The email header is an often-overlooked aspect of email design but one of its more strategic elements. Why? Well, with busy readers scrambling to pour over hundreds of emails at a time, it may be the only part of your email they read! The six examples below show very different approaches and new trends to that little text area at the head of an email, from nothing at all to full on advertisements.  

  Sample 1: AlleyWatch

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