Tag: email marketing

Putting people off buying

I subscribe to a variety of email marketing lists purely for research purposes; some professional, some not so much. I’ve occasionally bought an item and this means I share the frustrations of the buying public when I come across poor designs and procedures. It makes me wonder how these companies continue in business. It is … READ MORE »

Abandoned shopping carts

Your email marketing campaign is a triumph. Your click-through rate is the best you’ve ever had. Yet it was all wasted because of the high number of abandoned shopping carts. Don’t despair; most problems are easily fixed and with some careful changes your rate could drop considerably. A report suggests the average rate of abandonment … READ MORE »

Old style sales in email marketing

Let me start with a personal anecdote which, on the face of it, has nothing to do with email marketing. If you stay with me, all will become clear. I went to buy a new car. All my previous ones have been second hand, in the early days very much so, but with modern payment … READ MORE »

Keeping things simple

We’ve mentioned a number of times that it is normally good practice to keep the designs of pages standard, at least to an extent. The landing page that a subscriber clicked through to should look more or less that same and the marketing email they came from. There are those who suggest that it should … READ MORE »

The basics of landing page design

It is no exaggeration to say that a good, and we’ll come to what it meant by good, landing page design is the keystone of email marketing. So what do I mean by landing page? For the purposes of this article, a landing page is a special page on your website where people who click … READ MORE »

Start designing your first landing page

The good news is that there is only one function of a landing page. It is there to ensure a customer completes. This makes it the easiest page to design and, more importantly, a doddle to test. If you have access to free email marketing templates then the only sensible option is to choose from … READ MORE »

The basics of lead generation

For those just starting in email marketing, lead generation must appear almost mystical. It is also an essential and you need to crack it. However it is a straightforward process, although one that requires constant effort. Let’s start with what lead generation is: Gaining the contact details, in our case mainly email addresses, of potential … READ MORE »

Using video for leads

Every so often we are told that everyone in email marketing and online business in general are opting for video. Just as often it is suggested that now is the time to get involved in video in order to beat the rush. In essence this means that most commentators are surprised at how reluctant companies … READ MORE »

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