Archive for the ‘Tips and tricks’ Category

Using Multiple Reply-To Addresses in an Email Campaign

Did you know that you could use multiple Reply-to email addresses in GroupMail? Say, for example, you wanted replies to your next email campaign to be sent both to your sales and your support desk. No problem… All you have to do is to separate emails in the Reply-to field with commas. Um, just make [...]

Windows Error 0x00002AFB

A few customers approached us with a Windows Error OxOOOO2AFB appearing in GroupMail when they were trying to send a message. In all instances, this occurred on a Windows 7 computer. Our support team searched high and low for this error and eventually after checking the settings on a customer’s system, discovered that it was [...]

Holiday Email Greetings from Universities

Today, I received a Holiday email greeting from my Alma Mater. Holiday email greetings serve several purposes. They spread goodwill to past customers who have contributed to the success of your organization They nurture relationships with past customers of your organization, which will help during future fund-raising or promotional campaigns They drive traffic to your [...]

Software Upgrade Paths (GroupMail)

GroupMail makes it easy to upgrade from one edition to another at anytime without having to re-purchase software each time you do so. To start with, you can upgrade from our GroupMail Free Edition to the Personal or Business Editions and get a 20% discount on your purchase. To upgrade, just click on the “Help” [...]

Create HTML Email with Microsoft Word.

First off I wouldn’t recommend using Microsoft Word for creating HTML Email due to all the non standard HTML and VML it uses which can’t be understood by non Microsoft Email clients. However if needs must then there is a way to do it and it involves saving your Word document as a type “Web [...]

Email Marketing Tip: Be the Recipient

One of the most memorable lines from the movie Caddyshack was when Ty Webb told Danny Noonan, “Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball. You’re not being the ball Danny.” Well, as an email marketer, you should be the recipient. Be the first recipient who sees your next email campaign. Create a [...]

Free Email Marketing Software and Services

GroupMail began its life as shareware back in the 1990s. As a company, we thought that continuing to provide a free version of our award-winning email marketing software was the right thing to do. Why? Well, there are many people who might benefit from the basic elements of our software but wouldn’t use it enough [...]

The Group could not be opened as it no longer exists. – 2409

Excluding more than 6 Groups causes “The Group could not be opened as it no longer exists. – 2409″  This is a known issue that our Development Team are currently looking into, the workaround is to only exclude less than 6 Groups when adding the filters.

How Sexy Are Your Email Subject Lines?

Some email marketers say that the subject line copy is the most important element of your email marketing campaigns. It is a credible thought, as many of us decide to open or not open (read or not read) an email based on our reaction to the subject line. Dylan Boyd provides some good and bad [...]

Email Marketing Software Discounts This Summer

I’m running a special summer promotion on our award-winning email marketing software, GroupMail. GroupMail Summer Promotion (Watch the video introduction) Stop by and follow the fun that I’m having when the office door closes behind me during these summer days, and take advantage of the savings that result from my enjoyment. This is a Facebook [...]