Email is a fan favorite marketing channel to drive website traffic, boost engagement, deliver proactive customer service, increase sales, and support just about any business objective.

Customers prefer email’s non-obtrusive brand touch and businesses love the frequent audience outreach, while remaining low cost. In fact, a 2019 Litmus study found email’s return on invest increased over last year to $42:1 ($42 dollars returned for every $1 invested).

Email marketers will be the first to tell you, though, coding high-quality, error-free emails that render effectively across the variety of mobile devices, tablets, desktops; email clients; and email service providers is complex.

Though tried and true email rules are elusive and heavily dependent on the mood swings of ESPs and audience choice, today we’re sharing our lead technical marketer and guest blogger Chris Grouge’s five favorite tips for coding “code perfect” emails.

Marketers obsess over designing innovative emails, writing compelling copy and killer subject lines, and crafting powerful calls-to-action, but what’s the point if that labor of love never reaches the inbox?

Email deliverability challenges are a common issue for many brands. According to Return Path’s 2018 Deliverability Benchmark report, roughly 15% of emails don’t reach their intended audience.

With nearly 15% of emails diverted to the spam folder or blocked entirely, marketers are missing valuable opportunities to build stronger relationships with their subscribers. In fact, Litmus found that one-third of marketers have had email deliverability issues.

Let’s talk about email deliverability, why it matters, and how to ensure your email gets delivered. Can’t wait? Get our Email Deliverability Checklist to boost your delivery rates, optimize your inbox placement across your subscriber list, and avoid the dreaded spam folder (or worse, the Boogie Man blacklist).

Whereoware headed to 2018 Litmus Live Boston this week, where our  Lead Technical Marketer, Chris Grouge, presented a session on 100% responsive background images.

We had a great time networking and collaborating with such a brilliant group of email professionals and industry experts. Jam-packed with worthwhile workshops, in-depth breakout sessions, knowledgeable speakers, and awesome attendees, this year’s Litmus Live was one to remember. We can’t wait to put into action the real-world advice and best practices we absorbed.

To all you fellow email nerds who attended, we hope you enjoyed Chris’ presentation on Developing Better Emails With Background Images. Relive the experience and download the presentation slides and get his code snippet, via the webform.

For those who missed it, are you feeling a little FOMO? Don’t worry. Read more about what Chris covered and get the inside scoop on how to create more flexibility in your email designs, ensure a smoother customer experience, and enhance email performance and results with 100% responsive background images.

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