Email marketers should be using Litmus as a rule of thumb
September 21, 2021

Email marketers should be using Litmus as a rule of thumb

Kelsey Jacobs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Litmus

Litmus is used by the Digital Marketing Department, which is responsible for email creation, and by the Client Services Department that coordinates the emails with clients. Litmus is the solution for providing a space where email revisions can be entered and tracked, as well as a place to check on any code rendering issues.

Pros

  • Litmus has a code builder that allows you to see in real-time what your code looks like.
  • Litmus' proof capability lets your teammates mark up the email with edits and you have the ability to go back and reference the edits if need be after they are resolved.
  • Litmus analytics gives you engagement metrics on who read, skim read, or glanced at your email.

Cons

  • I would like to see Litmus roll out a way to export a proof to a PDF without including all past comments.
  • In builder, when I move my cursor in certain areas, a left-hand pane will appear that drives me nuts. I wish I was able to turn this off.
  • The team used to pass around print out's of emails to mark up edits. That method was inefficient and wasteful among other things, so Litmus proof has helped our general operations.
  • Litmus has helped me prepare for big upcoming changes in the industry (Apple Mail Privacy Protection) with specialized reports and preparation instructions that have helped me pivot and improve my reporting model for our clients.
  • The engagement metrics provided by Litmus are one of our largest KPI's.
If we notice that the engagement metrics are down, we turn our attention to the content to analyze what could be improved or tested.
Litmus proof is the standout feature for the users at my company. Part of our process is logging in to Litmus and entering our own, and the client's feedback. We have used proofs to streamline the email approval workflow and to reduce review cycle time.

Do you think Litmus delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Litmus's feature set?

Yes

Did Litmus live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Litmus go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Litmus again?

Yes

Litmus is absolutely necessary for companies that send emails at scale. There is a large margin for error with the hundreds of email service provider/device combinations that an email marketer has to write conditional code for, and Litmus is the only tool (that I know of, at least) that will give you previews of each email client for testing purposes.

Litmus Feature Ratings

Mobile optimization
10
Standard reports
10
Custom reports
10
URL Validation
Not Rated
Link Tracking
Not Rated
Spam Testing
2
Email Previews
10

Comments

  • Becca Gage | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Hi Kelsey, thank you very much for this outstanding review! We're really happy to hear that you are getting so much back from the platform and that Proof, Analytics, and our coverage through the MPP changes have been helpful to you and your team. I'll let my product team know about that left-side panel pop-up in Builder and your Proof comment history feedback. - Becca Gage, Customer Marketing at Litmus

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