Websites are displayed in web browsers. Browsers, for the most part, agree on how things should work. There’s a high degree of standardisation. Emails are displayed in email clients. They do whatever the hell they want. As email developers we need to contend with patchy support for modern web technologies and a shifting landscape of […]

People like stats. People like numbers. How many points have you earned? What was your total number of steps walked last week? Was your screentime up or down? Personalised, bite-sized snippets of information are well-suited to the transient nature of email. Rambling walls of text (like this article) are not. But you know what’s even […]

Email is a fantastic graphical way of communicating with others, however so often in email design the primary function of an email is forgotten. Sure, some emails are just to pass on information, but nearly every single other email is about selling. It is currently impossible to complete a purchase with just an email but […]

To improve the effectiveness of your emails it is important to not overwhelm users with choice and to not include any content with duplicate links. This concise approach to email design will not only improve the results of your campaigns but also reduce the time it takes to create them. Keep things simple People can […]

Making the navigation responsive in mobile emails is a key area in improving usability by offering functional links to a message and guiding recipients to your site, even if they aren’t receptive to the particular message or offer in the message itself. Today, on average, half of all emails are opened on a mobile device […]

I was recently a keynote speaker at a European email summit in Amsterdam and was asked to talk about “Cutting edge email design”. Whilst researching emails for this event it struck me that one man’s junk can be another man’s treasure. The reason I say this is because it depends on your role or skill […]

Welcome to the second instalment of my email analysis series! For this weeks review, I’ve picked out a Homebase email from my inbox. To view the full email click here. First Impressions My first impressions of this email were very good. I enjoy the Homebase colour scheme, the contrast of the orange and green works […]

Sketch by Bohemian Coding has been gaining popularity steadily since its release and is now on its third iteration. Many very large and well know companies such as facebook, Google, Dropbox and Twitter all have designers which use Sketch now. Sketch is a great graphics app for a number of key reasons. Firstly it is […]

Why is a good email design important? A well-designed newsletter is key to your email marketing success. A high-quality design can highlight your calls to action, prioritise your content and ensure you are instantly recognised in the inbox. Designing for email however is quite different to designing for the web, print or any other medium. […]

You can usually tell if an email has been well designed as it lands in your inbox. If the designer and coder has done their job well you will immediately be aware of a few things. The email is legible without the use of images. The text content is actual text and not hidden within […]