How to Stop Your Emails from Going to the Recipient's Spam Folder ?

by winsecrets

Posted: 11 years ago 23 replies

EMAIL MARKETING

Would appreciate any help in this regard, i have found some online help on this but wanted to check what the fellow marketers use or if there is a specific strategy to counter this....thank you

#emails #folder #junk #recipient #recipient’s #spam #stop

Social App Zone 11 years ago

Top email spam topics:

Pharmacy 81%
Replica 5.40%
Enhancers 2.30%
Phishing 2.30%
Degrees 1.30%
Casino 1%
Weight Loss 0.40%

These will probably get you in the bin. Try addressing the recipient in the title. Are you sending it from a domain based email account?. Think about a Google business account to help make your email more "loved" by gmail.

Chances are if it goes in the spam bin.. it's spam
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- vickybabe 11 years ago
  
  Stop sending spam. Watch your spam number in your autoresponder, get them to whitelist you, get them to double opt-in
  
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asepkomara 11 years ago

Ask the email recipients to whitelist your email sender after they do double opt-in. As simple as that.
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- Horny Devil Banned 11 years ago
  
  The bottom line is you can't, as you've no control over the recipients mail settings.
  
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JensSteyaert 11 years ago

You can't really force people to whitelist your emails. As with anything, i you provide value they will read it, if you spam them they'll delete it, simple as that
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bmw040 11 years ago

Found this article a while back:

Emails Going To Junk? 10 Tips to Stop It

I am not affiliated with this site in any way. Just a good article.

To Your Success,

Brian
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- winsecrets 11 years ago
  
  Thank you...very helpful info!
  
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Kalednet 11 years ago

1) Use third-party list mgmt software like Aweber, Mailchimp or Getresponse.
2) use double opt-in
3) use "subscription reminder - why you're receiving this email"
4) be consistent in your mailing, and use branding so people can remember u
5) and of course, make it easy for people to leave the list, some marketers hide the unsubscribe link.
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AlisonM 11 years ago

I use aweber with a double opt in for most lists. When you create a message you will be shown a "spam indicator".

I was horrified when one message showed up as the maximum spam: problem was I'd used a shortened link that I was given to an affiliate product.

As soon as i went back to a "normal" link my message was fine.

It's great getting message into the recipient's in box, but then you have the next challenge - getting them to open them!
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Moneymaker2012 11 years ago

Your emails won’t go to the recipient’s inbox if its subject or the body contains spam keywords or phrases.
Any email which contains spam keywords in high proportion will go to the spam folder.
It is important that you keep yourself abreast of the words or phrases that are considered to be spam.
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- smodha 11 years ago
  
  Implement double opt-ins and avoid Spam words like "Free", "Discount" etc in your email copy.
  
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JimDucharme 11 years ago

Before we get too focused on the whole spammy word thing (which is over-hyped but not completely irrelevant) I would suggest you consider these words from one of the experts on the subject, Chad White:

“Content filtering hasn't been a big component of spam filtering algorithms for nearly a decade,” wrote Chad White, former research director for Responsys (now with ET), in the article’s comments. “Sender reputation and increasingly engagement metrics are way more important. Any marketer with half-decent permission and list management practices will be able to use these words and phrases without worry.”

However, another expert in the same article (Laura Wise) offered a different opinion (content does play a role) and so just to keep things in perspective, I highly recommend you read the full post from the Magill Report here. It's short and well worth it.

Regards,
jim
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krishparmar 8 years ago

Avoiding words which are considered as spammy in your subject line as well as in your email campaign is something you should focus on.
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- Regional Warrior 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by krishparmar
  
  Avoiding words which are considered as spammy in your subject line as well as in your email campaign is something you should focus on.
  
  Digs up an old 3 yr old thread to sig spam the shame of it all
  
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  JohnMcCabe 8 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Regional Warrior
  
  Digs up an old 3 yr old thread to sig spam the shame of it all
  
  Looks like a mod agrees with you. The post remains; the sig does not.
  
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vedremo Banned 8 years ago

Marketing emails:

Try this:
https://www.mail-tester.com

Excellent tool, free.

Transaction emails:

Try this: https://sendgrid.com

If you're with GetResponse, try someone else.
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jbreeden 8 years ago

I agree with watching your email contents for SPAM trigger words. This is a big one. I remeber a time when being on an email list meant receiving actual useful info. They use to have just a quick offer down at the bottom. I miss those dys.
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shaunybb 8 years ago

There are many things that can cause your email to go to the spam folder don't do these things:

Use the word "free" and similar words.
Adding capitals and bad grammar in the wrong places.
Not adding the mandatory information such as unsubscribe link, etc etc

Hope that helps!
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JohnMcCabe 8 years ago

Another 2013 thread that's more relevant than most of what's on the front page.

One thing that I've found that helps is sending both an html and plain text version. I read some research that said that spammers often resort to sending only the html version, using images to replace the trigger words that land them in trouble.

Most email service providers make it easy to send both versions from the same set up.
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Brent Stangel 8 years ago

One big issue is your "from" address. Don't use a free service like Gmail.

You want to use an email like help@yourdomain.com.
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antidajjal 8 years ago

this email company is realy giving us hell right now
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webmarke 8 years ago

One reason your emails will reach people's spam folder is because you are getting a lot bounced emails.

You need to clean your list at least once a month and get rid of all the emails that are bouncing.

Next you will want to make sure that your from email is from a domain and not a free email service.

Another thing to reduce your emails that go into spam folders is to not insert several links into 1 email.
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Matthew Iannotti 8 years ago

Helpful article explaining most of this..

https://intraleads.com/blog/why-lead...-is-important/
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