Tag: email lists

Creating an Impression

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has recently issued advice following complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about the holiday industry, specifically on the subject of misleading advertisements. The matters were similar in that they concerned the ways a hotel and a prize draw were described. The decision has implications for every business, especially … READ MORE »

Emptying the Bin

Every now and again companies will send out emails to subscribers to ask if they wish to remain on their email marketing lists. Their desire is not to relieve their customers of the tedium of unwanted emails but to rid their lists of unresponsive addresses. You should have a system in place whereby you remove … READ MORE »

Manage your email marketing lists

Many email marketers measure their success by the number of addresses in their email marketing lists. To a great extent this is true. The more names one has the greater the chances of the click-through and a purchase. Who could argue against that? In fact, quite a few people will. Managing your email marketing lists … READ MORE »

Keeping records

If I were to suggest that the most frequent question regarding email lists is what details to record, no one would assume I had been keeping records on what questions we had been asked. The statement is nothing more than a guess although based on experience. If money had been involved I would have been … READ MORE »

Getting the best from your email marketing

The fact that the costs of employing an email marketing company to support your campaigns are so low should not blind you to the advantages that are there if only you will look for them. If you do not then your competitors may well have a distinct advantage. Rather like a dishwasher, a good email … READ MORE »

Email marketing campaigns – lessons

I am a regular customer of an international software company. They have a reputation for value for money products, one which I find well deserved. I am a subscriber to their email marketing list and buy two or three items every year. Where they fail is in the execution of their email marketing campaigns. A … READ MORE »

Think differently

Email marketing templates do most of the work for you. They are easy to complete, the copy consists of few words and pictures are easy enough to source. Even the unskilled could come up with an email design the equal of most out there. That, of course, is a problem. You do not want to … READ MORE »

The smart option – part 2

Have you read The Smart Option – Part 1? The fact that the information you get from email marketing software with text-only emails is restricted should not put you off using them. Whilst the lack of images means lack of data, it is a difficulty that is easy enough to overcome. The benefits of text … READ MORE »

The prime suspect is email marketing

Television detectives have a fascination for most of us. From the fantasy of Sherlock Holmes to the police procedural of the Prime Suspect series they excite us with their clever deductions from limited information. There seems little connection to the hum-drum world of email marketing software. DNA revolutionised police systems, the ability to be definitive … READ MORE »

Cookie Legislation

Email marketing software depends to a certain extent on cookies, devices such as clear gifs which are included in marketing emails or dropped on web users' laptops, tablets, mobiles etc to access or store information on those devices. The information returned is a major factor in ensuring that marketing emails are tailored for individual subscribers. … READ MORE »

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