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…
In today's society, many of us suffer from too much of a good thing. We've got supersized foods, information overload and overstuffed email inboxes. What’s an email marketer to do?The good news is that, while you might think you’re inundating your customers and…
Here is the first email in a Welcome series from Gap.Everyone seems to agree that email marketing automation is the future. As such, automation platforms have become quite hot.What's not to love about the idea of marketing automation? Driving more sales, measuring…
How was your inbox on Thanksgiving? How about on Black Friday? A little more crowded than usual? Now how many of those emails were from brands that you rarely hear from? Okay, hold that thought.One estimate predicted 25.6 million people would be…
Email Marketing's corner of the Internet — the corner where designers geek out over the latest media queries and marketing gurus praise the benefits of multivariate testing — would have you believe that if you’re not automating some part of your email…
Over 50% of opens now happen on mobile devices. And that number is growing fast.
If you’re using responsive design, great! You’re on the path to mobile-first email marketing. But remember that just because your emails look better on phones and tablets,…
Subject lines for mobile inboxes must be shorter—and better—than those you’ve labored over for your desktop versions. You not only have less space on that tiny screen: You have less attention span too, as people hurriedly triage their emails on their phones.These…
Remember in school when your English teacher taught you to write a paper by following this simple formula?Tell them what you’re going to say (intro).
Say it (body).
Tell them what you said (conclusion).Something similar works for email…
Okay, bodacious is a dated word but I’m old and it’s a good fit for my point: Marketers should be striving to master the basics before chasing the latest and greatest email trends that will make them bold, audacious, bodacious. Yet the…