What are the best days and times to send bulk email?

My post yesterday about the use of images in email got me thinking about what the best days or times are for doing bulk email sends. There really isn’t one answer, as each list is unique and finding the best times is a matter of trial and error. But I’ll take a shot at providing some general guidelines....

Using Images in Email

We’ve written a bit here about how some of the Presidential campaigns this cycle have embraced stripped down emails that don’t include a lot of images or fancy formatting. In that previous post, the focus was on how this format can make emails seem more personal, and not on the technical reasons to avoid using a lot of images....

Drupal 6 and Multilingual Websites

Version 6 of the open source Content Management System, Drupal, was released last week. We are really excited about this release, as we specialize in Drupal and have been playing with the beta releases of this version for many months now. Version 6 represents a significant step forward for Drupal....

Not every site needs to be a social network

With the explosion of MySpace and Facebook the last few years, many of the clients/prospects I talk to are looking to integrate some form of social networking into their website programs. I don’t think I’m alone in getting asked about this.

Many of the Presidential candidates this cycle built full blown social networks on their public sites (Clinton,...

Twitter/Twittervision/Google Maps Super Tuesday Mashup

You election junkies out there should check out this site tonight as you watch the Super Tuesday results roll in. It is a mashup of Google maps and election-related Twitter posts. Right now it is just pulling in relevant posts about Super Tuesday and displaying them based on location (see screengrab below),...