Email Tips

Presentation on Eblasts and e-newsletter: tried and true way to reach customers in Chisago County

blThanks to the Chisago businesses who attended today’s webinar on e-blasts and e-newsletters. And thanks to Chisago HRA EDA and SBDC for hosting us! We talked about different tools for email lists, how to avoid spam, get read and track interaction. Someone in the session asked about combining email marketing with text messaging. I knew the last … Continue reading

Email Tips

Email Newsletters

This week I met with nonprofit executive directors in Grand Rapids, MN. We started talking about Constant Contact (www.constantcontact.com) – and while I don’t usually promote tools you have to pay for here I thought I’d recap the conversation a bit for anyone else who has been thinking about starting or moving an email list. … Continue reading

Email Tips

Email Tips

The following is a suggestion from Denise in Minneapolis – top tips for sending email (or email newsletters). 1) Do not send one email message to more than 10 people at a time. Many email filters will throw that into the junk bin because it is going to too many people and often that is … Continue reading

Email Tips

On Vacation

I am at a wonderful conference (Symposium on Small Towns and Rural Summit) today and head out to vacation to a wonderful resort tomorrow. So, today’s Byte is brief. Below are instructions for setting your email to the automated out of office reply when you go on vacation (although I’ll actually be checking email in … Continue reading

Email Tips

Rejected Email?

I spoke with someone today whose email is not reaching his intended recipients. He works for a small company. They handle their email on their own server. They noticed a while ago that their messages were bouncing back to them – rejected. They had been blacklisted. So what does that mean? There are organizations on … Continue reading