Tag: email marketing

Support email marketing with viral videos

Rumour has it that when Jimmy Saville was proposed as the face of the Inter-City 125 adverts there were concerns at British Rail. Trying to make a railway train look cool was seen as a step too far. History proved otherwise. Nowadays, the campaign might well have been modified, with the internet used and email … READ MORE »

Knowing what to measure email marketing

A newspaper headlined research which concluded that women were ‘more attentive’ as drivers than men. Anyone who has worked with email marketing would have ignored the sexist nature of the comment and wondered how on earth the authors of the report had worked out who was and who was not attentive. An essential skill in … READ MORE »

Emailing granny

I was in Starbucks and on a table adjacent to what appeared to be a couple of grandmothers with their charges. I'd given up trying to write about free email templates as the noise was distracting. To make it worse there came the irritating buzz of a mobile phone. It was a cue for grandmother … READ MORE »

Consider your mobile audience

In the last three years I have gone from reading all my emails on desktop or laptop to perusing the majority first on a smartphone. Most importantly, I delete most emails on one as well. For email marketing to be effective we need to know who reads what, why and on which specific device. Smartphones, … READ MORE »

Everyone loves the Olympics

It has been a difficult two weeks for those of us in email advertising. In any competition between a sport where we might gain a medal and calculating the data from campaign returns there is always going to be just the one winner. However if you looked more deeply into the Olympics there was much … READ MORE »

Making the most of your information

Bulk email marketing is all about information. The more you know about your subscribers the greater your return on investment. It might seem that 50% of your time is taken up by data acquisition and if so you should be worried because it should be nearer 60. The direct route is often the easiest so … READ MORE »

It’s not who you know

Advice that is aimed at those who have been in email marketing for some time can be less than useful for anyone just starting out. There is an assumption that companies will have data for their email marketing software to crunch away at but if your subscribers have only recently ticked the box some of … READ MORE »

Consensus disagreement

Whilst there are few absolutes in email marketing there are a number of subjects which tend to have a consensus. You, like so many of us, might well think that if everyone, including the most successful companies, agree then you would be a little bit silly to go your own way without reason. The accepted … 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 »

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