Email Campaign Management

Email Marketing’s Blind Spot

Wondering how responding to online comments protects your email marketing campaigns? Picture this: you've spent weeks crafting the perfect email campaign. The design is sharp. The offer irresistible. The subject line impossible to ignore. But then… a potential subscriber Googles your brand — and what they find isn't your campaign, but a string of unanswered complaints and … READ MORE »

The People Factor in Email Marketing

When you think email marketing success, you probably picture high open rates, compelling subject lines, or slick automation flows. Am I right? But here's the secret (not a lot of people know it): none of it matters if the people behind your email campaigns aren't engaged. Your employees are the heartbeat of your email marketing strategy.  If they're … READ MORE »

Email Marketing Lessons From… Rugby

Ever watched a rugby match and thought, "Hey, this could totally apply to email marketing?" No? Well, stick with me. Last weekend, I caught a local rugby game and witnessed a moment that perfectly captures the highs and lows of managing an email marketing team — and the leadership mindset every manager needs to nail success. The … READ MORE »

Boost Your Email Campaign Productivity

Creating an email marketing campaign can feel like juggling batons while reciting Shakespeare – blindfolded. Between strategy, copy, visuals, segmentation and analytics, it's no wonder marketers fall into the trap of "busy work" instead of "smart work". You want to flip the script? These productivity tips will certainly help you build email campaigns faster and better, without … READ MORE »

Smart email marketing strategies

At a local event, I sat through a talk by a self-proclaimed street photographer. But instead of focusing on gritty urban landscapes, he zeroed in on the people walking through them – capturing moments that felt personal, intentional, and oddly familiar. Why am I telling you this story? How does it relate to email marketing? … READ MORE »

Why typefaces matter in email design?

Let’s clarify terms: a typeface is the overall design, such as Times New Roman, whereas a font is a sub-classification, such as bold, italic, condensed, etc. While the words are generally seen as interchangeable by the public at large, when one is discussing the appearance of words in a marketing email, you must understand the … READ MORE »

Easy Ways To Save Money In Email Marketing

We have all been used to negative forecasts for SMEs but they haven’t been as dire for some time. Every economist, political reporter, marketing researcher and their dogs are suggesting that whatever business we are in, we are going to struggle over the coming months, email marketing included. History, though, tells us otherwise. In any, … READ MORE »

Mobile Images; The Great Untapped Resource

Whether or not the near future will be one of watching where every penny, let alone pound, is spent on email marketing, the one thing we should be searching for is a cheaper source of images. Stock images are generally of a high quality. If you’ve been searching for a specific kind of picture for … READ MORE »

What Use Are KPIs In Email Marketing?

When KPIs were introduced to a company I worked for, it was a requirement to support them enthusiastically and, having a certain ambition to go further at that time, I supported them enthusiastically. I’ve seen the flip charts. I’ve seen the PowerPoint presentations. I’ve seen successes. I’ve seen failures. One thing that I have seen … READ MORE »

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