Email's Not Dead from Sinch Mailgun

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Email's Not Dead is a podcast about how we communicate with each other and the broader world through modern technologies. Email isn't dead, but it could be if we don't change how we think about it. Hosts Jonathan Torres and Eric Trinidad dive into the email underworld and come back out with a distinctive look at the way developers and marketers send email. Produced by Thomas "T-Bird" Knierien.

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S2 Ep 02 - Sending emails at the right time with Send Time Optimization

Wait wait, we have more. In this episode, Mailgun’s Product Manager, Chris Farmer brings you up to speed on how you can send your emails at the right time with, Send Time Optimization. Is it better to send in the late morning, early afternoon or early evening? Tune in now!

Feb 12, 2020•18 min•Season 2Ep. 2

S2 Ep 01 - Introducing Inbox Placement

A new year means a new season of Mailgun's Email's Not Dead. We have Jorge Miramontes our Product Manager introducing our newest tool, Inbox Placement. Tune in with Jonathan and Eric in 2020 to remember, Email's Not Dead!

Jan 22, 2020•19 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Episode 07 Season Finale - Complaints and Unsubscribes

Can you still be friends with your customers after an unsubscribe? Learn why it's best to have organic email addresses and different options for your unsubscribes with Jon and Eric in the season finale of Email’s Not Dead.

Aug 15, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Episode 06 - Sunset Policy and Tracking

Sometimes you need to clean house, including your sending habits. That's what we're talking about in this week's Email’s Not Dead – Sunset Policies. How does tracking tie in with engagement? When should you say goodbye to unengaged email addresses in your mailing list in order to maintain your sending reputation? Join Jonathan and Eric as we start wrapping up season one. Email Best Practices Contact Us...

Aug 01, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Episode 05 - Sending a more relevant message with omnichannel communication

Omnichannel marketing and email, how does it all fit in? Jonathan and Eric sat down with co-founder and CEO of Omnisend, Rytis Lauris to talk about transactional and marketing messages leading into 2020, and how you need to look towards other types of email communication to better reach your customers. Learn how it trickles down and it’s all about the engagement in our latest episode.

Jul 18, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Episode 04 - Combatting Email Fraud & Building Your Brand with BIMI

Last time, Nick Schafer showed up to predict the future of spam. Now we’re bringing in 250ok’s Director of Privacy, Matthew Vernhout, to talk shop about Brand Indicators for Message Identification (aka BIMI). Learn how to gain more trust with your recipients, get higher engagement and ensure greater security.

Jun 28, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Episode 03 - Where we're going, we don't need Spam.

We're looking to the future, so we brought in Mailgun’s Nostradamus (aka our in-house deliverability engineer Nick Schafer). He brings a ton of insight on what the future of spam holds especially the concept of no authentication, no entry, and DMARC. Let's hope for hoverboards, hover cars and one day — no spam! Email Best Practices Contact Us...

Jun 19, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Episode 02 - NOW that’s what I call spam

As email spam became more widely spread in the early 2000s, policy makers started fighting back. In this episode, we’re covering the introduction of CAN-SPAM Act, terrible compilation albums of the decade’s pop hits, and the big privacy changes brought on by GDPR. Email Best Practices Contact Us James Veitch Ted Talk...

Jun 04, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Episode 01 - The History of Spam

Email isn't back from the grave; it was never in there in the first place. Jonathan and Eric are here to bring you the history of spam, spam, spam. Who coined it, when the first spam message occurred, and how it makes us feel. Email Best Practices Contact Us

May 16, 2019•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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