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By 2012, the email went mobile. Here was another opportunity for marketers to reach their clients. It was much easier to advertise a product or service when 40% of recipients were opening their emails via their phones. Of course, this also prompted marketers to do something about their emails. These emails should be formatted according to the specifications of most phones. The first few instances in which prospective clients opened their emails by their phones were less than successful. There was a need to scroll from left to right just to view the entire content. Moreover, there was also the possibility of the image being completely cut on the edges. Companies have learned from these early mistakes.

As quickly as just a year later, businesses had succeeded in making use of automation. Their marketers did not have to type the email right before sending it. They could be planned out and categorized. Email campaign businesses, such as MailChimp, were getting some serious batches of applications. Finally, we are close to email marketing as we know it today. With the more recent events in mind, you can see that the email is no longer prepared like a love letter – an effective one just feels like one. It is not written with one intended recipient. Instead, it is sent to a mass of people but still manages to feel personal. This is the value of researching the types of people that should be included in your list. Gone are the days when you randomly pick numbers and email addresses. You are not a spammer or a phisher. As a legitimate business, you must gear your attention towards people who could respond to your email ads and  newsletters positively.

But how do you do just that? How do you build a pro