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How To Send A HTML Newsletter With CampaignMonitor.com

My HTML Newsletter posts have been popular so I’m going to continue the series with a walk-thru on how to send an email campaign using campaignmonitor.com. There are other email campaign services out there but I have found Campaign Monitor to be the best for my purposes. This is a paid service but it is fairly reasonable. It will run you $5 per newsletter plus $0.01 for every subscriber on your list. Therefore, if you have 100 people on your mailing list it will cost your $6 to send out your newsletter. If you are dealing with a larger subscriber list, I’d recommend looking into a self-hosted option.
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Email Newsletter Template

A couple weeks ago I posted a list of tips for coding a Email Newsletter. I mentioned I would provide a template and I’m following through with that promise now. Read on to preview the template and download it.
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How To Add A Twitter Badge To Your Website

Twitter is one of my favorite websites. It’s essentially a glorified facebook status update but I like how I can integrate my feed onto other websites. I also enjoy the fact that I can import my blog feed to twitter and then pass it onto my facebook status updates. For this post, I’m going to talk about adding your Twitter status to your personal website.
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Moving From HTML To XHTML

A few years back, XHTML came onto the web design scene and I haven’t looked back. The differences between XHTML and HTML are not that complicated. However, I’m assuming that you are a fairly clean coder when I say that. One of the main purposes of XHTML was to create a standardized way of coding HTML.

In the past, the rules of what you could and couldn’t do with your coding were fairly loose. In the end, it just led to really sloppy coding. Below is a list of differences between the two languages. Putting these rules into practice will make you a better, more consistent coder and allow your pages to validate for XHTML.

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10 Tips For Coding A HTML Email

Designing a HTML email that works across all email clients can be a challenge. This week I have been working on one for my company and I thought I would share 10 tips that you should follow when you are designing your own HTML emails.
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Improving Keyword Strength For SEO

Before you start writing any content for your website or blog post, it’s a good idea to create a list of 10-15 keywords. Once the writing begins, be sure to use your keywords throughout the copy. The use of keywords will improve your search results when a search engine crawls your website. An easy way to further strengthen your keywords is to wrap them in <strong>keyword</strong> tags.
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