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Rant: Our email blast to 3000 past attendees got flagged as spam

We sent a follow-up email to everyone who came to our June conference in Chicago, about 3000 people. By the next morning, almost 80% of them landed in spam folders. Our open rate dropped to like 2%. Turns out our email service flagged us because too many people marked us as spam last year when we sent too many reminders. I spent a whole day cleaning our list and adding a re-engagement sequence. Has anyone else had a similar issue with a big mailing list that went sour?
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nancy_ross
nancy_ross21d ago
Honestly once flagged it's almost impossible to fix that reputation.
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the_robin
the_robin21d ago
Tbh that list rot is brutal and once you get flagged it's a nightmare to dig out of.
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