Tips from Bright Peak

Bright Peak HTML Tip: Bullets – Workarounds to Ease Your Frustrations

While customizing bullets seems like a simple task, it can often be more challenging that you would think. Changing bullet colors and types, adjusting indents, and formatting the text can be complicated due to editing snafus and standard bullet limitations. A frequently asked question is “What is an easier way to format the bullet and [...]

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Happy Memorial Day!

Swiftpage is closed today in observance of Memorial Day. We will be back in the office first thing in the morning and look forward to hearing from you then. Here’s a little history on Memorial Day from the History Channel for your viewing pleasure: Memorial Day Video — History.com, posted with vodpod

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FAQ Friday: Do I have to pay for Swiftpage templates?

The Swiftpage Global Templates Gallery is chalk full of professionally designed templates ready and waiting for you to personalize. All Swiftpage Global Templates are included at all of our price levels, even free trials! If you haven’t browsed the Swiftpage template gallery lately, you need to take a look! We’ve added hundreds of new template [...]

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Top 10 Reasons Why We Love Small Businesses

In celebration of Small Business Week, we want to take a moment to appreciate the extraordinary characteristics of small business professionals. Here are the top 10 reasons why we LOVE small businesses! (Psst! Don’t miss the free downloads at the bottom!) You are brave! “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” -Peter Drucker [...]

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10 Tips to Make Your Subject Lines Shine

Originally published in the May 2012 Thoughtspot Newsletter. Subject lines are often the last item on our email check  list; an afterthought or a last-minute entry to meet a deadline. As a result,  we often miss an opportunity to increase opens, prevent some spam filtering, and  get more clicks on our calls to action. Get [...]

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From the Inboxes of Swifties: Open Worthy Subject Lines

Subject lines are an essential element of a successful email marketing campaign. Today we look at some of our favorites from our inboxes this week. Say Good-Bye To House, Idol Crowns a Winner – Xfinity TV Gives a couple of options of what to watch tonight to reach different audiences Short and to the point [...]

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A Marketing Moment: Inspiration for Today’s Marketers

Take a moment on this Monday morning to do a little ego check. Here’s webster.com’s definition of egotism: ego·tism noun \ˈē-gə-ˌti-zəm also ˈe-\ 1 a: excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun b: the practice of talking about oneself too much 2 : an exaggerated sense of self-importance : conceit Questions to ask [...]

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FAQ: Why does my email in Gmail look different than in Outlook?

Here’s the short answer: Every email client, such as Gmail or Outlook, reads HTML differently. Every time you send out an email it is coded in the magical language of HTML. It doesn’t matter if you created it in the Basic Editor or the Advanced Editor or if you ever looked at the code. HTML [...]

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Confusing the Lingo Confuses the Message

Our Creative Director, Missy Bergen, sent along this colorful email from 48HourPrint.com. Here’s what she had to say: “While I really like the colors and graphics, using the word ‘BLING’ in the headline, copy, and promocode (total of 8 times) really confuses me. What’s science, beakers and the periodic table have to do with ‘bling’? Perhaps [...]

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3 Fan-tastic Facebook Timeline Tips

It has been a little over a month since Facebook forced all pages into the new timeline model. Since the switch, brand engagement is up according to several new studies. One of the most promising analyzed 15 big name brands, such as Toyota and Redbull, and found that brand engagement has increased by about 46% [...]

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