Comments on: Why Your Ezine Looks So Awful http://andywibbels.com/post/1203 Small business marketing online including blogging, podcasting, email marketing, advertising, RSS. With Andy Wibbels. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Andy Wibbels http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16982 Andy Wibbels Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:10:03 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16982 But how do you really feel? :) I'm waffling back and forth. We'll see what kind of trouble I can get in with next week's iteration. But how do you really feel? :)

I’m waffling back and forth.

We’ll see what kind of trouble I can get in with next week’s iteration.

]]> By: Tom Gray http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16980 Tom Gray Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:07:18 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16980 Andy - It looks horrible. The creativity you used in your design is one of the reasons I read your stuff. Now it looks like your pissed and yelling at me. Go back, please! Seriously, you don't have to sacrifice design on the altar of normative statistical crap. You CAN have your DESIGN cake and EAT it too! I'm not saying you won't benefit from a redesign, just don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Yeah, I use the preview pane and images are automatically blocked but if I know who it's from and the subject line intrigues me like "AOL Screws Up Big Time" or "Andy Wibbels is Bill Gates Love Child" then I'll turn the images on and go at it. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, "It's the content, stupid!" If you do decide to keep the Ugly template then at least downsize the headlines and use a sans serif font. But please, fire up DW again and take another stab. Thanks for listening, I feel so much better now... Andy - It looks horrible. The creativity you used in your design is one of the reasons I read your stuff. Now it looks like your pissed and yelling at me. Go back, please! Seriously, you don’t have to sacrifice design on the altar of normative statistical crap. You CAN have your DESIGN cake and EAT it too! I’m not saying you won’t benefit from a redesign, just don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Yeah, I use the preview pane and images are automatically blocked but if I know who it’s from and the subject line intrigues me like “AOL Screws Up Big Time” or “Andy Wibbels is Bill Gates Love Child” then I’ll turn the images on and go at it.

To paraphrase Bill Clinton, “It’s the content, stupid!”

If you do decide to keep the Ugly template then at least downsize the headlines and use a sans serif font. But please, fire up DW again and take another stab.

Thanks for listening, I feel so much better now…

]]> By: Andy Wibbels http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16892 Andy Wibbels Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:02:21 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16892 I'm betting so since more people outside large companies would be more likely to not be using Outlook (which often a company will deploy with certain defaults turned on). I’m betting so since more people outside large companies would be more likely to not be using Outlook (which often a company will deploy with certain defaults turned on).

]]> By: Terri Z http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16883 Terri Z Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:21:42 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16883 One thing I noticed as I read this study more carefully, is that the folks surveyed were "marketing professionals from companies of all sizes" -- meaning not solo entrepreneurs or even small business owners. I wonder if a survey of the latter would show a different breakdown of users that block images, etc. One thing I noticed as I read this study more carefully, is that the folks surveyed were “marketing professionals from companies of all sizes” — meaning not solo entrepreneurs or even small business owners. I wonder if a survey of the latter would show a different breakdown of users that block images, etc.

]]> By: Andy Wibbels http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16872 Andy Wibbels Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:13:39 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16872 Yeah I like the old one better too but unfortunately I do lots of fun graphics stuff that doesn't seem to play nice with Outlook, Gmail and Yahoo Mail. :( I'll bring headline font size down for next time. Thanks you everyone for your feedback so far... Yeah I like the old one better too but unfortunately I do lots of fun graphics stuff that doesn’t seem to play nice with Outlook, Gmail and Yahoo Mail. :(

I’ll bring headline font size down for next time.

Thanks you everyone for your feedback so far…

]]> By: Rinatta http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16849 Rinatta Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:59:07 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16849 Andy, I use eudora. This email template you are using does not look great - very little formating. I liked the old template better. Andy, I use eudora. This email template you are using does not look great - very little formating. I liked the old template better.

]]> By: Rinatta http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16848 Rinatta Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:58:43 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16848 Andy, I use eudora. This email template you are using does not look great - very little formating. I likes the old template better. Andy, I use eudora. This email template you are using does not look great - very little formating. I likes the old template better.

]]> By: teresa http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16838 teresa Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:16:45 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16838 email client is MYWAY.COM text is extremely large and overfills the browser space great information-loved marketingsherpa email client is MYWAY.COM
text is extremely large and overfills the browser space

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]]> By: Steve Troutman http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16817 Steve Troutman Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:45:15 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1203#comment-16817 You have some interesting stuff going on. Hope all is well with you. Your new newsletter format looks good on my Lotus Notes mail, although the header fonts are a little larger than necessary (Default Serif 24 font is what I see) You have some interesting stuff going on. Hope all is well with you.

Your new newsletter format looks good on my Lotus Notes mail, although the header fonts are a little larger than necessary (Default Serif 24 font is what I see)

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