Welcome to Vol. 53 of Email Advice in Your Inbox
Good to have you here, you legend!
This week, we’re helping you prepare for the period in the year when most emails are sent.
Instead of your typical BFCM or Halloween/ festive season email tips and advice, we’ve scoured the net for some of the best places to find tools to help you in Q4.
The great thing is that we’re sharing a few sources beyond just email, so marketers and business operators, you’ll want to bookmark this one. Most of these are also free!
Ready to add some space dust to your fuel rods?
Let’s do it!

What have we found to expand your email knowledge today?
Here are a few of our favourite links from across the email world, carefully curated just for you:
We’re also constantly on the lookout for new resources, news, tools and links, so hit us up if you’ve got something valuable to feature!

The pinnacle of the year (for email senders)
Did you know that between 30 and 35% of all emails sent annually are sent between October and December each year?
Literally, a 3rd of all emails, which means it gets even tougher for email senders to stand out in the inbox.
And the difference between emails that get noticed and those that don’t could come down to using the right tools to really solidify your email strategy.
So, today we’re going to help you find some neat (mostly free) sources to help you do just that.
Remember, email senders who win aren’t those who will simply send more…
The Q4 winners will be those who send smarter (with the right tools to back them).
Let’s take a look at those we’ve tested, tinkered with and gathered, just for you, to help you seriously nail your Q4 email strategy (and rake in some moolah).
Add these to the toolbox for Q4.
Email inspiration
The best way to find ideas, angles and inspiration for your emails is to look at some of the best email senders out there. Use these to begin with:
These sites showcase the best emails you’ll find, but there are heaps more to keep a lookout for, so keep an eye on your inbox for inspiration.
Email design
Making sure your emails look good doesn’t mean relying on your ESP alone. Here are a few tools that might make your designing and testing a little easier:
These range from testing in dark mode, your promotion annotations, designing good emails and more.
Delivery & Deliverability
The last thing you need is landing in spam at the most crucial time of the year. Use these to help you find and fix any potential issues:
These tools won’t just do you well for Q4, they’ll help you get to, and stay in, the inbox for future emails to come.
General Email
There are some pretty neat tool repositories for email we recommend you check out here:
These are instant bookmarks! Dive in and spend some time on these to find your next favourite tool.
A few marketing tool repositories
For all those marketers and operators, there are some great places we’ve found to help you bring Q4 home, including:
There’s a lot here. Seriously, take a look through these to up your marketing game for your year-end strategy.
AI tool sources
What would this email be without some of our favourite places to find AI tools? Check those out below:
There’s a ton of decent tools found in these resources, so it's time to get searching to up that AI game.
Phew…that’s a lot of links!
We promise a heap of value, and we hope we’ve delivered today! This is one of those emails you’ll want to bookmark and come back to as you start your Q4 email (and marketing) preparation.
Get clicking. Get learning.
And we wish you a ton of prosperity for the rest of 2025 ahead!
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