A lifecycle program pays when deliverability is protected first, the email platform is replaceable, and every send is tied to an event the business already counts. Volume comes last.
These articles cover the builds: the email engine that reached 5.9 million sends a month, an ESP migration under three live brands, and the deliverability work that came before any of it.
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Lifecycle & retention · July 17, 2026 · 4 min read
FX Replay's email program sent receipts and password resets. Eighteen months later it sent 5.9 million a month at a 26% open rate. The rebuild order.
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Lifecycle & retention · August 2, 2026 · 9 min read
Swap your email platform while a live Salesforce business runs on top of it. The canonical envelope that made the ESP replaceable. Read the migration.
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Lifecycle & retention · August 8, 2026 · 9 min read
Several brands on one sending reputation sit one mistake from spam. The subdomain, authentication, warming and hygiene setup that protects all of them.
Read the article →An ESP sends and measures email at volume. A CRM is the record of who a person is and where they sit in the sales process. Keep the CRM as the source of truth and the ESP stays replaceable.
Separate sending subdomains, full authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), gradual warming, and list hygiene before volume. One brand's mistake should never cost another its inbox placement.
As big as the events you can trigger it from. Sends that are not tied to a behavior the business counts are volume without a result.
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