![Email Inbox Placement Rates, May 2013 - April 2014 [CHART]](http://marketingland.com/wp-content/ml-loads/2014/09/Return_Path_Inbox_Placement_Benchmark_Report_2014_pdf3-800.png "Chart - Email Inbox Placement Rates")
Looking at the average inbox placement rates on a monthly basis showed some surprises. September was the most difficult month to reach the inbox, while December and January were the easiest. This was a surprise.
Conventional wisdom tells us that as more businesses send more and more email during the holidays, more subscribers are likely to grow tired of handling the increased volume and use the “report spam” button more liberally. Read the rest at MarketingLand,
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