Let’s clarify terms: a typeface is the overall design, such as Times New Roman, whereas a font is a sub-classification, such as bold, italic, condensed, etc. While the words are generally seen as interchangeable by the public at large, when one is discussing the appearance of words in a marketing email, you must understand the … READ MORE »
Is now the right time for you to change the branding for your email marketing campaigns? There should always be a reason for change, but given the number of free email marketing templates you have available, if you have been running with the same old predictable appearance for email after email, that is probably reason … READ MORE »
Typeface design is an art. Specific typefaces have had books, the plural is correct, written about them and there is many a lecture at art colleges based on a single typeface, perhaps just the relationship between one character and the rest. Don’t worry, I won’t bore you on the subject, although it is one I … READ MORE »
A curious thing happened recently. A major cultural figure passed away (Tom Stoppard). Front pages reflected it — as you’d expect. Except one. The Observer gave its cover over to the story… and then chose to focus its editorial on something else entirely: A change in typeface. There’s a lesson in that. And not a … READ MORE »
When I was roped into watching Jumanji: The Next Level, I realised something important about email marketing. The film was shiny, well-acted, and technically impressive — but it felt almost identical to the previous one. And that’s exactly why fans loved it. They didn’t want a brand-new story; they wanted familiarity with a few surprises. … READ MORE »
We’ve recently covered a rebrand for your company, although my concern that it is not always optimum for anyone who depends on email marketing probably came through. I hope it did. Our data is what makes us competitive, and a rebrand can cost us the dependability of our testing data. Also, nothing is more likely … READ MORE »
We’ve recently covered the unbreakable rules in graphic design you should follow when modifying your free email marketing templates and also mentioned those times when these inviolable rules can be broken with impunity. Here are some more of them, together with some instances when it can be useful to ignore them. With modern software, the … READ MORE »
One of the great advantages with an email marketing provider is the range of free email marketing templates, all of them designed and researched by professionals. When starting out, their use will cut design time to the minimum. Later on, once you’ve got your feet under the table, you will almost certainly wish to modify … READ MORE »
With a downturn in in the public’s buying habits, it can be difficult, and if not, then impossible, to instinctively identify specific reasons for low performance in email marketing. After all, low demand might be common across all your competitors. Then again, it might be something specific you could improve. How to work out which? … READ MORE »
Anyone new to email marketing would, no doubt, search online for best practices in order to ensure they make as few mistakes as possible in their introduction to our craft. However, it is all but impossible to be prescriptive. The number of ‘You must do this’ and ‘You must not do this’ are very few … READ MORE »