Email Copy

Speed Up Email Campaign Image Search

The email copy is done. The CTA is strong. The layout looks epic. Now all that's missing from your email campaign is the image – the visual cue that stops the scroll and sells the click. Cue the great stock image safari. You open your favourite stock image site, type in a keyword, and suddenly you're knee-deep … READ MORE »

“How-To” Content That Powers Your Email

Do you want to run an email campaign that converts? Who wouldn't? That's the point after all, isn't it? But… don't stop at the CTA. Support it. Strengthen it. Back it up with "how to" content that tells people exactly what to do, when to do it, and why they'll love it. Because when subscribers click but … READ MORE »

Email Image SEO: Tags, names & captions

While nothing is straightforward in email marketing, the different aspects of images, as used in email, social media and on websites, can be very time-consuming to get spot on. That it is worth all the effort is a given. That just makes it irritating. Search engine optimisation of images might seem mystical, but there is … READ MORE »

Your old email hooks might not work anymore

In email marketing, the hooks we use to hang our campaigns on have shifted. What once turned heads might now barely get a glance. If we want clicks, conversions, and loyal subscribers, we need to make sure we’re highlighting the right features – the ones that matter most right now. The success of any email … READ MORE »

Words to avoid using in a marketing email

There are many online articles, some written by me, suggesting words that should not be included in a Subject Line of a marketing email, the intent being to stop it from being diverted into the Spam folder. It’s a risk to pepper them within email copy as well. In addition, there are other words to … READ MORE »

A Simple Brand Building Method

Using email marketing as a method of brand building is so effective that many companies refrain from investing in other methods. This could well be a mistake. Missing out on simple and cheap ways of presenting your company to a much wider catchment is a fundamental error. I edited a magazine. You are not interested … READ MORE »

What To Say About The Mini Budget

I’ve had an email from my accountant. Not the concerning moment you might think as I subscribe to their newsletter and ‘incident related’ emails. They obviously know about my job in email marketing and mostly keep the information they send relevant to my needs. That’s something we should all learn from. The personalisation means I … READ MORE »

The Best Methods Of Using Email Introduction

We’ve all been at meetings where a lead we’ve been pursuing is present and we have to approach them cold. There’s a persistent rumour that some people are a natural at this but there’s little doubt introducing themselves to strangers is a skill learnt by multiple failures and successes. Using emails to secure leads for … READ MORE »

Is A Brand Refresh Better Than A rebrand

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 »

More Rules And When To Ignore Them

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 »

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