EcoSend Wrapped ?? —?EcoSend Weekly
Hello!
Can you believe it's about to be a quarter of a century since experts said computers wouldn't work anymore due to the Millennium Bug? ???
Thankfully, as we close out 2024 the power of digital marketing?and most notably email?has never been greater!?
In this edition, we're wrapping up everything that's happened here at EcoSend this year.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for being here, and wish you a happy festive season. ???
Until next year,??
Rachael
Question of the week:?How big was the tallest ever recorded Christmas tree? You will find the answer at the end of this email.?
A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2024
We couldn't have done it without you! ??
?? - For tree's a jolly good fellow:?As an EcoSend customer, we plant trees on your behalf to help do good with every campaign you send. At the end of 2024, we’re delighted that our total tree count now stands at?10,855 trees!?
?? - Our most popular free tool:?Over 11,000 of you have enjoyed using our?Free HTML Email Template Builder?this year.?
???- Our most read blog post:?Getting ready for the year ahead, our blog readers have been snapping up our post on?9 Ways To Make Money With Email Marketing In 2025.?
?? - The EcoSend Podcast:?We produced a whopping 3 new seasons of our?podcast?which are available to listen to on all major streaming platforms, as well as on our YouTube channel.?
???? - CSR activities:?We’ve volunteered for some fantastic causes this year including The Felix Project , The Orchard Project and Tree Musketeers
?? - Events:?The team made an appearance at various events including the B Corp Festival and Blue Earth Summit 2024. Our Founder James Gill was invited to speak at the screening of Wholegrain Digital ’s documentary ‘Responsible'.
?? - We won our first award!:?TechRadar crowned EcoSend a ‘Sustainability Hero 2024’. EcoSend was also nominated for the 'Green Product of the Year' Award’ at the CRN inaugural 'Sustainability in Tech' Summit.
P.S.?EcoSend has already received a nomination for a 2025 award! It's just been announced that we're up for the 'Net Zero Project of the Year'. ??
OUR PRODUCT UPDATES OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS
What's been happening behind the scenes at EcoSend??
Throughout 2024, our Product team has worked consistently to improve your experience of EcoSend.?
Just a few of our key updates this year include:
? - A completely redesigned message composition experience to enable you to create more beautiful emails.
? - A totally new Setup Guide to make it easier to get started with EcoSend.
? - Pop-up Forms to help you grow your audience faster than ever.
? - Countless quality-of-life improvements throughout the platform to make EcoSend more accessible, more beautiful and more intuitive.
To catch up with anything you may have missed, head over to our?updates page.?
Some of our biggest updates are yet to come. Stay tuned in early 2025 for some huge updates to EcoSend. We can’t wait to show you what else we’ve been working on!
OUR MOST READ NEWSLETTER TOPIC 2024
Details about a proposal to use heat from the London Underground to keep homes warm had you tuning in!?
Earlier in the year, our?Founder?James?attended a? MotherTree event where Dan Sherrard-Smith told the crowd about how there is enough excess heat in London to heat one million homes.?
Heat from the London Underground is no exception. Data released by Transport for London revealed the Central Line reaches a scorching 31.3°C during peak times.
Even during winter, the Victoria Line maintains an average temperature of 24°C.?
We reported how heat from the Northern Line is already?being used to heat homes as part of Islington Council 's?Bunhill Heat and Power Network (BHPN). But,?plans were announced?to expand the scheme to heat more of London using excessive heat from the Tube.?
If you missed it, we publish all of our?EcoSend Weekly editions here on LinkedIn. We hope?you’ll?give us a follow while?you’re?there!
THERE'S STILL TIME TO JOIN US IN TIME FOR 2025! ??
Have you seen those viral videos of ‘pier runners’ desperately attempting to make it to their cruise ship before it sails away because they were late back?
(There’s your Christmas entertainment sorted if not).?
Well, the good news for you is that the EcoSend boat is still very much docked. In fact, Captain Hugo (and his owner James) are ready and waiting to welcome you aboard should you decide to jump ship from?Mailchimp?or similar providers.?
Starting off 2025 by reducing your email marketing carbon emissions sounds good to us!?
Explore?our plans starting from just ￡15?and let us know if you’d also like us to throw in an anchor to steady things up (AKA our free migration service or demo to help you get to grips with everything you need). ??
Answer:?A 62m tall Douglas Fir tree. Source: Climeworks
#EcoSendQuote
“Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress.”
— Charles Kettering