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		<title>12 Email Marketing Best Practices From Admail.net</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2010/02/best-practices-an-overview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Lukens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our many blog posts we&#8217;ve covered a lot of ways to improve your email campaigns. We get so many questions about best practices and how to improve results that we thought that we&#8217;d gather up all of our best practices tips and put them in one place. Here is a list of our most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Image Based Emails and Using Alternative Text and Slicing</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2010/01/creating-image-based-emails-and-using-alternative-text-and-slicing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Lukens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many email marketers choose to use image-based emails to create a seamless and professional look for their email campaigns despite the fact that quite a few email clients block images automatically. You can do this too, IF you know the right way to do it!
The main thing you have to accept when sending an image-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reprogram Your Brain To Send Good Emails: Use Thumbnails, Not Large Images</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/12/reprogram-your-brain-to-send-good-emails-use-thumbnails-not-large-images/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Lukens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admail Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sending Email]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-mail marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marketing and Advertising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A picture is worth a thousand words.&#8221; This phrase has been used for years to highlight the value of a good visual image. A phrase that has led many marketers to believe more pictures = better content.
One of the most difficult ideas for new email marketers to understand is that email doesn&#8217;t function like traditional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two great, but largely overlooked ways to improve your email readership.</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/12/two-great-but-largely-overlooked-ways-to-improve-your-email-readership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/12/two-great-but-largely-overlooked-ways-to-improve-your-email-readership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Lukens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sending Email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picture this: You spend hours laboriously crafting the perfect email, one that you know your clients will love. You send it out, excitement engulfing you as you imagine how great the response will be. But as the results trickle in, they aren&#8217;t quite what you were expecting.
Could it be that your customer never received your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Avoid Becoming Spam: A refresher course on the CAN-SPAM act.</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/11/how-to-avoid-becoming-spam-a-refresher-course-on-the-can-spam-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/11/how-to-avoid-becoming-spam-a-refresher-course-on-the-can-spam-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Lukens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to avoid damaging your reputation by following CAN-SPAM rules and regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Buying a List can be a Bad Idea!</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/06/why-buying-a-list-can-be-a-bad-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/06/why-buying-a-list-can-be-a-bad-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying a list of emails to send email marketing to can be enticing because it's easy, but the negative consequences are not worth the trouble in the end.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Seconds You Can&#8217;t Afford To Waste</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/04/5-seconds-you-cant-afford-to-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/04/5-seconds-you-cant-afford-to-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hicks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[customer relations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[list member profile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FACT:
In five seconds or less, your company&#8217;s email subject and content will determine whether a customer decides to keep your newsletter or update;  Or flag-it as SPAM.
Try to be deceptive or coy and all of your future email will be trashed. Customers want the facts and it is your responsibility to give it to them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 tips for your next e-mail</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/03/tips-for-your-next-e-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.admail.net/info/2009/03/tips-for-your-next-e-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Does my subject line entice readers to open?
They are the most important 8-10 words in your campaign. Make sure yours is a clear, concise introduction that entices your readers to take a look inside.
Am I making the most of the preview pane?
At first glance, many of your recipients will just see the first few inches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is an FBL and how can ISP Management Techniques Help with Delivery?</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2008/04/what-is-an-fbl-and-how-can-isp-management-techniques-help-with-delivery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.admail.net/info/2008/04/what-is-an-fbl-and-how-can-isp-management-techniques-help-with-delivery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alynn Gillespie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audited Sender Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Feed Back Loop (FBL) is a direct data feed that is sent to an email sender when the recipient presses the &#8220;Junk&#8221; or &#8220;Spam&#8221; button. The benefit is that the email sender can clean their subscriber data, allowing them to maintain their reputation with Internet Service Providers.
What triggers (flags) cause ISPs to block your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO&#8230;Best Practices</title>
		<link>http://www.admail.net/info/2007/10/seobest-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.admail.net/info/2007/10/seobest-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alynn Gillespie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keyword density]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meta element]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t be intimidated by Search Engine Optimization (SEO); there are a lot of tools to guide you through the process.
Search engines organize and prioritize over 5.5 billion web pages that compete for the internet users’ attention. The focus is certainly on providing a much richer end searcher experience. The site with unique content, that&#8217;s easy [...]]]></description>
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