Phrasee’s phavorite marketing tweets of the month: October 2016

October was a great month for email marketing’s online community.

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As the industry’s convention season reached its zenith and our sun’s rotations across the sky became noticeably shorter, connections were made, Twitter handles were put to faces at last and friendships were forged. Email marketing tweets were produced at a breakneck pace.

#email #bantz #beers and #braintrust #EIS16 @InnovateEmail pic.twitter.com/FIFQaQ42oD

— Phrasee (@phrasee) October 12, 2016

We began to ask ourselves tough questions, like “What is a ‘slack community’?” All the while reflecting on where email marketing came from and where it is headed. We were universally glad to have others like us to lean on as we prepared to hunker down for the long, dark winter ahead.

As always, one easy place to stay connected and supported was old, reliable Twitter. For many of us, this much-maligned social network may represent a disconcertingly large portion of our human contact over the coming months.

Let’s see how we did…

Phrasee’s phavourite email marketing tweets of the month: October 2016

It was a time for community building as the Email Geeks slack community began recruiting in earnest…

Join us #emailgeeks, and together we can rule the galaxy! https://t.co/e5Oq4wfunF pic.twitter.com/IvBjRvl4d3
— Wilbert Heinen (@wilbertheinen) October 6, 2016

And ‘Women Of Email’ continued its strong growth…

@WomenOfEmail topped 400 association members today! You should come join us too. https://t.co/uUHo28Hzcw #wemail #emailgeeks #emailmarketing pic.twitter.com/mTuh2PKgy0

— Jen Capstraw (@jencapstraw) September 29, 2016

But, after spending some time with others like us, new theories were formed…

I have a theory that all #EmailGeeks are lowkey alcoholics.
— Alex Ilhan (@omgitsonlyalex) October 12, 2016

And of course it was important to always remember that being out in the real world can be a smelly proposition at times…

That moment you realize you’re trapped on a train car with Captain Flatulence.

💩💨
— Samantha Iodice (@e_Maven) October 17, 2016

And that many of us function much better when left to our own devices…

pic.twitter.com/SnWAZcUIU8
— Frode Myklebust (@famyklebust) October 19, 2016

We took a moment or two to poke fun at the less user-friendly among us…

“You unsubscribed from our email list. Our unsubscribe donkey, Pepe, will begin his journey; your request should be processed in 4-6 weeks.” pic.twitter.com/XabHfavbuN
— Brad Frost (@brad_frost) October 14, 2016

 And those times when we get it juuuuuuust right, although maybe we shouldn’t have…

Pretty strong subject line from @YPlan 😳#emailgeeks #emailmarketing pic.twitter.com/RVeO9O2Op4
— Alan Lawrenson (@Lozza113) October 2, 2016

We found new scales upon which to measure our progress…

Oscillating at the wrong end of the spectrum today. #emailgeeks #emailgremlin #codecanbecruel pic.twitter.com/L8JpOFrEuk
— Aaron Simmonds (@otherside_uk) October 5, 2016

And drew a few important lines in the sand…

You can take my inline styles when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. #emailgeeks #gmailupdates
— Anne Tomlin (@pompeii79) October 7, 2016

Fair warning: If you send me a “no tricks, just treats” email, I WILL unsubscribe. Costume roundups only, pls.
— email scareketing (@EmailSnarketing) October 17, 2016

Old time-wasting favourites were pulled from deep within the internet vault and reborn in email form…

Minesweeper in an email 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 💣💣💣💣💣💣💣 https://t.co/dF3Eyav1Sj @tabletrtd @CamillePalu @miahsix #emailgeeks
— Elliot Ross (@iamelliot) October 5, 2016

And Worf took on some customer service reps… (Is this getting old yet?)

Rovio,
Your Angry Birds password recovery system is not functioning correctly. I have not received an email. Respond.

Worf

— Worf Email (@WorfEmail) October 6, 2016

In the end, all we were really left with was a stark reminder that the only ones who REALLY understand us, are us…

To email managers who don’t do code: Email is not pixel perfect. It does not, nor should, look the same everywhere. pic.twitter.com/PFFFUT50Bb
— Sharon J (@EmailChicGeek) September 19, 2016

So shine on, you crazy diamonds, and keep tweeting. We fine Phrasee folks will be watching.

Because we need each other, more so with every passing day. And here, at our desks, in front of our warmly glowing screens, we can share our email marketing bond, free from the perils of stinky trains, judgements on our drinking habits and being lumped in with the spam geeks by a public which may never really understand us or what we do.

See you all next month!