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Past issues

• September 2024 - The landing page approach
• August 2024 - Salesforce content editor alternative
• July 2024 - 5 core landing page techniques
• June 2024 - Emails with landing pages
• May 2024 - Blocks Edit for landing pages
• April 2024 - Team editorial workflow
• March 2024 - Blocks Edit template format
• February 2024 - Blocks Edit individual user plan
• January 2024 - Review commenting
• November 2023 - Email essentials for notifications, confirmations, and payment notices
• October 2023 - How Fisher & Paykel built on-brand emails with their team
• September 2023 - Event email essentials
• August 2023 - Designing a welcome email
• July 2023 - How to tutorials
• June 2023 - Design and dev guide
• May 2023 - Template techniques
• April 2023 - Letting go of Outlook for Windows
• March 2023 - Encouraging email accessibility
• February 2023 - 12 essential items to include on your email content checklist
• January 2023 - Blocks Edit update: email checklist
• November 2022 - Comments and notifications for reviewing emails
• October 2022 - Organizing your email design process
• September 2022 - Blocks Edit 5th anniversary
• August 2022 - Template update workflow
• July 2022 - New intro explainer video
• June 2022 - Blocks Edit template editor
• May 2022 - Revision history for emails
• April 2022 - How AAA switched visual editors and expanded their template usage
• March 2022 - Modular design techniques
• February 2022 - How DICK’S Sporting Goods scaled their email production
• January 2022 - Design system service
• November 2021 - Update: redesign, email search
• October 2021 - How CorePower Yoga reduced costs, increased output
• September 2021 - Why visual email builders are bad at email design
• August 2021 - Starter template redesign
• July 2021 - Tracking links in email
• June 2021 - Working with content, modularly
• May 2021 - Notable features and improvements
• April 2021 - ActiveCampaign and Klaviyo integrations
• March 2021 - Get your coworkers on board
• February 2021 - HTTPS for email
• January 2021 - Blocks Edit how to's
• November 2020 - Email design resources
• October 2020 - Turning to the dark mode
• September 2020 - Making accessibility a habit
• August 2020 - Blocks Edit now free for solo use
• July 2020 - An email design system for your thoughts
• June 2020 - Email design system guide
• May 2020 - Use a design system to help collaborate with your team on email design
• April 2020 - The benefits of distributed teams for marketing creatives
• March 2020 - Clarity in messaging
• February 2020 - The evolution of digital content editing
• January 2020 - Designing content
• November 2019 - Email content production fundamentals
• October 2019 - New tool: starter email template skeleton layout
• September 2019 - Why asset portability matters
• August 2019 - The differences in email builders
• July 2019 - Connecting your content to your asset sources
• June 2019 - Personalization with privacy in email marketing
• May 2019 - Working to your strengths, and your team's
• April 2019 - Mobile emails, the modular approach
• March 2019 - The importance of branding in email
• February 2019 - Using conversational marketing in email
• January 2019 - A look at 2018 and the state of email design
• November 2018 - New Blocks Edit features
• October 2018 - Getting started with email development
• September 2018 - October is Hacktober
• August 2018 - Email marketing's untapped potential for agencies and freelancers
• July 2018 - Save time and increase quality by design
• June 2018 - Email template examples and the possibilities of email
• May 2018 - Complete guide to building email templates
• April 2018 - Your email marketing strategy
• March 2018 - Learn to think in blocks
• February 2018 - Increase your email marketing output
• January 2018 - 2017 is the year Blocks Edit was built