Email Marketing Tips and Ideas from Email Marketing Agencies

How to Handle Email Frequency During the Busy Holiday Season

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…

Dylan's Candy Bar: Semi-sweet Email Marketing

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…

Email Marketing Strategy by Scott Hardigree

How to Manage an Increase in Email Frequency

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…

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Could a Relational Database Give Your Email Marketing a Significant Edge?

The world is growing ever more complex and businesses right along with it. And the more complex a business becomes, the more sophisticated its email marketing strategy must be.In order for that to happen, most business will need to use a relational…

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Automated Email Marketing: 3 Profitable Tactics You Can Use Today

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…

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Millennials Prefer Email, but Only If You Do It Right

Sure, Millennials prefer email when asked how they want to get retail messages. But that doesn’t mean you keep doing what you’ve been doing. Millennials are a different breed, and, as such, require a different approach. Here’s how to wrap your head…

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Start Seeing Beyond the Holidays

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…

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B2B VS. B2C: Not as Different as It Used to Be

Typing that title has me wondering if I've started writing a song or a blog post, and I guess either would come from the same place: ruminating on change.A few years ago, the differences between B2B and B2C email marketing were clear-cut.…

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Think Twice About Email Automation

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…

Email Marketing Strategy by Scott Hardigree

In a World Gone Mobile, What Matters Most?

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,…