Social media presents a wealth of new opportunities for marketers. Many find it has a lot of value in their marketing mix. But when compared to email marketing, does social deliver?Even with all the great options social marketing presents, email…
Your customers aren't always who you think they are. And they don't automatically love you and approve of everything you do. In fact, they are much more like cats than dogs in the way they regard you…and me. I wrote on this…
With Father's day almost upon us, here's 13 ways you can apply traditional "dad advice" to improve your email marketing practices.Always introduce yourself with a firm handshake – send out a 'Welcome Email' to all new subscribers fully introducing the concept, product,…
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…
Let's talk about growing your list. Let's talk about selling your sign-up. In an earlier post, Marco Marini stated that it isn't enough to just offer the possibility to sign up, you have to do something more. I completely agree. But he…
Your email marketing program exists to in some way add to your organization's bottom line. That might be through sales, brand awareness, relationship building or fundraising if yours is a non-profit. Generating email marketing ROI is your ultimate goal.That might mean a…
I can't tell if the guys from Web Target are referring to creative, coding, relevance or authentication but in any case, I agree! Proper attire is required.
An email signup box on your home page won't grow your in-house list. At least not by much. But many companies rely solely on that one box on that one page and then wonder why their list grows so slowly.Getting someone to…
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Backup plan: Social connections and links to…