Tag: Email Marketing Software

Beyond your email marketing software

A recent article covered surveys and it was mentioned that there are some questions that are best answered by your email marketing software and the returns from your campaigns, and others where the information has to be gleaned elsewhere. One complements the other and you need to work out the best one to use to … READ MORE »

Your first email marketing survey

If you are lacking data in your email marketing software, prediction is less dependable and experimentation can be unfocussed. Obtaining information from campaigns can take time, and a tempting shortcut is a survey. Things to bear in mind when planning your first. 1/ Keep questions short. No one likes having to read one twice. 2/ … READ MORE »

Getting up close and personal

I’ve got four children and four grandchildren. I’m not sure which group takes up most of my time overall, although the one with chickenpox has a clear lead at the moment. I enjoy looking after the kids but find it a bit of an effort, which tends to make it more worthwhile. What’s that got … READ MORE »

Personalisation and email marketing

Personalisation has been proved to be an effective marketing tool. If you build a working relationship with a customer, they are more likely to buy. Further, clicking the unsubscribe button becomes more difficult for them. Automated responses can be a simple way of making your email marketing campaign more personal and what better way than … READ MORE »

Email marketing & 7 steps to relationships

I was once taught how to form a relationship with those I would meet in the course of my then role. My role was to ensure their cooperation so as to elicit information, assistance or perhaps something that might cost them time and effort. It wasn’t in a sales oriented situation although the instructor was … READ MORE »

A well designed landing page

I used to build flying model aircraft. One rather hurtful criticism of my abilities in controlling them was made at the club annual dinner when I received a special award for the way I landed my planes. The comment was that: 'they didn't so much land as arrive.' This is an apt description of many … READ MORE »

Basic Testing Methods

Testing all aspects of your email campaigns is the only way of ensuring you extract full value out of your email marketing software. The statistics that emerge are clear, precise and, unfortunately many feel, inarguable. Testing proves, and that is its strength. You will be able to access a considerable quantity of data through your … READ MORE »

Let others do your work for you

It is an unfortunate fact that basic research costs. Once we have an idea of what might work, email marketing software can tell us whether it does or not, but for initial direction we have to pay for it ourselves. Or we could pinch other people’s research. Professor Wansink of Cornell University, writing in the … READ MORE »

8 Email Marketing Design Essentials

Designing a marketing email is a creative exercise and one that can be very fulfilling. With the quality of current email marketing templates there is not even the daunting prospect of the blank white screen at the start. Whilst the templates are simplicity itself to complete, there are some things to bear in mind. 1/ … READ MORE »

The ‘From’ Line

Do you read the ‘From’ line first when looking at a marketing email? You do? Then welcome to the majority. Do you also often make the decision to delete the email based solely on that one, small item of information? If so, then you are not in a minority. Do you spend very little time … READ MORE »

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