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From: Spotify

Subject: 🎫 Get your hands on Saves The Day tickets. 🎫

Preview text: It’s less than a week until showtime.

Spotify logo on black. Headline: "It's almost showtime." with a Get Tickets button. Decorative zigzag stripe. Moody color-tinted photo of the three Saves The Day band members. Another zigzag stripe. Text: "Grab your tickets to Saves The Day at The Union on Tue, Oct 6 now. The clock is ticking." with a get tickets button. Section titled "All Your Events, All Together" shows a phone mockup with colorful event tiles and a "Live Events" callout, copy about getting tour dates and ticket drops, and a see upcoming events button. Footer has the Spotify logo, app download links, and unsubscribe and legal links.

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B+Grade B+. Strong.

89/1004/5 Best of Email

Strong send

Earns its place in the inbox, and the notes below say how.

  • Trust & compliance scored 100 out of 100
  • Deliverability scored 99 out of 100
  • Layout scored 97 out of 100

This is a last-minute nudge to grab tickets before a Saves The Day show, and it keeps things simple: headline, artist photo, one line covering who, where and when, then a button that says Get Tickets, twice. When the offer is time-sensitive, state the facts plainly and ask once, clearly, repeated.

Editor’s note

Why it’s the Best of Email

  1. Subject line scored 92 out of 100

    A subject line built for a phone screen

    The subject line "🎫 Get your hands on Saves The Day tickets. 🎫" runs just 44 characters, short enough to show in full on mobile and desktop.

  2. CTA scored 94 out of 100

    Get Tickets, right up top

    The Get Tickets button shows up just 5% of the way down the email, so there's no hunting for it.

  3. Layout scored 97 out of 100

    A good length

    At 101 words, this promotional email stays well under the 300 word mark that reads easily on a phone.

  4. Accessibility scored 75 out of 100

    Easy to skim

    Lines like "It's almost showtime!" and "The clock is ticking!" keep the message short and plainspoken.

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