Humans of Email
Humans of Email
Jen Capstraw & Natalie Jackson
Humans of Email is a podcast about the people, ideas, and accidents that drive email marketing forward. Featuring co-hosts Jen Capstraw and Natalie Jackson, this commute friendly podcast introduces email’s favorite geeks, showcasing their expertise, humanizing their mistakes, and sharing their inspiration.
TRAILER: TikTok for Email?
What are Jen and Natalie up to between seasons? Well, Jen is trying to make Email TikTok A THING... and they're both preparing to launch Season 2 of Humans of Email! Interested in sponsoring our show? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. Have feedback for us that can make Season 2 even better? Talk to us! Send us an audio message at anchor.fm/humansofemail, hit us up on the socials, or send an email to [email protected]! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
Jun 20, 2022
3 min
One More Accidents Episode with Nout Boctor-Smith, Matthew Smith & Guilda Hilaire
IT'S HERE! Our final Mistakes episode of Season One, featuring Nout Boctor-Smith, Matthew Smith, and Guilda Hilaire. Listen in as they share their stories about typos gone wild, making mistakes from leadership positions, and the worst thing that can ever happen to your email program. Big thanks to our Silver Sponsor, Email on Acid, the testing and delivery platform that ensures your emails display properly across all clients and devices, with no limits on the number of rendering tests you can run. Get a free seven-day trial at emailonacid.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
May 30, 2022
36 min
Guilda Hilaire on Community and Black Voices in Email
For our final interview of season one, we're bringing in a member of the email community who's so famous, she only needs one name. It's Guilda Hilaire! Guilda is the Director of Product Marketing at Salesforce, and a champion of community and education in the email space.  Join us for the final interview of season one and hear how Guilda created the spaces she wanted to see in the email community—from Twitter Spaces to Salesforce communities, to UNSPAM stages, to lifting unheard voices and stories. --- LINKS Follow Guilda on Twitter (and keep an eye out for Email Geeks Twitter Spaces!) Follow Guilda on LinkedIn Follow Guilda on Instagram Join Email Geeks Slack Big thanks to AWeber, the official email service provider of Humans of Email and our Season 1 Platinum Sponsor. Start your next idea with the marketing solution creators and small businesses love. Best of all, it's free at aweber.com/humansofemail. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
May 23, 2022
1 hr 45 min
SNIPPET: Megan Boshuyzen on Determination, the Constraints of Email & Lifting Heavy Things
Megan Boshuyzen has a job many email geeks dream of. As the Senior Email Developer at Pathwire, including the Email on Acid brand, she gets to create some of the coolest emails in the biz! In this bonus episode of Humans of Email, Megan talks about how she broke into public speaking, the impact of her learning disability on her career, her part in founding a publishing house, and so much more. --- Check out Megan's new web series, Notes from the Dev, Video Edition Megan's Personal Website Get Mail from Megan: Subscribe to Megan's newsletter, "...it depends" Subscribe to Email on Acid (includes the newsletter version of Notes from the Dev) Subscribe to Mailgun (signup in footer) Subscribe to Mailjet (signup in footer) Mango & Marigold Press, co-founded by Megan Follow Megan on Twitter Connect with Megan on LinkedIn Follow Megan on Instagram, email geek edition Follow Megan on Instagram, weight-lifting edition Big thanks to our Silver Sponsor, Email on Acid, the testing and delivery platform that ensures your emails display properly across all clients and devices, with no limits on the number of rendering tests you can run. Get a free seven-day trial at emailonacid.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
May 9, 2022
35 min
SNIPPET: Would You Rather? With Chris Vasquez
Are YOU subscribed to the "Would You Rather" newsletter? This bonus episode with Chris Vasquez, Chief Product Officer of AWeber, was SO. MUCH. FUN. It's a delightful reminder of what makes email life—and email people—so great. BTW, if you are interested in AMP for Email, Chris says you're welcome to send all of your burning questions to the team at AWeber. Just hit that live chat button at AWeber.com, regardless of whether you are a customer. --- LINKS Subscriber to Would You Rather Follow Chris on Twitter Follow Chris on LinkedIn Smash the AWeber Live Chat button to ask them anything about AMP for Email Big thanks to AWeber, the official email service provider of Humans of Email and our Season 1 Platinum Sponsor. Start your next idea with the marketing solution creators and small businesses love. Best of all, it's free at aweber.com/humansofemail. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
May 2, 2022
23 min
Matthew Smith on Vulnerability and Being Really Good
Founder, kind person, email geek: Matthew Smith is all of these things, in addition to his noteworthy roles with Really Good Emails and the UNSPAM conferences. In Episode 10 of Humans of Email, we're getting authentic and personal with Matthew to learn more about his least favorite French words, what he hopes people remember him for, and what it's like to build Really Good Emails. BTW, you can shoot Matthew a DM on Twitter or Email Geeks Slack to request a 15% discount on an upcoming UNSPAM conference. --- LINKS Matthew on Twitter Really Good Emails UNSPAM  RGE Chrome Capture Recommended Reading: The Body Keeps the Score & In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
Apr 25, 2022
1 hr 25 min
TRAILER: S1 E10 with Matthew Smith
Next week, we're getting authentic and personal with Matthew to learn more about his least favorite French words, what he hopes people remember him for, and what it's like to build Really Good Emails. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
Apr 22, 2022
1 min
Nout Boctor-Smith on Dyson Doks & The Truth About Cold Email Lists
In Episode 9 of Humans of Email, we're diving into the world of B2B email with Nout Boctor-Smith, who oversees lifecycle marketing at LaunchDarkly and serves as a community manager for Email Geeks. We're talking with Nout about how B2B email requires a special set of skills (and patience), how the B2B Badgers group came into being, and why she has 50 Dyson Doks living in her garage. --- Nout + 50 Dyson Doks Nout on LinkedIn Nout on Twitter Nout on Instagram Nout's OTHER Instagram (glamour edition) Join Email Geeks Slack (and look for the Badgers in #email-b2b) Big thanks to AWeber, the official email service provider of Humans of Email and our Season 1 Platinum Sponsor. Start your next idea with the marketing solution creators and small businesses love. Best of all, it's free at aweber.com/humansofemail. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
Apr 18, 2022
1 hr 17 min
TRAILER: S1E9 with Nout Boctor-Smith
In Episode 9 of Humans of Email, we're diving into the world of B2B email with Nout Boctor-Smith, who oversees lifecycle marketing at LaunchDarkly and serves as a community manager for Email Geeks. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
Apr 16, 2022
1 min
SNIPPET: Generation Z on Email Marketing with Sophie Corizzo
We're taking a break this week, so here's our newest Snippet! In this bonus episode, Jen and Natalie interview Sophie Corizzo, Humans of Email producer—who's also our resident esports and squishmallow aficionado. We talk about Generation Z's perspective on email marketing, how the fold is *totally* real, and how brands should be more authentic in their voice to capture the new generation's attention. We'll be back next week with another full-length episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humansofemail/message
Apr 11, 2022
38 min
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