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Yesssss. Get me to those chairs.

Well ahead of schedule for the July Higher Ed Marketing book club with @kibilds.bsky.social & @ashleybudd.com meeting.

Mailed It! by Ashley Budd and Dayana Kibilds On sale everywhere

Friends working in .org .gov .edu. Read our book. Please.

Free chapter here: emailbook.co/sample-chapter
Co-authored by: @kibilds.bsky.social

Book Review: “Mailed It!” by Ashley Budd and Dayana Kibilds Email is a love letter — or at least it should be and can be, according to Ashley Budd and Dayana Kibilds, authors of “Mailed It!” (2024). Their proven email strategies and writing techniques help mar...

Every email sent should have a specific goal, and effective email strategies over time equally balance four of them: nurture, awareness, action, and stewardship.
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New client I’m working with, heavy email culture. Buying them all @ashleybudd.com & @kibilds.bsky.social book Mailed It! So I don’t have to see another massive block of text called an email.

Team Identity Exercise – Ashley Budd Strengthen your team alignment and effectiveness. This exercise defines shared values and applies them to decision-making and collaboration.

Wrote a blog post for the first time in 12 years. ashleybudd.com/2025/02/11/t...

White Meat: Appetizer What if enslaved people came back from the dead as zombies but only ate white people?

OMG my good friend @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social is trying to make a horror movie with a message set right here in #Philly. I love him and love the concept. Help him make it happen! kck.st/4jHrHdQ
#whitemeat

Pickle Fix | 2025 Pinterest Trend People are getting into a pickle—in a good way. From desserts to cocktails, we’ll be seeing lots of recipes that have us puckering up for this tangy treat.

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Peak Travel | 2025 Pinterest Trend Mountainous travel destinations are on their way up. From the Dolomites to the Atlas Mountains, people are looking to boost their vibes, mountain high.

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Ski trip this weekend with @mallorywillsea.bsky.social! 🇨🇦

Fueling 2025 with lil treats.

So sweet!

Why Your Click Rates Might Be Inflated By Bot Clicks | Inbox Collective These bots are there to keep inboxes safe — but they might have a big effect on your metrics and ad strategy.

Robots are clicking 🤖

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Landed in Ithaca to teach more people how to write good eeeeeemails.

Where did my millennial marketing Barbie go?!

Sounds like spa time to me!

Logged in 5 mins late to my first meeting of 2025. New year. Same me.

There are 70+ fine folks signed up for today’s December Mailed It! workshop! 💌

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Cover of Mailed It!

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Books stood on end with many layers of cardboard on one end.

Books are shipped weird.

Cherry core, sea witchery, and peak travel.

The Biggest Pinterest Trends For 2025 Our not-yet-trending report is your glimpse into the future. See what’s going to be big in culture next year, from Rococo frills to sea witchy chills.

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Something happens when people sit down to write an email.

They enter another dimension where they are compelled to write phrases like “I hope…” and “In order to…”

“I’m writing to inform you that” you can cut this crap.

Just Enough Research A frightening tale of humans talking to…other humans. Erika K Hall.

A Net Promotor Score Scale in gritty black and white

A task flow diagram in courier and rough boxes and arrows

A B&W photo of a Ticketmaster NPS survey printed out and crumpled with a caption underneath FIG 9.7 Because the experience of buying a concern ticket includes such a complex interplay of inventory scarcity and monopoly power, this question is too reductive to be meaningful.

For fans only. A ridiculous pulp paperback version of Just Enough Research is now available for the low low price of $12.00.

All the excellent content of the 2024 edition is in there. All diagrams and images lovingly recreated at *much* lower quality.

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It’s bad out there. Evil chaos quadrant.

It’s unsubscribe season. Are you surviving? Thriving?