‘You Should Test Everything in Marketing’ ever heard that? We are told to challenge assumptions, backup instinct with data. Who else is tired of that email testing talk? For some senders, a big A/B testing programme might be a terrible idea. Too…
Covid-19 hits, and boom, business life is turned upside down. Many of us have had to adjust to work from home. Others have been laid off. Our email community is hurting. We decided to launch a low-key program directed to the email…
An email marketing message usually has a call to action linking to some kind of landing page. But it doesn't have to be that way if there’s a better way. In fact, it could be offering a different way to “respond” to…
In my years in the email marketing industry, I have seen and used a lot of different ESP interfaces, and I've watched them evolve over time into ever more capable technologies as email marketing has grown more sophisticated, but that hasn't necessarily…
How many times have you not clicked on an email because the subject line didn't grab your attention? Well, the same goes for your customers. An email's subject line is critical to get your target audience to even consider opening your email.…
Technology is growing so fast in our little email marketing world that it's easy to forget what an email is really about. Beyond the segmentation, timing, deliverability and design, an email is simply a collection of words. A message from you or…
Have you ever thought about what made you buy something from an email?Many emails get deleted every day because they don’t suit users’ wishes at the precise moment they are received. Because emailing is still the first marketing channel and subscribers get…
It's Cyber Monday as I type this. As I wade through the deluge of Cyber Monday emails that has been hitting my inbox since last week, on top of all of the brouhaha about Black Friday over the Thanksgiving weekend, I am…
It's hard to believe, but the busy holiday season is nearly here.In just another month catalog companies will start sending out the first holiday catalogs. Shortly after that the holiday emails will start hitting the market and for about two to three…
Besides the lack of personalization my true issue with Dylan’s email effort is the many the missed opportunities and regurgitated content. Besides the retail and consumer insight opportunities they should have also asked me to follow/fan them on the various social media…