Tag: Email Data

Segment or Stagnate?

Marketing to everyone is the fastest way to convert no one. There's no such thing as an "average" subscriber. Trying to write emails that appeal to everyone on your email list is like sending one text to every contact in your phone – your grandma, your accountant, your gym buddy – and expecting them all to click "buy … READ MORE »

Should you anonymise email data?

We recently covered what personal data is, albeit in the form of a brief overview, and there is a lot more to it than can be covered in 500 or so words. Come to that, 1000 words. It’s involved. It’s complex. It can get you into severe trouble with the ICO. It can cost you … READ MORE »

Can Email Marketing Data Be Too Good?

One of email marketing's greatest strengths? Data. It's instant. It's reliable. It's rich. Best of all, it's yours – not something your competitors can get their hands on. But here's the catch: there's a lot of it. And while data is powerful, too much of it can be paralysing if you don't know where to start. Open rates, click-throughs (CTR), conversions, … READ MORE »

How to Re-Engage Inactive Email Subscribers

  …without begging or crying into a GIF. Let's face it: not everyone on your email list is hanging onto your every subject line like it's a Netflix cliffhanger. Some subscribers ghost you. They vanish into the digital mist. No clicks. No opens. Not even an accidental swipe. And that hurts – because every disengaged … READ MORE »

How To Grow Your Email Marketing List

Building an email marketing list from scratch can feel like standing at the bottom of a mountain with a backpack full of boulders. But like any climb, success comes step by step – and with the right map in hand, you'll scale it faster than you think. Think of list building like an assembly line. … READ MORE »

Even Big Names Can Botch GDPR – Spectacularly

You'd think a department holding data on 28 million children would treat it like gold dust. Instead, the Department of Education (DfE) handed access to a company that then used it for online gambling. Yes, really. According to the ICO, between 2018 and 2020, one company with no legitimate reason to access the Learning Records Service (LRS) database … READ MORE »

Focus On Behaviour When Segmenting

Forming opinions of people on limited information can lead to predictions which are way off. My son used to play rugby, and his team, up until the current Covid-19 crisis, was doing well in its level four division and hoping to build for a crack at promotion. The players in the first IV, which included … READ MORE »

ICO Guidance On Personal Health Data

With the end of Covid restrictions in sight, if you have good eyesight, you are probably feeling a little euphoric. Maybe your short-term problems are over. A return to normal-ish email marketing campaign planning is surely just around the corner. It’s not a return to the ‘old days’. There are a number of factors with … READ MORE »

What Covid19 Has Brought To Email Marketing

The most successful email marketing companies in the months, and possibly years, to come will be those which are able to respond to how their subscribers have changed in the post Covid-19 world. You might well be wondering how to plan for something so unpredictable. Read a dozen forecasts on what the new norm will … READ MORE »

Target Your Campaigns On An Emotive Response

Emotions play a major factor in most decisions we make, from what wine to have with dinner to the model of fridge-freezer that we keep the food in. From the point of view of someone involved in email marketing, logic has very little impact. After all we go by our data and what's good for … READ MORE »

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