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Farewell Flash. Hello, iPad-friendly charts!

Be riveted by 10+ inspiring new designs

Add a background image to your newsletter

Ping pong: From lunchtime fun, to a fine art

Design & spam test update, new state/country fields

Campaign Monitor June Newsletter

Farewell Flash. Hello, iPad-friendly charts!

Updated charts
 

Now that seemingly every designer and his dog has an iPhone or iPad, we've updated our campaign reports to look sharp on these devices and still look awesome for everyone else. Find out how how we rebuilt our charts without Flash and watch our demo video demonstrating new tooltips and touch-screen support. Now, everyone can see how addictive our reports can be!

Be riveted by 10+ inspiring new designs

Little Rivet Jeans
 

From little pairs of jeans to big brands, our email design gallery has it all this month. We couldn't help but adore the pastel colors and personality in email newsletters by Little Rivet (pictured) and Bride Buzz, while still loving the structured, corportate cool of USPS, Nvision, Electrolux and Bernstein&Andriulli. To see these designs and more, get on your trike and roll to our email design gallery.

Add a background image to your newsletter

Background images
 

Looking for a safe way to add a background image to your email newsletters? The threat of popular email clients like Outlook and Gmail ignoring them have caused designers to shy from their use... Until now. With our simple, 2-step walkthrough and CSS/HTML code examples, find out how you can make your newsletter's background image display in most email clients.

Ping pong: From lunchtime fun, to a fine art

@media query
 

Our love affair with ping pong began with the arrival of our first table back in 2006. Then, the team was simply a handful of folks with a few ideas on how to spin a ball over the net. As the team grew, so did the number of tables... And the tech behind it. Now, we've got an arena with dedicated touch-screen TV and scoring app. Have we taken our love of ping pong too far? You tell us!

 

LATEST CAMPAIGN MONITOR UPDATES

iPad screenshot

Design & spam testing, now featuring the iPad!

Plus, we've updated our tests to make them faster to review, easier to use and better value.

Custom fields

Adding state & country fields to your forms

Easily target your subscribers by location with our updated custom fields.

Create Stunning HTML Email

The must-have email design book, now digital

Download 'Create Stunning HTML Email That Just Works!' for your iPad or Kindle.

Optimize your email for mobile with a few lines of simple CSS

Are you one of the countless smartphone users that gets frustrated when reading email on your handset? The good news is that you can easily tailor your newsletters for the small screen by using the @media query. With iPhone email client usage reported to have risen by almost 129% last year, there's no doubt your subscribers will appreciate it! Find out how to create mobile-friendly email.

Design tests for the iPhone, plus Blackberry, Nokia and Windows smartphones

We've added additional mobile devices to our design tests. You can now view screenshots of your email campaign on popular handsets running iPhone OS3, Symbian S60 Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro, alongside 20+ major web, desktop and mobile email clients! That means more comprehensive results, more opportunity to optimize your newsletter and better value for you and your clients.

Can I send foreign language campaigns using Campaign Monitor?

Given that we have customers in 187 countries worldwide, there's a good chance that you, or your subscribers send email campaigns in a language other than English. The good news is that we're not selective about what character set you use, plus we've even translated our preference center and forward-to-a-friend pages for you! Here's some pointers on sending non-English campaigns.

Vector Media Group set their clients' campaigns on a positive tangent

In this case study, we look into how Vector Media Group has been able to build on their clients' existing email marketing strategy to deliver high-performing campaigns. To find out more regarding Vector Media's approach to measuring value and the challenges that designers face when selling email campaigns, check out this case study.

Lets work together to kill the spill

We've teamed up with our friends at Squarespace, Woo Themes and Metalab to raise money for the rescue of animals that have been affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. If you would like to support the National Wildlife Federation in protecting wildlife and their habitats, kindly donate at http://killspill.org/. For every dollar you give, we'll match it up to $35,000.


You honestly haven't had enough of the vuvuzela. Go on, you're loving it.

- The Campaign Monitor team

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