Being in the email marketing business, I notice weird stuff. Like email footers. When I get a new email newsletter, I like to scroll all the way down to the bottom, and see how they write their footer. I look for interesting ways people include unsub links, or mailing addresses, or “fwd to a friend” text. I realize that’s kinda weird (like a foot fetish or something) but I do this for your benefit, my loyal blog reader. Really.
Here’s one of the most creative email footers I’ve seen in a long, long time, from Photojojo (which is one of the few email newsletters I actually look forward to receiving):
This is a nice, neat packaging of an unsub link, CAN-SPAM required mailing address (love the “earth” reference), privacy policy link, subscribe link (in case the email was forwarded), a feedback survey link, a del.icio.us link, and a link back to their website.
Besides the creative email footer, Photojojo is an email newsletter that anybody who sends email marketing should subscribe to. Their content is actually useful, quick, and fun to read. Read some of the testimonials from people who hate email newsletters, but love Photojojo’s email newsletters.

Thanks for sharing this… I really like it!
Thanks for the kind words, guys! We’re big fans of MailChimp here as well!
Amit
This is so clever! It’s good to see some email marketers who have a sense of humor and who don’t take themselves too seriously.
I have had no luck finding instructions on adding a link like the one in the footer above.
“Got this from a friend? Click here to subscribe.”
Will you please let me know how to do this (and make it more evident in your knowledge base somehow . . . I had tried unsuccessfully to search under MergeTags . . . but I suppose that wouldn’t work, because they’re not in the database if they haven’t subscribed.)
Rigel, no merge tag necessary. All you want to do is add a link to your signup form, which is just a regular old link in your email.
If you’re not sure what your signup form URL is:
Read this KB article
Hope that helps.