Genius Email Move You’ve Gotta Steal

Today I signed up for an AI email newsletter.
Nothing crazy, right?

Nice opt-in. Decent design. Smooth onboarding with some referral links.
All good.

But then.. I got the confirmation email.
And that’s when I actually got impressed.

I was ready to click the usual “confirm your subscription” link.
Except.. when I did..
a reply window popped up.

They’re making subscribers reply instead of clicking a link! 🤯

Genius.

Here’s why that’s such a big deal:
That reply dramatically increases the sender’s reputation with Gmail, Outlook, and all the other providers.
It’s a signal that says,

“This sender has real engagement.”

And just when I thought they were done.. nope.

Below the “confirmation button” were two short animated GIFs:

👉 One showed a Gmail user dragging the email from Promotions → Primary and then starring it.
👉 The other showed an Outlook user dragging the email from Other → Focused.

Two simple animations that teach your subscriber how to whitelist you without reading a word.

It’s brilliant onboarding.
It’s reputation optimization.
It’s user education.

And it’s the kind of move you should steal immediately.

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Show your new subscribers exactly how to keep your emails out of spam and front of mind.

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​- James