Though a 12 months can fly by like no person’s enterprise, that doesn’t imply there was no time to get stuff finished. Loads can occur over the course of one year.
Many people are about to do some self-reflection as we head into 2023, and that’s a superb factor. SaaS manufacturers can look again on what was achieved in a 12 months’s time too. Name it “SaaS-reflection” if you’ll (however we digress).
Right here’s a rewind of 2022 and a rundown of what turned out to be a giant 12 months for E-mail on Acid.
The Sinch acquisition
It’s possible you’ll recall that E-mail on Acid joined the corporate previously generally known as Pathwire in the midst of 2021. A couple of months later, we discovered we have been becoming a member of an even bigger household when Sinch acquired the Pathwire manufacturers Mailgun, Mailjet, and E-mail on Acid.
Whereas the Sinch acquisition grew to become official late final 12 months, issues actually received rolling in 2022. As a part of Sinch E-mail, we’re excited to belong to an organization that helps manufacturers obtain an efficient omnichannel communication technique.
Sinch’s supernetwork is powering significant, customized engagements at scale. That features SMS and MMS advertising and marketing, cellular messaging, voice, video communication, and extra.
Manufacturers want to fulfill clients and prospects wherever they’re, and we all know the inbox remains to be probably the greatest locations to attach and interact.
Notes from the Dev: Video Version
Within the spring of 2022, we launched an formidable mission with our in-house electronic mail developer, Megan Boshuyzen, that’s serving to to unfold the data of a number of the smartest, most-creative electronic mail geeks on the market.
“Notes from the Dev: Video Version” is an internet collection that includes suggestions and methods from electronic mail builders all over the world. We’re producing this present as a result of we all know electronic mail coding ain’t simple. Fortunately, electronic mail geeks are among the many most beneficiant people on the planet.
An enormous THANK YOU to our professional friends in 2022:
Try each episode and make sure you subscribe on YouTube as a result of you already know there’s an entire lot extra coming in 2023.
Monitoring Apple bots and darkish mode opens
Our objective at E-mail on Acid by Sinch is to simplify the complexities of electronic mail advertising and marketing. In 2022, darkish mode and Apple Mail Privateness Safety (MPP) have been two challenges on a lot of our minds.
The e-mail trade was a bit thrown off when everybody realized new privateness protections from Apple Mail meant it was going to be awfully onerous to depend on the open price as an correct metric. Lengthy story brief – bots are pre-opening mail for a lot of Apple Mail customers – which makes issues harder to trace.
Whereas we’re all about knowledge privateness round right here, senders nonetheless must know what’s happening with subscriber engagement. That features figuring out inactive subscribers and measuring how effectively topic traces work.
In order that our clients get a extra correct image of open charges, we added the power to discover out which subscribers are utilizing MPP. By figuring out opens that come from Apple bots, we assist senders perceive how a lot MPP is impacting their metrics whereas permitting them to filter or phase MPP customers if desired.
Many electronic mail entrepreneurs are additionally at midnight on the subject of emails which might be opened in darkish mode. A few years in the past, we got here up with a DIY hack that has been constructed into the E-mail on Acid platform. Now you possibly can observe darkish mode opens in our Superior Analytics to get a greater concept of how a lot of your record prefers a darker consumer interface. That helps you determine if optimizing your marketing campaign designs for darkish mode emails is well worth the effort (Trace: It most likely is).
InboxReady joins the household
Early in the summertime of 2022, E-mail on Acid welcomed a brand new arrival to our web site: InboxReady – a complete electronic mail deliverability suite. Whereas the service was first made obtainable to Mailgun clients, we determined to let this software free for everybody to learn from.
Identical to E-mail on Acid, it doesn’t matter what ESP you’re utilizing. InboxReady may also help enhance your sender popularity and the deliverability of any electronic mail program. Options embrace:
- Inbox placement experiences that predict the place your electronic mail will land.
