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Choosing the Best Hosted SMTP Relay Service: A 5-Point Checklist

If you’re looking for a hosted SMTP relay service to support your email delivery efforts, you’ve come to the right

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Skyler Holobach 08.30.2023

The Power of Transactional Emails: The Unexpected Tool in Your Communication Toolbox

This is an ode to the previously unsung heroes of business communication. Transactional emails. They’re the hardworking, reliable tools keeping 

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Skyler Holobach 08.25.2023
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Teach Me Email: What is SMTP?

Hi students, welcome back to class. We started the school year pretty early so we’re already in the swing of

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Nicky Copland 08.21.2023

Do Transactional Emails Need to Be CAN-SPAM Compliant?

Remember when the internet was the Wild West and anything was allowed? Yes, I remember today, too. Just kidding, though

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Nicky Copland 08.15.2023

Webinar Recap: Successfully Managing Multiple Email Streams

We hosted a webinar featuring our special guest, Jennifer Chappell, MBA. She is the Senior Manager, CRM at MyHealthTeam and

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Nicky Copland 08.14.2023
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The Bounce House of Email Marketing: Hard Versus Soft Bounces

Today, we’re jumping into the world of email “bounces.” We’ll dive into the nitty-gritty of hard and soft bounces, uncover

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Skyler Holobach 08.09.2023
Improving inbox placement with Gmail can be easy -- or not so much.

Improving Gmail Inbox Placement via Better Email Engagement

Sometimes email is a mystery. Well, most of the time it’s less about email itself being a mystery than it

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Nicky Copland 08.08.2023

Teach Me Email: How to Manage Sender Reputation

It’s Nicky again. Hopefully our lesson, “What is Sender Reputation,” provided some knowledge for those looking to get their feet

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Nicky Copland 08.04.2023

Enhancing Email Management in Higher Education: Discover SocketLabs’ Solutions

Higher education institutions have lots of responsibilities. Though email communication maybe isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when

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Nicky Copland 08.02.2023
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