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Your monthly roundup of the latest email marketing, design, and development strategies from Litmus

October 2023

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Everything You Need to Know About iOS 17

Apple iOS 17 officially landed on iPhones last month. And now, it’s available in Litmus! But the biggest spook of iOS 17 is Apple’s Link Tracking Protection (LTP). Don’t be afraid, learn exactly what that is, how it’ll impact your email marketing, and how iOS 17 renders email.

Get up to speed
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Kimberly Huang
Content Marketing Manager, Litmus

Guess what? ICYMI, you can use Litmus to preview how your emails will actually look for your iOS 17 subscribers, before it hits their
inbox. 

Since the announcement, we’ve been busy behind the scenes, doing all the email testing.

Spoiler: things pretty much render the same as iOS 16, but remember to test your templates along with any emails that have advanced email coding, like faux-positioning or interactivity.

Inside this issue

  • Free Email Templates Hub →
  • The 2023 State of ESPs Report →
  • How to Create an “Add to Calendar” Link for Your Emails →

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Year-end holiday season tips and insights to help you get through the busiest time of year.

 
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Don’t leave subscribers in the dark. Get Dark Mode tips, snippets, and how-tos from the email community.

 
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Is video in email a thing? Learn how to simulate video-like movement with faux video.

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A closer look...

The top ESPs, a calendar link tutorial, and templates

Template

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Free Email Templates Hub

Treat yourself to 15+ free templates based on design (pyramid, multi-column layout, F-shaped pattern) and goal (re-engagement, event invite, product launch)—all tested and approved by our very own email team.

Go get ‘em

Report

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ESPs report on it A cat sleeping on a rug in front of a table with the State of ESPs report on it

The 2023 State of ESPs Report

No bones about it. Your ESP can be your best friend—or worst enemy. Discover what tools email wizards and witches use in each industry, at each company size, and whether they’re happy with those choices.

Dig into the data

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How to Create an “Add to Calendar” Link for Your Emails

Are in-person or virtual events part of your marketing mix? Include a calendar link in your emails, so subscribers can save it to their own calendars for a bloody good time.

Treat your subscribers
 

The Litmus Laboratory

Think outside of the box with countdown timers

A timer counting down to decide the fate of two pumpkins.

Countdown timers are commonly used in promotional emails. But they can be used in other ways, like in a transactional email—or purely to surprise and delight your subscribers. Like counting down to Pumpkin Destruction Day on November 4!

How do you think the gourds will be destroyed?  Take a guess, and you’ll see the pumpkins’ final fate soon!

Cast your vote

Final day to help us myth bust email trends! What trends are here to stay—and what should go? Share your thoughts, and we’ll bring the results to life.

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Our favorite emails

Feedback emails, spooky books, and playful GIFs

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Wario Ware Move it! email from Nintendo
Review email from Violette
High Velocity invitation email from 
Atlassian
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