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	<title>Harmonize Media &#187; email</title>
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		<title>Vertical Response, the future of email marketing!</title>
		<link>http://www.harmonizemedia.com/blog/2009/02/04/vertical-response-the-future-of-email-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Humble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years l have tried and tested many email marketing programs including free ones such as PHP List, Dada Mail and OpenNewsletter as well as paid for services such as Constant Contact, Mail Chimp and Dot Mailer.
I have gained a vast amount of experience in how these programs operate and the amount of time [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the years l have tried and tested many email marketing programs including free ones such as <a title="PHP List" href="http://www.phplist.com/" target="_blank">PHP List</a>, <a title="Dada Mail" href="http://dadamailproject.com/" target="_blank">Dada Mail</a> and <a title="OpenNewsletter" href="http://selfexile.com/projects/opennewsletter/" target="_blank">OpenNewsletter</a> as well as paid for services such as <a title="Constant Contact" href="http://www.ConstantContact.com" target="_blank">Constant Contac</a>t, <a title="Mail Chimp" href="http://www.mailchimp.com/" target="_blank">Mail Chimp</a> and <a title="Dot Mailer" href="http://www.dotmailer.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dot Mailer</a>.<br />
I have gained a vast amount of experience in how these programs operate and the amount of time and effort required to make sure your emails are delivered to the inbox and not a spam folder. But no matter how many l tried l always found holes in the program or service and l don&#8217;t think that l am asking for much more than any other email marketer.<br />
This search for the perfect email marketing software ended early 2008 when l came across <a title="Vertical Response Email Marketing" href="http://www.verticalresponse.com" target="_blank">Vertical Response</a>.</p>
<p>Not only was <a title="Vertical Response Email Marketing" href="http://www.verticalresponse.com" target="_blank">Vertical Response</a> the program l had been searching for over the last god knows how many years but it also had a fantastic support team behind it as well! Amongst the impressive feature list the one feature l have found to be worth it&#8217;s weight in gold is the integration with Google Analytics. This feature alone allows me to track the effectiveness of my email campaigns and single out what companies are interested in what both in my emails and on my websites.</p>
<p>The pricing structure is something that l considered carefully when using an email marketing program and again <a title="Vertical Response Email Marketing" href="http://www.verticalresponse.com" target="_blank">Vertical Response</a> are very cost-effective for me in comparison to other services.</p>
<p>Overall, l would recommend anyone to start using <a title="Vertical Response Email Marketing" href="http://www.verticalresponse.com" target="_blank">Vertical Response</a>!</p>
<p><strong>Visit: <a title="Vertical Response Email Marketing" href="http://www.verticalresponse.com" target="_blank">www.verticalresponse.com</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Inbox 2.0 &#8211; Email Standards</title>
		<link>http://www.harmonizemedia.com/blog/2008/04/07/inbox-20-email-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Humble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Web 2.0 in full throttle and the need for increased accessibility of websites, the time has come to focus this attention on emails.
Emails are the strongest communication tool that exists today. The majority of any companies b2b, b2c can start, develop and end with emails. They are kept as a record of agreements and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With Web 2.0 in full throttle and the need for increased accessibility of websites, the time has come to focus this attention on emails.</p>
<p>Emails are the strongest communication tool that exists today. The majority of any companies b2b, b2c can start, develop and end with emails. They are kept as a record of agreements and conversations from individuals and companies both in the form of just plain text conversation and/or with the use of attached files such as quotes, invoices or product sheets.<br />
If you were to take a look at the last 12 months worth of emails that you have both sent and received you would notice that there is a very large percentage that are business related and have generated either some sort of income for you or have resulted in your purchasing a product or service.</p>
<p>It is because of this that emails are so important and this is only for business communication and thanks to the internet, the entire world is heavily connected together. This means communicating with family members and friends through the internet (more specifically emails) has become part of day-to-day life as well.</p>
<p>So suddenly you can see the importance of email in our lives. Because of this and the drive for accessibility backed by Web 2.0, the time has come to look at emails; their formats and their accessibility. This is where the &#8220;<a title="Email Standards Project" href="http://www.email-standards.org" target="_blank">Email Standards Project</a>&#8221; steps in. The Emails Standards Project was setup to work directly with email client developers to ensure that emails displayed correctly. This means that emails will display correctly no matter which email client you use (<a title="Yahoo! Email" href="http://mail.yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo! Mail</a>, <a title="GMail" href="http://mail.google.com" target="_blank">GMail</a>, <a title="Microsoft Outlook" href="http://www.lukehumble.com/wp-admin/mail.google.com" target="_blank">Microsoft Outloo</a>k and so forth). It is a community run project coordinated by 3 individuals (<a title="About the Email Standards Project" href="http://www.email-standards.org/about/" target="_blank">more details about the email standards project can be found here</a>).</p>
<p>Emails are important and thanks to the likes of the Email Standards Project they are now getting the attention they deserve and hopefully the email of the future will more comfortable in our inbox.</p>
<p><strong>Website:<a title="Email Standards Project" href="http://www.email-standards.org/" target="_blank"> www.email-standards.org<br />
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