what's in your deliverability toolbox?
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Greg Robinson – Informz
Deliverability Manager
Dan Reade – InformzSupport Analyst
What's in your Deliverability Toolbox?
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Greg Robinson – Informz
Deliverability Manager
Dan Reade – InformzSupport Analyst
What's in your Deliverability Toolbox?
Deliverability Toolbox
How can you improve deliverability?
Where do you start?
Deliverability Toolbox
Content Awareness Reports Sender Reputation Sender Authentication Create a Plan of Attack
Content Awareness - Testing
Content Awareness – Virtual Inbox
Content Awareness – Junk Folder
Check the junk folder!
Content Awareness - Links
Informz
Not
http://www.informz.com
Reports – The Activity Report
Reports - Bounces
Are you seeing increased Hard Bounces?
Examine the LIST SOURCE!
Reports - Blocking
Check the bounce message for explanation
“Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 5.7.1 [MW01] Message content not accepted for policy reasons”
Reports - Unsubscribers
Unsubscribers = Great Feedback!
Reports - Complaints
Unsubscribers ~ Complaints
Sender Reputation – Return Path
via Senderscore.org
Sender Reputation - Complaints
Complaints – the #1 cause of blocked email
Sender Reputation - Complaints
Reduce future complaints:
- Make unsubscribing easy
- Make sure you have permission
- Consider relevance
- Examine frequency
Sender Reputation – Spam Traps
Sender Reputation – Spam Traps
Remove inactive subscribers
Use the double opt-in subscription process
Don’t buy/rent/borrow/share lists!
Sender Reputation - Volume
Sender Reputation - Blacklists
Sender Authentication
Sender Authentication helps verify who an email is actually coming from
All sender should configure Sender Authentication
Use SPF, Sender-ID and DKIM
Create a plan of Attack
Sender Authentication setup Monitor Activity Reports Monitor Reputation Contact blocking domains
Plan – Sender Authentication
Send a mailing to test using the tool at:
Brandonchecketts.com/emailtest.php
Plan – Activity Reports
ALWAYS analyze your reports!
Plan – Sender Reputation
Check your reputation on a regular basis;
Senderscore.org
Reputationauthority.org
Ignorance does not make for good deliverability!
Plan – Reach Out
If a domain is blocking you – contact them!
Questions?
Let us know!!