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Alex Cleary is a Content Marketing Specialist at ContactMonkey. He completed a certificate in Technical Communication after achieving a Bachelor's in English, and did freelance writing before turning his sights to content marketing and SEO. When he isn't writing, Alex enjoys playing soccer, watching horror movies, and reading Roland Barthes.

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Product Updates May 2024: Create Emails in Multiple Languages in Seconds

You asked, and we listened! All ContactMonkey users can now create and send emails in up to four languages with our all-new Multi-Language Email feature. How You’ll Benefit from Our New Multi-Language Email Feature  Before the release of our Multi-Language Email feature, you had to create separate emails to communicate with employees who spoke different ... Read more
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10 Employee Newsletter Design Tips and Ideas To Master

They say communication is 90% non-verbal. You can think of your employee newsletter design the same way: how you organize and present information to your employees matters just as much as the information itself.  The best employee newsletter designs excel at the same thing: putting the right information in the right place. Great internal email ... Read more
Key Employee Engagement Metrics And KPIs To Track

10 Key Employee Engagement Metrics And KPIs To Track

We take the guesswork out of measuring your employees’ engagement with our practical employee engagement metrics.

10 Essential Tips for Writing Effective Employee Newsletters

Great writing does more than communicate information—it piques interest, evokes emotion, and demands the reader’s attention. Learn how to write an effective employee newsletter with our professional writing tips and strategies. With so many recurring internal communications—weekly emails, monthly newsletters, yearly progress reports—it’s tempting to fall into predictable writing habits. Break free from monotonous copy ... Read more

Product Updates May 2024: Easily Create Contact Lists with Improved List Management Functionality

This spring, our product team has been working diligently to make significant enhancements to our List Management functionality. And the day has finally arrived! New and Improved List Management Feature ContactMonkey’s new and improved List Management feature unifies your contacts from split lists into a single directory: These changes are part of our broader effort ... Read more

How to Use ChatGPT for Internal Communications

ChatGPT and Large Language Models (LLMs) are a growing force in the business world—but should you use them at your organization? We’ll explore the pros and cons of using ChatGPT for internal communications so you can make an informed decision. At first glance, ChatGPT looks like a breakthrough for internal communicators; an easy-to-use tool to ... Read more

Internal Communication Strategy Checklist 2024

A new year brings new internal communication challenges. From personalizing employee communications to measuring email metrics, set yourself up for success with our internal communication strategy checklist. Every year, countless articles about the “top internal communications trends” for the coming year are published. It can get overwhelming keeping up with every new innovation in internal ... Read more

How the Gmail Email Limit Impacts Your Employee Emails

If you’ve ever tried to send bulk emails from Gmail, you have surely encountered the Gmail email limit. We’ll show you how you can avoid Gmail email limits so you can send as many employee emails as you need. To help prevent spam and keep accounts safe, Gmail limits the number of emails you can ... Read more

ContactMonkey Secures $55 Million in Series A Funding to Transform Employee Engagement

Updata Partners invests to help ContactMonkey meet increasing demand. Toronto, December 7, 2023—ContactMonkey, the internal email communications platform, today announced the completion of a Series A investment of $55 million from Updata Partners, a leading growth equity firm. The funding comes as employee engagement is more critical to enterprises than ever: the BBC reported that ... Read more

Using Click Map Reports to Analyze Internal Email Performance

How can you be certain that your employees are engaging with your emails the way you intended? Use click maps in combination with your email analytics to gather detailed engagement insights and optimize your internal email design. Your email metrics may tell you whether an employee opened your email or clicked on a link therein. ... Read more