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Interactive text message features can be done in email

Interactive text message features can be done in email

How interactive messaging and conversational marketing can be applied to marketing emails.

2018 email design in review

2018 email design in review

A big trend is the shift towards using a design system for email campaigns.

Blocks Edit update: fundamentals improved

Blocks Edit update: fundamentals improved

We're just wrapping up the second half of the year working on some new features that build on the core framework to make your template even more powerful.

Email is back: on the state of coding email marketing templates

Email is back: on the state of coding email marketing templates

Slide deck and notes from my talk on email marketing for web developers.

Email's untapped potential for agencies and freelancers

Email's untapped potential for agencies and freelancers

There is a resurgence in email marketing and an increased demand for marketers, copywriters, designers, and developers.

Efficiency and quality are both possible with some design thinking

Efficiency and quality are both possible with some design thinking

Design thinking is essentially both creative and analytical thinking working together holistically.

Email marketing's possibilities are a mindset we choose

Email marketing's possibilities are a mindset we choose

An email client is our canvas, HTML and CSS are our paints and the tools we use for our content act as our paintbrush.

Analyzing your email marketing workflow and tools

Analyzing your email marketing workflow and tools

Break things down, understand each job, find specialized tools, connect them all together around your assets.

Now you're thinking with blocks (how to look at things modularly)

Now you're thinking with blocks (how to look at things modularly)

I'm going to guide you through using the power of thinking about email templates modularly, or in 'blocks'.

The ideal way to edit content in your email template

The ideal way to edit content in your email template

It ultimately allows you to put together content in a way that feels more natural and come out with the best quality email each time.

Three ways to spend less time in the email production trenches

Three ways to spend less time in the email production trenches

It may be time to revaluate your production process and spend less time in the trenches.

Blocks Edit update: template parts

Blocks Edit update: template parts

Our latest update is all about being able to make templates more customizable in very fundamental ways.

Blocks Edit update: added editing options

Blocks Edit update: added editing options

Based on initial feedback, the first wave of updates built on the essentials and added some important functionality.

Introducing Blocks Edit, content management for email

Introducing Blocks Edit, content management for email

Blocks Edit is now live and ready for you to improve how you send out marketing campaigns.

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