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Preheader Text: The Half of Your Email Preview Nobody Writes
Leave the preheader empty and every inbox fills it from the first text in your email — usually a link nobody clicks. It is the cheapest fix in email marketing.
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Leave the preheader empty and every inbox fills it from the first text in your email — usually a link nobody clicks. It is the cheapest fix in email marketing.

Gmail on a desktop gives a subject line about 340 pixels — the tightest surface in email. A phone gives more. The count that matters is a width, not a character total.