Tag: email marketing lists

Change The Focus Of Your Email Campaigns

I have a friend. I’ve mentioned him before, and he’s easily described. His nickname is not Tigger, mainly because we felt it too cruel as it was too apt. I introduced him to email marketing and, with his normal commitment and bouncing energy, he and his company made a success of it. They’ve taken a … READ MORE »

Good Causes And Email Marketing

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 »

How To Differentiate Between Subscribers

We must accept one point: everyone is an individual. It’s impossible to decant them into specific compartments. Segmenting your email marketing lists is not simple, but can be accurate and worthwhile. I’ve often referred to the old-time sales staff who would be in face-to-face contact with the customer, and have used their techniques as an … READ MORE »

Don’t Try To Predict Email Marketing Trends

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 »

Addressing Customer Concerns About Reviews

With a fair bit of flurry, together with coverage in some media outlets, the Which? Report on ‘how Facebook fuels Amazon’s fake reviews’ was published just a wee bit after it might have been useful for the Christmas rush. There are no surprises for anyone in email marketing. It covers the easiest ways a purchaser … READ MORE »

Profiling Subscribers Like The Detectives

Lockdown has meant I’m seeing more true-crime programmes on TV. I get excited when the detective gradually hones in on the offender by using all the tools of his trade, including, on occasion, a profiler. We do of the same in email marketing. Another description of profiling is building a persona. We tend to have … READ MORE »

Is It Worth Jumping On The Bandwagon?

Bandwagon is normally used as a pejorative. It contains contempt for those who can’t think for themselves and instead merely follow others. There was a talk by a chap who thought he’d cracked the system when, in a previous recession, competing shops around his closed, leaving him as the only retail outlet selling his particular … READ MORE »

How to build loyalty of subscribers

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 »

Eliminating Words That Serve No Purpose

Every word or phrase in the copy of a marketing email must serve a particular purpose, one that’s not covered by any other. Copywriting is that simple. If there’s no reason for it to be there, get rid of it. It’s unwanted weight. The difficulty some people find when doing so is identifying superfluous words, … READ MORE »

Is Your Email Marketing Copy Boring?

Like a lot of writers, I regularly ask someone whose work I admire to check my copy. They don’t look for literals, poor grammar or the occasional over-used cliché, but instead read through a few randomly-selected submissions, not only for email marketing, and criticise them. It’s a bit of a risk, but only to my … READ MORE »

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