I have recently subscribed to an e-newsletter which focuses on a hobby of mine. It is produced by a small company, consisting of just three permanent staff, none of whom have any graphics training, although the copy is gratifyingly grammatically accurate. They know email marketing though. The company supports a charity, one unknown to me … READ MORE »
I always do it, despite knowing there is no benefit. I learn nothing, it doesn’t improve my email marketing performance, and it does nothing for my mood, yet every year I go over any predictions I made the previous January. I do manage to drag something from it. 2021 consisted of a series of incidents … READ MORE »
We recently covered some reasons for trying video in email marketing, particularly noting its increase in popularity over recent years. If you think it will be useful for you, now is the time to jump. It’s not without its dangers. Many companies new to the use of video, particularly where it is placed on a … READ MORE »
If I was to tell you that I know a way of encouraging 71% of your subscribers to make more purchases, 61% to recommend you to friends, 41% to join a loyalty program and 40% to write positive reviews comments, you’d either bite my head off to get at it or think it was a … READ MORE »
It’s easy enough to identify those marketing emails where time and trouble has been taken to pick what they feel will be an image that could assist with completions. There appears to be two main criteria for picking images: pretty and representative. Most email marketing companies seem to stick to one or the other, … READ MORE »
Many of us must feel we’ve become experts at noticing when performance has, for no apparent reason, dropped off. We’ve all struggled with such problems all our email marketing life. All of a sudden the percentages are lower, ROI is down and no matter how closely you study the circumstances, you can’t fathom why. One … READ MORE »
There is a dichotomy in the way I view statistics. They are probably the single most important aspect of email marketing, giving it its class leading return on investment, one that has been consistently high year after year. On the other hand . . . If you were to ask me how much faith I … READ MORE »
It should be exciting. You’ve got a pristine free email marketing template and you can do anything that will increase your ROI over the previous ones. Why is it so daunting? The number of stages to planning an email marketing campaign is a purely personal decision. Just work your way through the planning process, numbering … READ MORE »
One of the big selling points of email marketing is that the only significant outlay is in gaining subscribers. We must be the envy of those who are restricted to other methods of marketing when it comes to cost per sale but this can encourage the mind-set of being reluctant to spend. It’s a point … READ MORE »
It is, unfortunately, common in email marketing: something that is a strength of our craft often has a significant weakness as well. Nothing is perfect. Automation saves us time, gives a precise response to certain triggers, and we can make assumptions on what the response is likely to be. Take welcome emails. Let’s start with … READ MORE »