Comments on: Design Inspiration From Fellow AWeber Customers

By: Anibal

Anibal — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:09:40 +0000

Thank you Cheryl for recognizing me recognizing you. Smile. I meant every word.

By: Anibal Jose Garcia- Fuegoista

Anibal Jose Garcia- Fuegoista — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:41:44 +0000

It was hard to make the time to actually read my emails, I have been working around the clock practically. But when I did make time I was very pleasantly surprise to see and note that you guys don’t send out fluff.

Each email was very helpful , practical and nicely delivered. I wanna be like you when we grow up at Fuego Herbal Incense. Thank you and your staff. Job well done.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:08:59 +0000

I’m currently shopping for an Ezine designer, so it’s nice to be able to view these examples, which look great! Thanks for posting these.

By: Bob Ricca

Bob Ricca — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:22:49 +0000

Just figured I’d add my 2 cents to this conversation.

To be completely honest, my personal preference is to receive an html newsletter. However, I do believe everyone is different and you should judge your list accordingly.

A few reasons why you might consider HTML over plain text:

1. I generally interpret it as more official, professional and polished. Therefore I tend to take the time to read more of what is says and because its well formatted I put more weight into the validity of the source its coming from.

2. With information overload on the web, imagery generally holds my attention better. Formatting your article helps me scan it faster to get the information I need. As much as we’d love to think everyone reads everything, the reality is most people probably tend to skim for information.

3. If everyone is sending plain text email, sending a well designed publication makes your newsletter distinguished.

By: Justin Premick

Justin Premick — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:38:20 +0000

John,

I disagree that most people do not view HTML. Many people will have images disabled by default in their email programs, but that doesn’t mean they cannot view HTML email.

You should encourage subscribers to enable images and add you to their address books (in some email programs this will cause images in emails from you to display).

All that aside, there will likely be some proportion of your subscriber base that either cannot or prefers not to view your message in HTML. For those people, you need to make sure you include a plain text version of your email.

In AWeber, you do this by entering whatever you would like those subscribers to see into the "Plain Text Message" box that appears below where you enter your HTML message. When the message is sent, each subscriber will see the version that his/her email program supports.

By: John Adams

John Adams — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:18:14 +0000

Some really good templates. Thanks for showing us.

My question would be how can you know if the templated email/newsletter arrives "as is" though subscribers email systems?

I understand most people have non html email accounts set up.
Would this mean they would not actually see the lovely template or be able to click links?

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:48:51 +0000

Thanks for sharing these examples. I, too would like to see a video on how these where created. The designs are thought provoking and inspiring. It is something I would like to know how to do.

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By: Walt

Walt — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:21:34 +0000

These designs do look attractive to the eye and makes it understandable why there is such a definition of email marketing. Very professional looking.

Food for inspiration for me.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Ryan Thompson

Ryan Thompson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:01:09 +0000

These are some pretty nice newsletter designs. I only use text right now.

Thanks for sharing!