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Reduce likelihood of Mailchimp email campaign going to Spam

The company I work for sends a marketing email at least one time per week using Mailchimp's email service. All of our subscribers are opt-in active customers and our emails are not spammy. There is an above average text to image ratio, and copy does not contain 'spammy' words.

However, we've recently started noticing that our emails are being filters to spam significantly more often.

According to Mailchimp, by using their internal authentication our campaigns will pass SenderID, SPF, DomainKeys, and DKIM checks.

What else can I do to reduce the likelihood of our emails going to peoples spam folder, and Gmails promotions tab?

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