My Mini-review of how AWeber handles links in emails

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I appreciate what AWeber can do as an Email Service Provider (ESP)… …but… …there are several obstacles I’ve had to overcome. One of the latest is my attempts to put branded links into my emails. To properly use emails that show my domains like charlespolanski.com requires me to turn on click tracking. But then, any … Read more

Unlock the Perfect Fit: Discover Your Ideal AWeber Email Width with Columns

Photo of ancient columns by Pixabay. https://www.pexels.com/photo/low-angle-photograph-of-the-parthenon-during-daytime-164336/

I can still remember the walk up to the Acropolis. The final steps are through a reconstructed entrance of columns. But once you pass through them, the REAL columns stare down at you from the main attraction of the Acropolis… …The Parthenon! See the above image and jump to 21:07 of this video to visualize … Read more

Don’t set your emails too narrow like I did. This is a better way…

Photo of elephants great and small by Hu Chen on Unsplash.

Once again I learned the hard way when it came to email formatting. I had been advised by the training inside the John Thornhill Ambassador program to shrink my emails to a width of 35-42 characters. I determined a width of 37 characters worked best. But this was outdated advice!  There is now something called … Read more

Easily set email widths with Microsoft Word and Google Docs.

Image of a wide-winged condor and a cat by Christel SAGNIEZ from Pixabay. Don’t make your emails this wide!

Ah the life of an ontrepreneur (online entrepreneur)! Things won’t always work. You need a backup plan. I was set to convert my blog post into an email of 54 characters wide. I copied my text and went to load my word wrapper site and it wouldn’t load! Back on February 1st, 2024, I revealed … Read more

Sending marketing emails? You may need DMARC but don’t make my mistakes.

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A new requirement for anyone sending over 5,000 bulk emails per day hit on February 1st, 2024. Google and Yahoo announced the requirement of having DMARC in place back on October 3, 2023. For more details on all this, you can go here:  But DMARC stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance. It’s a … Read more