Tag: subscribers

Speaking personally

One way of keeping subscribers to your email marketing lists happy is to build a relationship with them. Not as easy as it sounds of course, and it doesn’t sound easy. One way is to be personal. You will be familiar with those companies which have a ‘face’ on their marketing emails and perhaps on … READ MORE »

Abandoned carts in email marketing

If a subscriber clicks through to a landing page, chooses a product and then abandons the cart, the good news is that the reasons for this are well known. Therefore you can make changes to reduce the failures. With over two thirds of carts being abandoned, if you retain an extra quarter you have increased … READ MORE »

Don’t upset anyone

Professor Higgins said in Pygmalion that every time a man opens his mouth he irritates someone. It goes for email marketing as well. You cannot satisfy everyone and you will therefore lose a certain percentage of potential subscribers by a casual, ill-judged phrase. In those cases where a few tweaks can lower that percentage, it … READ MORE »

Be careful with gender

There is one truth in email marketing that no one disputes; the more information you have on your subscribers, the better your targeting will be. You can gain such information in a number of ways: interpretation of returns from campaigns, personal contact and asking them, to name the obvious ones. The main problem with the … READ MORE »

Keywords in email copy

We mentioned in a previous article that a government website will no longer use Latin abbreviations in future posts. Despite a clear, of course, explanation of the logic behind the decision, it has been criticised in the press. In essence, the company is writing targeted copy. If you want those on your email marketing lists … READ MORE »

The path to clear English

Email marketing design is all about communication. The more of your message you get over and the quicker you do it, the better. This is accepted by the gov.uk website where you can tax your car and obtain information about government requirements and systems. Whether as a brand awareness campaign or, as they suggest, a … READ MORE »

Design content for your subscribers

The Gov.uk site, https://www.gov.uk/, which provides government guidance and services, such as vehicle tax payment, has succeeded in what is probably one of its main intents by saying that it will phase out Latin abbreviations, such as eg, ie, etc, et al (sorry. Too tempting to resist.) It created a small furore in the press, … READ MORE »

Email marketing initiatives

A few months ago we covered an offer that was for unidentified items with variations of money off. Subscribers were told that there was 25, 50 or 60% off the price of the last offer and they had to choose which to go for. The company have run a few campaigns over the last couple … READ MORE »

Pricing in email marketing

I subscribe to the email marketing list of one company not because I want to buy products from them but that they show a willingness to try new ideas. I have included a number of them on these pages and here comes another. They mess about with their pricing. None of their strategies are unique … READ MORE »

Relationship building in email marketing

There are many advantages to forming a relationship with those on your email marketing list but it can be difficult to break through the barrier of seller/buyer. Yet you know what to do to become closer to your customers as you do it in your work and social life every day. You try to be … READ MORE »

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