When I first heard the term "Cyber Monday", I thought perhaps the Cybermen from Doctor Who were attacking; alas, it has nothing to do with space-age, robotic tin dudes and everything to do with holiday email marketing.You don't have to be a…
Subject lines for email marketing encompass strategic intent, audience targeting, tone, brand considerations and, of course, language. The purpose of a powerful, clear subject line is to convince the recipient to open the email and take whatever action your campaign is designed…
Email marketing has always had ‘revenue power’ it’s the reason why spammers continue to make tons of cash and your inbox junk folder is full of pills, refinance offers, and random emails from African princes. These days email marketers continue to unleash…
In email marketing, the use of alt attributes in images is often a recommended and common practices for communicating branding elements and graphic calls to action, while images are "off". However with this particular execution, I'm afraid it backfired.
How important is your subject line?Take a look at the email screenshot below. Let me know if you see the potential confusion that I see.On the whole, this is a pretty solid email from LegalZoom. It's a very simple offer, quick and…
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…
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…