Gmail Tabs

The New Gmail Inbox

On May 29, Google began rolling out a newly designed Gmail Inbox in which five separate tabs are used to group emails: Primary, Social, Promotions, Update and Forums. Essentially, incoming messages are filtered and routed to different tabs according to their category. Google says this new format puts users back in control to “see what’s new […]

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Knocking out “Email Blasts”

With a nod to LL Cool J, my latest Talent Zoo column is a rant about the term “email blasts.” It’s a phrase that needs to be knocked out of common usage. Are you someone who uses this term to refer to your email campaigns? If so, are you willing to abandon it and say […]

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Mobile Inbox

Mobile Inbox Rules – Talent Zoo column

Here’s my latest Talent Zoo column: The Mobile Inbox Rules. For this installment, I share the perils of ignoring the mobile segment of your audience. It’s foolish these days to assume your message is being read exclusively on a desktop platform. Please check out my column and share your thoughts on how your audience is […]

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Email lessons learned from Scoutmob

For this installment, I’ve enlisted the aid of Scoutmob’s director of email, Jarod Jones. Atlanta, Ga.-based Scoutmob sends daily emails to its entire database to promote a discount offer for a local business. In this role, Jones is well prepared to discuss how email can be a hit or miss marketing opportunity. Please read on […]

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Green eggs or spam? Talent Zoo column

I’m very excited to share with you my debut column for Talent Zoo, the leading resource on the web for jobs in advertising, new media, marketing, and technology. My first column is called “Green eggs or spam?” and discusses the misperception that email suffers from as a marketing tool. You can read it by clicking here (a PDF […]

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