| | A few weeks ago, we launched the MailPoet Sending Service for MailPoet 3 Beta users. Our delivery rate is an awesome 98%. Not bad, eh?
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This month, we have some informative blog posts, some thought-provoking links, and (last but not least), a comparison table of MailPoet 2 versus MailPoet 3. Read on to find out more!
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| MailPoet News Curious to know what will change in the future MailPoet 3 plugin? Check out this table, which compares the current version of MailPoet (MP2) to the upcoming MailPoet 3 (MP3) plugin. Questions? Concerns? Hit the reply button! Do you often feel overwhelmed by technology? We do too. Stay sane with our guide to managing stress in a digital world. Not many writers are as successful as Stephen King. With over 350 million books sold, Mr. King is one of the most financially-successful novelists of all time. Read our post on his top tips for writers. We're still hiring! MailPoet is looking for a new software developer to join our remote team. Sound like you? Check out the job posting here. | | | WordPress and Technology Do you struggle with cold emailing new contacts? Dunja Lazić certainly doesn't. Check out her blog post on getting over 60,000 new signups via cold emailing. Love fonts? We do too. Luc Devroye, however, loves fonts more than anyone. Explore his online typographic encyclopedia, complete with over 70,000 entries on type designers, the history of typography, the mathematics of font, and more. Run a remote company? Give Gary Levitt's Practical Guide to Having a Remote Company a read. It's full of useful tips by someone who has been there and done that (Levitt sold his company to GoDaddy in 2014.) Or, maybe you're on the other side of the remote equation. Browse this huge resource of remote job boards, articles, interview tips and more, all curated by Lukasz Madon. Thinking about increasing your prices? Pippin Williamson, developer of Easy Digital Downloads, did just that; he and his team increased the price of their products by 50% to 250% percent(!)
The result? A few more negative customer responses, a few less time-consuming support tickets, and most importantly, a dramatic increase in company morale. Where is the best place to put your company logo? WPMU DEV sought to find out. Check out the detailed answer on their blog. The short version? Put your logo in the top left of every page. | | | Writing and Productivity What's the coolest anagram in the English language? Mark Dominus wrote a program to find out. His answer? Cinematographer megachiropteran. Say that five times fast! Don't feel bad about that extra cup of coffee (or glass of beer). Alcohol and caffeine created civilization, according to the USA Today. We'll drink to that! Learning new things as an adult can be tough. After all, who has time? In this Atlantic article, education researcher Ulrich Boser explains what learning methods work and which ones are a waste of time. The takeaway?
Learn the systems, or the analogies, of the relationships between things in a certain field, and how they interact with each other. Then, build your knowledge on top of that. “Treat the reader’s time as more valuable than your own,” says Josh Bernoff, author of Writing Without Bullshit. Read Harper's review of the book (as well as a variety of other writing manuals). | | | Randomly Interesting Want to become a cultured person? Don't we all.Anton Chekhov, the famous 19th-century Russian writer, is here to help. Check out his eight conditions for being a cultured invidividual. Our favorite? Be sincere, and dread lying like fire. What happens when an economist writes about status? He arrives at some interesting conclusions. David D. Friedman, an economist, explores the nature of status on his blog. What makes gambling wrong but insurance right? Tim Harford at the BBC delves into the history of both gambling and insurance to find the answer. | | - Kiefer and the MailPoet Team |
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