Improving Deliverability
The Contract Between ESP, ISP and Client
About Ken and DJ
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WITHOUT
DELIVERABILITY
EMAIL WOULD BE…
TOTALLY
USELESS.
The Email Deliverability Triangle
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Infrastructure: What BSF Does (so you don’t
have to)
(Warning: The next few minutes will consist of “nerdy/technical” stuff.)
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Infrastructure: What BSF Does (so you don’t
have to)
Permission
This phrase is
NOT TRUE when
it comes to email
marketing
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What’s Wrong?
Permission
Email
Subscription
Landing Page
List Maintenance
Retail Email Unsubscribe Benchmark Study 2010 (PDF)
Instead of “Best Practices” …
Practices that
are best
for you
Helping to
make you
better email
marketers
Deliverability vs. Placement
The Secret to Email
Deliverability
Send timely,
targeted, relevant,
valuable email to
subscribers who
have asked
Memorize This
• Email delivery is a contract: ESP-ISP-
YOU
• Infrastructure – Permission – List
Maintenance – Best Practice
• BSF is here to help make you a better
email marketer.
• “The Secret”
Did we mention that we’re here to help?

Improving Email Marketing Deliverability (Blue Sky Factory User Conference)