Comments on: Trend Watch: Animated GIFs in Email http://blog.mailchimp.com/trend-watch-animated-gifs-in-email/ MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Louise Dhoogehttp://blog.mailchimp.com/trend-watch-animated-gifs-in-email/#comment-6406 Louise Dhooge Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:40:55 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=2005#comment-6406 Animated GIF content in emails always lead me to one of two reactions - they are either (a) entertaining & leave a greater impact or (b) irritating - like the rolling, winking, flashing, bouncing smileys.If I may, I would like to pose a question:With reference to animated GIF's in emails, what is the common size? Or dimensions? I intend to create a few animations to pair with day to day emails to clients but I am not sure that it would travel if the size is excessive. Animated GIF content in emails always lead me to one of two reactions –
they are either (a) entertaining & leave a greater impact or (b) irritating – like the rolling, winking, flashing, bouncing smileys.

If I may, I would like to pose a question:

With reference to animated GIF’s in emails, what is the common size? Or dimensions?
I intend to create a few animations to pair with day to day emails to clients but I am not sure that it would travel if the size is excessive.

]]> By: mahaliehttp://blog.mailchimp.com/trend-watch-animated-gifs-in-email/#comment-2569 mahalie Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:03:45 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=2005#comment-2569 CreativeTechs (http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/), who recently switched to MailChimp I think, uses this technique to great effect - not annoying at all...they use it to illustrate screen shots and tutorial examples.I used to love it, I say used to because my firm "upgraded" to Outlook 2007. Oh well, at least I have the worst case scenario to test for!The first folks I saw using this effectively was http://photojojo.com/content/ - they have excellent style! CreativeTechs (http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/), who recently switched to MailChimp I think, uses this technique to great effect – not annoying at all…they use it to illustrate screen shots and tutorial examples.

I used to love it, I say used to because my firm “upgraded” to Outlook 2007. Oh well, at least I have the worst case scenario to test for!

The first folks I saw using this effectively was http://photojojo.com/content/ – they have excellent style!

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