Campaign Monitor Newsletter

Campaign Monitor January Newsletter

Social sharing of your campaigns made easy

If getting your email newsletters shared across Facebook and Twitter is one of your resolutions for 2011, we have the technology. You can now add 'Like' and 'Tweet' links and buttons to your emails and see who's sharing your campaign via our real-time reports. So, whaddaya waiting for - start sharing your campaigns!

New year, new inspiration in our gallery

If you're looking for a selection of email designs to get the creative juices flowing in 2011, you'll be glad to know that our gallery is simply bursting with bold colors, big text and even bigger ideas.

With a focus on design agencies this month, there's an amazing collection here to get you thinking about your own marketing efforts. Is it time your newsletter had a refresh?

Email usability: 6 tips to get your email read

If you love short, focused email newsletters but struggle to get your clients to share the same feeling, we've got good news for you. Based on the results of an eyetracking study, we've compiled a practical shortlist of tips to get your newsletters read and help you design with readers in mind. If usability is your thing, hang tight as we delve into the science of keeping it short and sweet.

Facebook Messages: Is it worth the effort?

Is Project Titan set to become an email superpower, or sink away? More importantly, should designers be adjusting their newsletters for this new email client, or sticking to the same old formula? We've looked at how Facebook Messages deals with HTML email and put its CSS support to the test - now, find out if it's relevant to you.

LATEST CAMPAIGN MONITOR UPDATES

Webhooks: A simple way to sync your apps

Stay up-to-date with 3 new webhooks, batching and more. A welcome update to our API.

Free Ajax signup plugin for your WordPress site

Add a subscribe form widget to your pages with this simple-to-use WordPress plugin.

Reseller profits hit the $5 million mark

Designers like you have generated sky-high stacks by offering email marketing.

Meet the Team: Erasing the 'hacker tans' with a trip to the national park

Ah, fresh air and exercise! For this month's Friday Fun, the team trooped down to the Royal National Park for a spot of canoeing, swimming and sunshine. Even the local wildlife joined in!

If this sounds like your kind of action, get in touch with us - we currently have two designer roles to fill in our Sydney office.

Stop the second-guessing with this free creative brief for email design jobs

Give your next email design job more focus and save time with a creative brief template. Simply add your logo and print it out, or place it on your site as a form for convenience. It's white-label, so you don't even have to be a customer of ours to use it! View and download the creative brief now.

Introducing Blazon, a simple contest builder for agencies and marketers

If you're looking for a simple, non-technical way to launch online contests, then Blazon may be the ticket. Featuring integration with Campaign Monitor subscriber lists, Blazon also makes it super-easy to collect email signups and manage promotions from start-to-finish, all with busy marketers in mind.

Holiday email competition: We reveal the winning email designs!

Find out which customer campaigns most impressed our judges, as we finally announce the top holiday-themed email designs of 2010. There's inspiration here for every season.

Did you know that Taco Bell's ground beef contains less than 35% actual beef? Oh, dear me.

- The Campaign Monitor team

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