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Gear Update emails - what could be improved??

As most of you probably know, when you follow an artist and the community adds new gear to said artist, you get a Gear Update email that looks like the screenshot below. We've been thinking a lot about those emails and what we could improve.

Would love to hear what you think of that email, and if you have any feedback for us on how it could be better, more interesting, more useful, etc. Don't hold back - tell us what sucks :)

http://i.imgur.com/KwdfTyr.png

GEAR:
  • Fender Telecaster Custom Electric Guitar
  • Big Ear Pedals Woodcutter
  • HeadRush FRFR Go Portable Desktop Amplifier

I like the way they are laid out overall. One thing I'd like is a direct link to the individual submission, so I could rate quality as soon as I get an email. Right now it's a little roundabout how I have to get to the submission page.

To be honest, they layout that is present is very clean and good-looking.

No critiques here.

To be honest, they layout that is present is very clean and good-looking.

No critiques here.

Thanks narcist :)

GEAR:
  • Fender Telecaster Custom Electric Guitar
  • Big Ear Pedals Woodcutter
  • HeadRush FRFR Go Portable Desktop Amplifier

I think the email itself should show gear, as opposed to just saying "X" has new gear on their Equipboard. That way people interested in what gear an artist uses doesn't have to go to the site. I'd recommend just showing the name of gear and picture, than allowing for a "see more" button to bring to the item description if the viewer is interested.

Tell me what's happened! If I got an email saying "Jack White has new gear", I then do not want, to follow a link. Just tell what's going on.

I noticed this as well, but realise that at times, people submit tons of gear in a single sitting and one eMail gets sent to me that's stuffed with information.