Over the years, I’ve had the privilege to test multiple email marketing tools. From the classic email service providers to some more innovative tools.
In today’s post, I’m sharing the perfect email marketing toolbox I’d like to use for 2019.
Inspiration
Our creative process starts by getting inspiration from others. This can be about design or a campaign idea, and there is a place to find both.
Reallygoodemails.com
If you are looking for email design ideas, this is the place to go. They built a great resource of the best emails out there categorized the right way for email marketers.
#emailgeeks
Discover the #emailgeeks community
Design
Once you have been inspired by great design or insightful comments, it is time to craft your email and get feedback from your peers.
Sketch
Sketch has quickly replaced Photoshop for everything design in tech companies.
Redpen
Redpen is a simple tool to share new design and get feedback from your team through a visual comment system.
Creation
The design of your next campaign is approved, time to build it in HTML. Ideally following best practices and a responsive template that looks good on mobile.
Taxi for Emails
Taxi for Email is one of the best email builder on the market. Create your template with modules and start building sophisticated emails in minutes (dynamic segment, translations…). Works with most major ESPs.
Bbedit
Even with Taxi for Email, sometimes you have to check some HTML code. My go-to editor is BBedit.
Litmus
After creating your email, check out how it renders in every email clients or just the one you care about.
Campaign Workhub
If you want to streamline your email creation workflow, check out Campaign Workhub to have all the creation steps in one tool.
RebelMail*
The cool kids, well it’s almost too late as they’ve been acquired by SFMC.
My hope is that we’ll see them in the next version of SFMC Content Builder
Optimization
MovableInk
Bring some Weather-based targeting and geo targeting to your email campaigns.
NeverBounce
Phrasee
Bring some AI to your subject line with Phrasee.
Send
The most critical part of email marketing: sending it.
Drip
Automation powerhouse, Drip is my favorite ESP.
SendGrid
SendGrid is probably the best solution for high-volume senders who have built their own email tooks.
Landing page
This is not directly related to the email itself but it is still a major part of the user experience. So you want to make sure to optimize the page you are sending traffic to correctly.
Personalize your website to cater to each visitor.
With RightAsk, RightMessage and RightBar.
Visual Website Optimizer (VWO)
To go beyond content segmentation, you can also experiment your page layout and content with a tool like VWO.
Data
Once you have sent your email, you want to track what happens. If you are using multiple tools, you need to combine the data in one place to understand the whole picture. That’s when Segment will be helpful.
Segment
Segment is a customer data platform that helps you simplify your data tracking and marketing tech integrations.
Here is an example of integration between Drip and Segment.