Tag: subscribers

Giving Away Something Brings Its Own Reward

I’ll take a wild stab in the dark and suggest that almost everyone enjoys getting something for free. I know I do. The recent holiday period showed that it holds true for my grandchildren as well, and there must be very few who look it in the mouth. If a company sends a gift to … READ MORE »

Use Auto Responders Appropriately

In the last five weeks I’ve lost two contracts. I’m not after your sympathy or advice; it happens, although more frequently nowadays. Both were expected. On the positive side, it’s given me an opportunity to do a bit of housekeeping, although I haven’t hoovered under the bed. I’ve concentrated on email marketing peripheries. I’ve gone … READ MORE »

Are Your Email Marketing Returns Falling

Many of us must feel we’ve become experts at noticing when performance has, for no apparent reason, dropped off. We’ve all struggled with such problems all our email marketing life. All of a sudden the percentages are lower, ROI is down and no matter how closely you study the circumstances, you can’t fathom why. One … READ MORE »

How Many Emails Should I send?

I went to a liaison meeting with the public where it was suggested I was avoiding questions, two in particular. I’d lost the sympathy of much of the crowd, mainly for answering honestly, and I wanted them back on board. I panicked, saying, ‘Ask any question you want, and I’ll be definitive.’ An experienced colleague … READ MORE »

Generating Trust Is A Basic Requirement 

Let’s forget Covid. Instead, we should concentrate on the basics of email marketing to ensure we can move forward without worrying too much about what’s already happened. You can’t get much more basic than generating trust in your company. It’s a truism, but not all that helpful, to say that the best way of generating … READ MORE »

Visual Hierarchy In Your Marketing Emails

We recently briefly mentioned visual hierarchy in the design of emails and webpages. You might think that, as the creators of your free email marketing templates have taken the matter into consideration, you can safely ignore it and just drag and drop your copy and images. What could go wrong? There is a slight difficulty … READ MORE »

Invest In Customer Retention

The best form of investment in email marketing is customer retention. I won’t bore you with the evidence for that simple statement as there is ample research available on the Internet. Accept it. My wife was recently subject of an emergency operation. I decided to maintain my normal diet if only to generate a feeling … READ MORE »

Improve Your Email Marketing Performance

Writers block is when you look at an empty document and have no idea what you are going to write. Nothing comes to you. It’s not particularly uncommon and most writers have developed methods to overcome the difficulty of pressing the first key. If you’re dissatisfied with your overall performance or just want to improve … READ MORE »

Do UK Companies Require An EU Representative

It is quite refreshing to be able to be definitive with regards a question on email marketing; not something which I am all that familiar with, but I’ll give it a go. You require a European representative if you are a UK-based controller or processor with no offices, branches or other establishments in the EEA, … READ MORE »

Convince Subscribers Of Long Term Benefits

There is a Simpsons cartoon which shows Homer struggling with whether to choose the immediate gratification of a tasty snack or a winning lottery ticket. It will come as no surprise to know he chose the former. The attractions of instant gratification trump delayed advantage. Don’t laugh. How many times have you left a website … READ MORE »

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