."

********. Pure ********. At least it was text-only ********.

I'd be interested to see any stats you have that contradict this statement Rudy. Email Marketing delivers an average ROI of $51.45 per dollar spent, according to the Direct Marketing Association report “Power of Direct” (October 2006). SitePoint was largely built on email marketing; I can concur that this sounds about right.

Feb 16, 2008, 07:04

"<i>Some CMSs use very long parameters, so you might consider using redirects on your own server, or a service like http://www.tinyurl.com/ to get shorter versions of your URLs.</i>"

No, please, do _NOT_ use tinyurl.com to shorten your URLs in emails!! If there is an URL in an email message, I want to see where it leads me! There are too many clever spammers and virusses on the Internet that are trying to lure me to their pages. I don't want to run the risk of there being a smutty website hidden behind that tinyurl URL. I'd rather have a 200 character long URL where I can at least make out the domain it's going to take me too.

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Jan 31, 2008, 20:16	#3
randywehrs SitePoint Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: PA, US Posts: 13	Yes, thank you! My new job is 80% creating html emails, and this article and its links are very helpful. Give us more on this!! :)

Feb 1, 2008, 06:47	#4
Agro SitePoint Community Guest Posts: n/a	You've GOT to be kidding me? The "email standards project" is a blatant way for these fresh view morons to promote their stupid email sending service. Shame on SitePoint for publishing this.

Feb 1, 2008, 13:20	#5
Mathew Patterson SitePoint Community Guest Posts: n/a	Glad you enjoyed it guys. Agro, are you the one from 'Cartoon Connection'?

Feb 1, 2008, 15:08	#6
Rudy SitePoint Community Guest Posts: n/a	"Studies over recent years have shown that, on average, email marketing provides as much as $50 in revenue for every dollar spent." ******. Pure ****. At least it was text-only ******.

Feb 1, 2008, 19:48	#7
Tyssen SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 4,008	Get a clue Agro.

Feb 16, 2008, 07:04	#9
Ferry Boender SitePoint Community Guest Posts: n/a	"<i>Some CMSs use very long parameters, so you might consider using redirects on your own server, or a service like http://www.tinyurl.com/ to get shorter versions of your URLs.</i>" No, please, do _NOT_ use tinyurl.com to shorten your URLs in emails!! If there is an URL in an email message, I want to see where it leads me! There are too many clever spammers and virusses on the Internet that are trying to lure me to their pages. I don't want to run the risk of there being a smutty website hidden behind that tinyurl URL. I'd rather have a 200 character long URL where I can at least make out the domain it's going to take me too.