- The flexibility to shortly clear up your contact record with E-mail Verifications.
- The choice to validate new electronic mail contacts at signup.
- Spam entice identification to routinely preserve them off your record.
- Blocklist monitoring to be sure you’re not getting in scorching water with mailbox suppliers
- And extra…
Once you use E-mail on Acid and InboxReady collectively, you’ve received your self a robust one-two punch. InboxReady helps make sure that your messages make it to subscribers’ inboxes, and E-mail on Acid makes positive they appear good once they’re opened.
E-mail Camp: Highway Journey Version
We love being a part of E-mail Camp as a result of it’s an opportunity to get the entire gang collectively. In 2022, the digital occasion took on a street journey theme and devoted a complete day to electronic mail growth.
Attendees received to observe veteran electronic mail developer Jay Oram of ActionRocket dwell code an interactive electronic mail. Plus, we received an in-depth breakdown on darkish mode from Roland Pokornyik of Chamaileon.io, and a few superior interactive electronic mail concepts from Akshaya Dinesh of Spellbound.
E-mail on Acid’s personal Megan Boshuyzen co-hosted a keynote on the way forward for electronic mail design. She additionally led an electronic mail developer Q&A panel that was jam-packed with nice discussions. There was a lot for entrepreneurs as effectively. That included a keynote from Oracle’s Chad White on electronic mail and omnichannel advertising and marketing.
If you happen to missed all this, you’ll discover a playlist that includes all E-mail Camp 2022 shows on YouTube.
We’re already beginning to make plans for E-mail Camp 2023. So, signal as much as get updates on what to anticipate on the subsequent massive occasion.
The most recent Android and iOS cellular electronic mail previews
After all, we all know what issues most to our clients is that we preserve investing in and bettering the E-mail on Acid platform.
Simply one of many methods we did that in 2022 was with the introduction of recent electronic mail previews for the most recent Android and iOS working methods and units.
- Android 11 – Gmail on Pixel 5 (mild and darkish mode)
- Android 12 – Gmail on Pixel 6 (mild and darkish mode)
- Android 13 – Gmail on Pixel 6 (mild and darkish mode)
- iOS 16 – iPhone 14 (mild and darkish mode)
- iOS 16 – iPhone 14 Professional (mild and darkish mode)
- iOS 16 – iPhone 14 ProMax (mild and darkish mode)
Understanding how your campaigns render on the preferred cellular units is crucial. These new previews for electronic mail testing imply you possibly can confidently ship to subscribers who improve their units and have the most recent iPhone or Android smartphones. And with E-mail on Acid, you possibly can preview emails as a lot as wanted due to limitless testing with each plan.
Lastly, we wish to thank all of our clients (new and outdated) for selecting us in 2022 or persevering with to work with E-mail on Acid. Our staff is consistently striving to enhance our merchandise and we all the time admire your suggestions. Don’t hesitate to achieve out utilizing our vendor channel within the E-mail Geeks Slack. And be happy to contact us with any questions.
Right here’s to extra massive concepts, massive tasks, and electronic mail perfection in 2023!
Creator: Kasey Steinbrinck
Kasey Steinbrinck is a Sr. Content material Advertising and marketing Supervisor for Sinch E-mail, which incorporates the manufacturers E-mail on Acid, InboxReady, Mailgun, and Mailjet. He understands how electronic mail and content material work hand-in-hand to create a powerful technique. Kasey has additionally hung out working in conventional media, e-commerce advertising and marketing, and for a digital company.
Creator: Kasey Steinbrinck
Kasey Steinbrinck is a Sr. Content material Advertising and marketing Supervisor for Sinch E-mail, which incorporates the manufacturers E-mail on Acid, InboxReady, Mailgun, and Mailjet. He understands how electronic mail and content material work hand-in-hand to create a powerful technique. Kasey has additionally hung out working in conventional media, e-commerce advertising and marketing, and for a digital company.
