Everyone knows that email is fantastic for quickly pushing messages out to customers and members but it can also be a powerful way to increase website traffic. This is especially true in the era of social networks when an email alert is often the trigger that drives a member to interact with the social site. How can you use email to increase your site traffic and drive more engagement? How can you leverage all your SEO efforts to enhance your email program and get these two efforts working in harmony? Related PostsSendGrid Delivered hits NYC September 12 Customer Success Story:…
READ MORE »Transactional emails are arguably the most important and impactful messages being sent to your customers because they are an expected and desired communication. Oftentimes, customers are actually waiting to receive email from you. Such is the case when it comes to password reset or recovery messages. Related PostsBack to Basics. If You Can’t Send an Email, What Can You Do? Customer Success Story: Online Music Promotion Software, Haulix Achieves a 95% Delivery Rate With SendGrid 3 Mobile Trends That Will Affect the Future of Transactional Email Webinar: Q & A With Danny and Tim Customer Success Story: Turnkey Sports &…
READ MORE »Getting your emails delivered to your customers is imperative if you want them to respond to your messages. While employing an outsourced SMTP email server solution is the best choice due to its ease of use and flexibility, before you make a final decision on who will take on the important task of handling your transactional email, make sure you ask the provider these three key questions. Related PostsThe Benefits of Sending Email in the Cloud Hacking the Midwest How to Calculate the Cost of Maintaining Your Email Infrastructure Customer Success Story: Free Logo Services’ CEO Selects SendGrid as their…
READ MORE »So you’ve built this awesome app…what’s next? Chances are you’ll need some way to send email from your app to communicate with your users. SendGrid offers a number of APIs that power email-based features in applications. We also have the deliverability chops to ensure those messages dodge the spam folder. Check out our new video, and learn how SendGrid can help you reach your online community. Related PostsWebinar: Q&A with Ken and Carly Webinar: Q&A With Elmer and Carly Whitelists: The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good Pick Up the Money on the Table with Transactional Email Webinar: How…
READ MORE »The following is a guest blog post from one of our customers and community members, Dave Loftis. Dave is an independent developer, and co-founder of VarVee.com and MyD8.net. You can check out his blog at blog.lofdev.com.  If you’re a PHP developer who is building a large Internet application, or even a small one, using CakePHP, you have undoubtedly taken a look at Cake’s built-in Mail component. The built-in component is simple and powerful, and it works well for most things you might do. It’s really great for sending “welcome-to-X” or “forgot-your-password” emails. But, once you deploy and start using things…
READ MORE »We want this to be the year you use SendGrid but more than anything we want you to be able to integrate and customize the system to your specific needs. As we near the end of our reasons you need SendGrid, it is all about empowering our users. We don’t have any complex code or integration. We’re compatible with your systems, your technology and your people so you can customize us your way. Reason #7: Customize the System To Your Own Unique Needs. SendGrid has multiple APIs that allow you to customize the service and retrieve information. These APIs allow you…
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