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Title: E-Shots embedding images?
Post by: StuartHopkin on March 31, 2011, 12:47:23 PM
Does anyone have any idea what the best programme is to prepare an email 'e-shot' sort of thing.

What is the correct/best way to embed/include a jpeg image in an email so that it will be viewed correctly at the other end and wont be too large?

Thanks


Title: Re: E-Shots embedding images?
Post by: kinboshi on March 31, 2011, 12:49:52 PM
Use notepad to edit the HTML, and then use someone like Campaign Monitor to send the campaign (and monitor opens, clickthroughs, etc.) and manage your subscriber lists.


Title: Re: E-Shots embedding images?
Post by: Jon MW on March 31, 2011, 12:58:33 PM
We do lots of that for our clients

Cheap rates ;D


We use dreamweaver to create the html, fireworks to fix/re-size any pictures - which are then put on an ftp page and referred to in the img tag with the url as the src

Like boshi said there are lots of web based email people who you can use to track the campaign after it's sent.


Title: Re: E-Shots embedding images?
Post by: gatso on March 31, 2011, 01:07:29 PM

We use dreamweaver to create the html, fireworks to fix/re-size any pictures - which are then put on an ftp page and referred to in the img tag with the url as the src


I was astonished to find out the other day that this is still how it's done and basic tables are still used. this is stuff I was writing in notepad 10 years ago and nothing seems to have moved on


Title: Re: E-Shots embedding images?
Post by: kinboshi on March 31, 2011, 01:14:51 PM
Ideally you don't want to be using tables, and using a div-based layout is usually much better.  But yes, it's still pretty much the same as it was 10 years ago - except every email client will block the images from showing by default and you have to be very careful not to get your campaign tagged as 'spam' these days.