Tag: Email Marketing Software

Ways To Lose Email Subscribers – Fast

There are many ways to upset your email subscribers. But one surefire method? Make it painfully hard to reach you. This isn't theory – it's what happens when user experience (UX) is designed like a trap, and customer support vanishes into thin air. Want to create email marketing that effectively pushes people away? Of course not. … READ MORE »

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 »

“How-To” Content That Powers Your Email

Do you want to run an email campaign that converts? Who wouldn't? That's the point after all, isn't it? But… don't stop at the CTA. Support it. Strengthen it. Back it up with "how to" content that tells people exactly what to do, when to do it, and why they'll love it. Because when subscribers click but … READ MORE »

Knowing the weaknesses of others

Have you ever had that feeling when reading the latest ‘in-depth’ report on email marketing that ‘I knew that already’? Some conclusions would have been remarkable only if they’d said anything different. Yet even the expected results can make you exasperated. A recent report stated that fewer than 50% of companies segmented their email marketing … READ MORE »

Making a marketing email accessible

I am partially deaf. It doesn’t require any particularly special treatment with regards to email marketing but when I’m buying at a counter I can experience difficulties. Those companies which invest in special facilities for those with hearing problems generate gratitude and a lot of loyalty. It is probable that many of those on your … READ MORE »

What do subscribers know about data?

Which?, the consumer magazine, has produced a report, the title of which, Control, Alt or Delete fails to explain its subject. The sub-heading, The Future of Consumer Data, is a little more enlightening. The full report, available to download here, rewards careful reading.  The very useful executive summary starts with: “Digitisation is remodelling consumer markets, … READ MORE »

Responding to GDPR requests for personal data

If you have email marketing lists it's likely that you will receive requests from subscribers for details of the personal data you hold. You might already have had some from those who, inspired by the saturation publicity that the GDPR has generated, just want to be first in their group to do so. We recommended some … READ MORE »

Limiting the demand for personal data you hold

Email marketing depends on personal data and therefore the GDPR increases our obligations. It is no longer enough to follow the rules and regulations. Now others can make demands of us. No one knows by how this will increase our workload, only that it most certainly will. You cannot avoid many of the costs, such … READ MORE »

Problems with email marketing solved

The GDPR is a reasonable bit of legislation if looked at from the point of view of someone on your email marketing list. They have reassurances and more rights. It is ironic, at a time of increased oversight, that after the debacle of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, the latter a household name, there seems to … READ MORE »

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