Hey Robyn  Sorry, not sure I'm on the same page re the blog idea. I added a section in the newsletter structure for blogs, is that what you are referring to?

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Hello Mr. Ian   These are the Subscribed and "cleaned?" contacts I managed to download from the Gikko Email List 2020. Not sure what the cleaned contacts mean... but I've left off the unsubs. When we're ready to build this out on Infobip, it would be great to get a crash course on uploading these in one go :) 

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Great stuff. You can login on Infobip with these details: 
https://portal.infobip.com/
IanParsons
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Thank Ian  Will jump on this on Monday once we have received all the content.

Hey Ian  ~ It looks like I can only upload one email list from the two I shared above. I tried adding the "cleaned members" and "subscribed members" but it seems to replace the one when I upload the other. So, I'm opting for the subscribed list. I'll continue for now, and maybe we can look at that once I've built out the mailer.

Laura  cleaned emails are emails that bounced or were not deliverable for some reason; you can ignore them completely. 

Ian Robyn I just sent you a test for the Gikko newsletter. 🤗 It landed in my promo/spam folder. Could you take a look and let me know what you think?

Ohh! There are a few gaps the Gikko team needs to fill. I need a number for Rodney, a link for the ICT conference/expo and an image from the event (Flo mentioned she had that and would share) + a case study link for Electrosales

Laura I think it looks great! 

One suggestion is to put the highlights into a list; the two column layout makes it feel like the content in the two columns are related to the same topic, but I suspect they're actually two highlights.

Hey Laura  

It looks great, I do think the below content needs a little love 

Is Zimbabwe ready for widespread adoption of WhatsApp in the B2C space? We think so! WhatsApp is an underutilised business channel and it should not be ignored, especially as conversational AI becomes an increasingly popular tool to give customers what they want. sign up today? or something like that?

We all use it every day, but did you know that Gikko also offers an integrated Email platform for the delivery of automated email notifications? It can also be used as a stand-alone marketing email tool – this very email is maid using our robust tools!

Made using - spelling and feels like we need a chat to us or sign up here too 

What do you think Ian

I think the rest is cool, but noticed that those little blocks are a bit skew at the bottom there, not the end of the world but does look a bit off

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Thanks , Robyn and totally agree re the content changes you suggested. I felt that the section you mentioned needs some more thought... I will wait for Ian 's comments before I continue. But just to note the section at the bottom, looks like this on my screen – so wrapping is happening on smaller screens;

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Do you feel it would be better to move away from 3 columns and keep it to one? Or, remove the buttons and include the contact numbers instead

Oh Sorry , Ian  – I missed your comment above! let me work on that and will send another test now now

In general I'm in favour of one-column emails :) 

Sorry peeps, I am experiencing weird delays so please excuse brain farts that seems out of whack haha

Alrighty, I've sent another test now with a few changes. Have a look and let me know if that's good to share with Gikko team for their checks

Looking good Laura if you are going to share please will you mention the blog - otherwise, lets coordinate a message tomorrow morning x

Laura  is there an option to specify the email address and sender name? I see the emails are coming from an Old Mutual email address.

Thanks for asking Ian  I assumed it was a test thing but this is a new platform so assumptions are dangerous! 

Ian Robyn this is what I had set up in the beginning. So, wondering if that's because it's testing? But weird that its from an Old Mutual email...

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Laura  I know Fresh grabs a real contact for testing so maybe its the same here seeing as the details are correct! Strange and also confused me on Fresh 

Ian I saw there was a Test sender email set to Old Mutual, which should hopefully sort out the question to James, have relayed that to them as well.
Robyn  Sorry! I didn't touch on the blog aspect! I can follow up later this morning on that