Which works better for you, a HTML or a Plain Text Newsletter?
When you start writing a Newsletter you should think about an important thing that should this email and newsletter that appear in your users’ inbox, be written in HTML or Plain Text?
It is very simple question and the answer is that it depends on the business you are in and the circumstances around you; Newsletters in plain text are usually the best option, but HTML is also acceptable nowadays.
Plain text email newsletters are extremely quick and easy to compose, and to send. If you choose plain text for your newsletters, you’ll be limited to a very plain, simple newsletter. Plain text newsletters cannot contain color or graphics, and you won’t be able to incorporate any design elements, such as varying text styles and sizes, or formatting text into multiple columns.
HTML looks more professional, it is considered a powerful tool because it allows you to develop a deeper brand identity within the recipients email box and presents a more powerful presentation of your offerings.
There are some internet marketers who believe that changing from text to HTML format is better because studies show that click rates are higher for HTML-formatted newsletters. And others believe that HTML Newsletters give the sense that they are not personalized emails, which makes your newsletters most likely not to be read in most cases. It’s only natural to believe that converting subscribers’ preferences will increase response.
The fact now is that you are not going to predict your subscribers’ need or what will they find interesting or accept; therefore you should let your customers tell you how they want to receive content and offers. Rather than try to guess at customer acceptance, ask them for preferences directly. Newsletters should have a preferences question allowing permission email subscribers to set their own format preference.

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