Email

Why did THIS popover work for me?

By Chris / December 24, 2019 / Comments Off on Why did THIS popover work for me?

Given that I just wrote about how annoying it is to get email signup popovers earlier that day, it struck me as odd that this one “worked” for me. When I saw this, I somehow wanted it, and did not feel annoyed by it in the same way. Now, I’m sure this is personal, but…

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Hey there pretty lady, whaddya talk about I call you sometime?

By Chris / December 23, 2019 / Comments Off on Hey there pretty lady, whaddya talk about I call you sometime?

Some years ago, internet marketers decided it would be very clever start pushing large forms in people’s faces that ask them to sign up for an email newsletter. These are called “popovers”, and can be programmed to appear at different moments when someone is visiting your site. The obvious core idea is: You have this…

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I can’t read the ant text of your email on my iPhone.

By Chris / December 22, 2019 / Comments Off on I can’t read the ant text of your email on my iPhone.

So much we are crafting our careful email on our full-size computer; we are then reviewing our careful email on the full-size computer; and 75% of our readers are looking at them on a smartphone. Here is the problem: and… I have tried to make the dimensions here comparable to what I see on my…

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