Email news: bit.ly gets you blocked, Groupon leaks user database

So this week we have the news that ExactTarget has reached a 1000 employees worldwide: congrats on that. Furthermore in the security corner there’s some bit.ly bad news from Spamhaus which notes that more and more bit.ly urls are used for spamming and scamming. Read on:
Email designs / webmail clients / browsers
Adactio: Some general design principles
Deliverability / (anti) spam / security
Word to the wise: Bit.ly gets you blocked
Risky.biz: Groupon leaks entire Indian user database
Mobile
Cio: Why You Should Ditch That “Sent from My Mobile Device” E-Mail Signature
Other email marketing news and posts
Emailexpert: ESP forums, a scarce commodity
ClickZ: The evolution of email marketing and crm
Hubspot: 6 awesome email marketing powers of the P.S.
Social media vs email vs …
SocialEmail: Growing your Email Subscriber List: Seven Tips (and Some Social Media)
 
Bonus: Loren McDonald has posted his Email practices of the top internet retailers on Slideshare.
Also, follow Emailblog on Twitter for more daily email marketing bits and bytes
 

, , ,

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *