The FeedBlitz API: Email Parsers
Email parsers allow FeedBlitz to add email addresses to a mailing list based on a notification email from any third party solution. FeedBlitz grabs the incoming email notification using a “parser,”...
View ArticleThe FeedBlitz Simple API: Adding Subscriptions Programmatically
If you’re a plugin developer, PHP guru, or a web programmer who wants to do more with FeedBlitz but the REST API is daunting, we’re rolling out a new set of features in a “Simple” API that is much...
View ArticleThe FeedBlitz REST API
The REST API is an XML-based API. It is, like FeedBlitz itself, complex and at times may be challenging to use. For simple use cases, such as integrating a FeedBlitz subscription mechanism into your...
View ArticleThe FeedBlitz API: Workflow for Building a Plugin
The goal of this example is to show you what API calls to make so you can programmatically add a subscriber’s email (and other information) to a list at FeedBlitz. Let’s assume you’re developing a...
View ArticleNew: RSS Image Enclosures Now Visible
A funny (peculiar, not haha) thing about major media site RSS feeds is that not only are the feeds often little more than a plain text (and so kinda boring) sentence, but also that their RSS feeds tend...
View ArticleToday I Learned: How to Enable Flash Developers
Not having Flash development experience in-house, we were puzzled recently when we received a support request from a Flash guy wondering why a file we’d never heard of (crossdomain.xml) was giving a...
View ArticleFeeds, Clicks and DNS Problems
If you or your subscribers have been frustrated trying to get to a FeedBlitz feed (or click through to a link in a FeedBlitz feed) in the last 24 hours or so, the reason is because some third party DNS...
View ArticleThe One Easy Gmail Tip for Tracking and Testing
We recently sponsored the slightly-awkwardly-named-but-totally-worthwhile Type-A Parent Conference in Atlanta, and so naturally the topic of email came up (surprise!), especially in relation to testing...
View ArticleResolved: Overnight click-through issues
Although feeds were being served and email sent OK, some publishers experienced click-through issues overnight; the problem has now been resolved. We’re sorry for any inconvenience. Any subscribers...
View ArticleFor the Fallen – We Will Remember Them
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. From “For the Fallen” by...
View ArticleSo long, Zombie Google Reader
We all know how to stop a zombie, right? Get it in the head. Fine in the movies or “The Walking Dead,” but it’s not so simple for zombie products or technologies. Case in point: Google Reader. The...
View ArticleHurry up and Wait: Delayed Gratification for Autoresponders
FeedBlitz has offered comprehensive, multi-step autoresponders for years now. They’re great for saying thanks, delivering incentives, or offering multi-step courses. Couple an autoresponder sequence to...
View Article.@Wistia videos now supported in FeedBlitz emails
Video in email is a pain. Unless you’re an HTML5 guru and only want your emails working on iOS devices, video just plain doesn’t work in email. FeedBlitz has long supported video providers such as...
View ArticleMalware Warnings
Update Looks like the reviews have completed and things are back to normal. Some systems will cache the earlier results, and the updates may take a while to roll out. If you’re still seeing warnings,...
View ArticleManaging Images in Your Newsletter Template Just Got Easier
FeedBlitz gives all publishers the ability to control every aspect of newsletter design. The Easy Editor allows FeedBlitz publishers to control their logo, fonts and colors, whether or not to include a...
View ArticleOn Resilience … Or, Welcome Back, Amanda
One of the joys of being in a small, tightly knit company like FeedBlitz is that, as colleagues, we grow close to each other. We share our triumphs and joys; and we circle the wagons when the going...
View ArticleSumoMe Now Works With FeedBlitz
Some of you have been asking what’s a good list building plugin or tool. I’m happy to announce that SumoMe now works with your FeedBlitz account. Why is this exciting? The SumoMe WordPress Plugin has...
View ArticleSuperbowl XLIX: On Luck, Preparedness and Execution
[Bear with me -- this isn't a sports piece] Wow – that was quite the game. As a Patriots fan living in New England I was very, very vested in the outcome, and I’m obviously happy with the result. But...
View ArticleEmail Marketing 101, Part 1
Why Email When you think about building your site for the first time, you’re probably also thinking about your Facebook presence. After all, that’s where the people are, right? OK, that makes sense at...
View ArticleEmail Marketing 101, Part 2
When to Start Email Marketing In the previous Email Marketing 101 post, I talked about why email marketing is vital. Today I’ll talk about when - when to start your email marketing efforts. Good news!...
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