Accessibility & Inclusive Design Ideas to Explore

Checklists can inspire you, help you identify gaps, allow you to take inventory, and provide an easy-to-follow action plan. At Oracle Digital Experience Agency, we use checklists all the time with our clients. In fact, we love them so much that we wanted to share some of our most useful checklists, including…
Things I’ve Read about Email Marketing that Are Simply Wrong

The web has always been a dicey place to get email marketing advice. Too many people incorrectly think that email marketing hasn’t changed much over the years, so outdated information tends to get recirculated over and over and over. Based on the rise in factual inaccuracies I’ve been seeing in recent months,…
Voice Assistants Reading Emails: How to Create Voice-Friendly Campaigns

Accessibility and inclusive design have become major digital marketing design trends as brands recognize the need to be more welcoming and considerate of consumers with a wider range of needs. Making email campaigns more voice-friendly is one element of this effort. However, it’s not without some contradictions and compromises. Let’s look at…
AMP for Email: The Present & Future of the Standard

When AMP for email was officially launched in March of 2019 by Google, it promised to bring standards-based interactivity and real-time content to inboxes, allowing brands to bring landing page and app-like functionality into their emails. With AMP for email components allowing marketers to create forms, carousels, accordions, drilldown menus, and much…
When to Use Retina Images in Emails and When to Avoid Them

Because of the prevalence of full- and ultra-HD monitors and smartphone screens, marketers need to use retina images to ensure that their emails look crisp and professional. However, that doesn’t mean that every image in an email needs to be retina-quality. Marketers should use retina images in their emails only when it…
The Biggest Shifts in Email Marketing Trends for 2024 [with on-demand webinar]

Email marketing is constantly evolving, so it can be difficult to know where to invest your time and energy from year to year. Just a few of the recent changes and challenges that email marketers have had to deal with include: Economic uncertainty caused by high interest rates New deliverability requirements from…
Email Marketing Trends for 2024: Proven Essentials

Email marketing is constantly evolving, so it can be difficult to know where to invest your time and energy from year to year. Just a few of the recent changes and challenges that email marketers have had to deal with include: Economic uncertainty caused by high interest rates New deliverability requirements from…
Email Marketing Trends for 2024: Unproven Opportunities

Email marketing is constantly evolving, so it can be difficult to know where to invest your time and energy from year to year. Just a few of the recent changes and challenges that email marketers have had to deal with include: Economic uncertainty caused by high interest rates New deliverability requirements from…