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Netflix came up with a different approach for their end-of-year holiday / thanks-for-being-a-customer email — a free DVD rental. Not only is it a nice gesture, but it is also implemented well.
Here’s the email I was sent:
Here is the landing page you visit when you click through to redeem your free rental (click to view larger):
And here is the confirmation page once you redeem your free rental (click to view larger):
Redeeming my free rental literally took two clicks, the messaging is clear and concise, and there were no hidden ‘gotchas’ to dampen my feelings of Christmas cheer towards Netflix. Nicely done!
Which leads to the question, what are you doing to bring a smile to the faces of your customers at this time of year?
Email Header Design Showcase
Dec 16
I was recently working on some updates to one of our email newsletter templates, in particular the header area. I thought it would be useful to create a showcase of email header designs for reference. I certainly found it helpful — I hope you do too!
Note that the majority of these emails are from online retailers. However, many of the best practices in evidence are applicable to any type of marketing email or newsletter, whatever your line of business.
If you’re into email design, you might also want to check out my recent post about the best email width.
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The Art & Design Inspiration fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from Liam Brazier, Spencer Charles, Yema Yema, Grzegorz Domaradzki and Marc Garcia Diez.
Man Up by Liam Brazier
the Follow this logo design process walkthrough to see the making of a cubist style logo design made up of lots of detailed vector facets. Not only will we be creating the actual design in Adobe Illustrator, but I’ll also be describing the whole logo design process in this tutorial, from the initial sketches right through to finishing off the final design.
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