Email Design

What to Consider When Redesigning Your Logo

A logo redesign can feel like the marketing equivalent of spring cleaning – refreshing, slightly daunting, and often completely ignored by those who aren’t you. But if you’re using email marketing as a core channel, your logo matters more than you think. It's not just decoration – it’s a key brand cue. So before you … READ MORE »

Email Templates: Keep or Change?

Free email marketing templates are one of the most accessible tools available to SMEs. They reduce design costs, speed up production, and eliminate the need for an in-house design team. But how effective are they – really – and how often should you be changing yours? Let's break it down. Templates vs Custom Design Teams: … READ MORE »

Boost Your Email Campaign Productivity

Creating an email marketing campaign can feel like juggling batons while reciting Shakespeare – blindfolded. Between strategy, copy, visuals, segmentation and analytics, it's no wonder marketers fall into the trap of "busy work" instead of "smart work". You want to flip the script? These productivity tips will certainly help you build email campaigns faster and better, without … READ MORE »

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 »

Why typefaces matter in email design?

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 »

Colour can boost email marketing sales

The psychology of colour fascinates me. It should also fascinate you, but for different reasons. I delve into the various facets of the effects of colour because I, like a significant proportion of the male population, am partially colour-blind. You should research the subject because the use of colour can positively or adversely affect those … READ MORE »

How To Cheaply Change Email Design

It is a truism that most people do not like change. But don’t let that fool you: it is true. Yet customers expect change. If you stick with the same old, you will appear to these change-haters as someone who doesn’t care. You need to ensure you do not upset the subscribers to email marketing … READ MORE »

Mobile Images; The Great Untapped Resource

Whether or not the near future will be one of watching where every penny, let alone pound, is spent on email marketing, the one thing we should be searching for is a cheaper source of images. Stock images are generally of a high quality. If you’ve been searching for a specific kind of picture for … READ MORE »

Direct Subscribers To Your CTA

Let’s make one thing clear: nothing in email marketing is definitive and the best you can hope for in the way of guidance are ideas to test. You probably know that anyway, but it bears repeating. You are unique. The next thing to make clear is what a Call To Action is. It’s nothing more … READ MORE »

The Subtleties Of Image Choice

Beyond the obvious requirements for an image you select for an email marketing campaign, there are certain subtleties which, if you are not aware of them, can cost you subscribers and hence money. It might not be much, but given the number of images, a little will go a long way. As always, there are … READ MORE »

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