The top email marketing blogs
A list of the 46 email marketing blogs that I read on a regular basis. As with the top 21 email marketing resources, this list is not exhaustive, but does represent those blogs that produce at least semi-regular posts with useful content. I have many more I'm monitoring and will add if and when they prove their long-term value.
Email marketing - all aspects
No man is an iland
My (and this site's) blog with advice, news, links, opinion and a dash of humor.
BeRelevant
Keep up-to-date with Tamara Gielen's regular links and article round up.
The Messaging Times
Thoughtful posts on issues, attitudes and approaches from Ton O'Leary.
Adventures in email marketing
Anna Billstrom, an independent (data) consultant covers issues and concerns surrounding ethical and effective email marketing.
Bronto Blog
Often features practical tips and analysis from Bronto staff. Look out for the BrontoFire feature.
MailChimp Blog
Another ESP blog covering various aspects of email marketing with helpful hints and insight.
Email Marketing Water Cooler
Return Path's blog with a focus on deliverability, strategy and address acquisition.
denise cox's blog
From the newsletter expert at Newsweaver.
Email Experience Blog
Various expert contributors from among the Email Experience Council's membership.
The Email Research Center
Morgan Stewart is always great value with analysis of trends and practical suggestions, too.
EmailGarage
Short tips on various issues.
The eMailing Experience
José Manuel Alarcón Aguín with input from Spain.
The Touch
MailerMailer's Raj Khera with views and advice on all things email.
Digital marketing blog
Not just about email, but regularly covers it with both big picture and small picture material.
Email Marketing Insights
StrongMail's Tricia Robinson-Pridemore talks email strategy and tactics.
Mailing Manager
Practical tips and strategic insights.
The inbox advisor
Quick tips from Megan Ouellet.
Strategic Email Marketing
From the folk at Inbox Marketer.
The Thinking Inbox
Practical articles from Blue Sky Marketing.
Email Yogi
The NCR eCommerce team on best practices.
Blogs for small business
AWeber blog
Particularly good at introducing basic best practices.
VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog
Also provides plenty of other small business advice, as well as email-related suggestions.
Constant Contact Best Practices Blog
Another one with topics for businesses sending relatively small volumes of email.
EmailTrainer.com
Written by John Arnold, author of "Email marketing for dummies" (see interview).
Blogs for big business
The Email Wars
Return On Subscriber
All blogs from eROI, a top email marketing and interactive agency.
Retail email
RetailEmail.Blogspot
Chad White's great service monitoring the email efforts of the web's leading retailers.
Smith-Harmon EDM Review
Takes a regular look at creative and execution, with screenshots.
SendLabs blog
Covers other issues, but often reviews retail email campaigns.
The MineThatData blog
Thought-provoking multichannel retailer advice from Kevin Hillstrom.
Deliverability and anti-spam
EmailKarma
Like the tagline says, "It's not the size of your list, it's how you use it!"
The email delivery guru
And a guru he is. Al Iverson on the right way to tackle deliverability issues.
Word to the Wise
Insightful insider stuff from a deliverability service.
Spam Resource
Al's private blog with a focus on (how not to) spam.
Maximizing Deliverability
StrongMail's Spencer Kollas with his advice on getting to the inbox.
Terry Zink's Anti-spam Blog
Views from a Microsoft employee working with anti-spam solutions.
E-mail, tech policy and more
John Levine tracks court cases and related email issues.
Deliverability.com
Various deliverability professionals weigh in on issues and news.
Email design and copywriting
Campaign Monitor Blog
Top source of information on design and coding issues, from the folks behind the Email Standards Project.
Email Standards Project Blog
And here's the blog of the organization itself, with updates on their progress and HTML email rendering issues.
Copyblogger
Not strictly email related, but possibly the best copywriting blog out there.
EmailElements
Mike Kleiman with a strong focus on coding issues.
Spam Meltdown
Features dozens of screenshots of HTML email designs.
Strategy and analysis
the brightwave blog
Simms Jenkins with occasional thoughts on the big picture, analysis and organizational issues.
WhiteNoise
David Baker with thoughtful and forward-looking articles on email marketing approaches.
Email marketing strategy from Silverpop CEO Bill Nussey
The blog's title offers some good hints at what you'll find here.
Deutsch
Email marketing blog
Von Nico Zorn. Über alle Aspekte des Themas.
Español
The eMailing Experience
De José Manuel Alarcón Aguín.