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…
The old pros had it completely wrong. Direct mailers of the past would accept as gospel that you needed a full color envelope with "URGENT" emblazoned across the front, view windows, and other gimmicks to get folks to open and read their mail.…
Spammers suck.They’re awful at what they do (the last stat I saw of their conversion rates was in the neighborhood of 1 in 12,000,000) so what in the world can we learn from them?TONS.Even though I’m a professional email marketer – someone…
Back in the day when I used to go to the mall for fun (it was called growing up in the 80s and 90s before online shopping), Brookstone was one of my favorite stores. Not because I bought anything—in fact, I’m not…
Email marketing for Retailers 101. It’s been exactly three months since I signed up to receive email newsletters from Dylan’s Candy Bar. I received my first one today! I also received a second promotional announcement from Dylan’s, regarding their showing on QVC,…