Tag: Social Media

When Social Media Hijacks Your Email Narrative

You launch a product. You tease it on social media. You expect excitement. Instead, you get speculation. And suddenly, your audience is telling your story for you. The Problem: You Don't Control The Conversation Social media feels like a powerful ally. It amplifies your message. It spreads awareness quickly. It costs very little. But it … READ MORE »

Competing With Companies With Big Data

Four or five years ago, before Covid, I read a book called Man v Big Data. It wasn’t clear who won. The thought that went through my mind was ‘If only I had their problems’. SMEs depending on email marketing, and having to compete with big data held by big companies, would appear to be … READ MORE »

Statistics From Research Are A Useful Guide

The wonderful thing about email marketing is that a number of establishments and marketing companies fund and work on research which they are only too pleased to share with others. All we have to do is look for it. I’ve been not only reading specific results, but checking the conclusions with other research. While some … READ MORE »

Working With Influencers In Email Marketing

We recently mentioned influencer marketing. When I read an article suggesting ‘Influencers are going nowhere’ I had to read on. It became clear that the author meant that influencer marketing is likely to become a significant trend for email marketing in 2022. Don’t get left behind. There are significant benefits with using an influencer. Having … READ MORE »

Profiling Subscribers Like The Detectives

Lockdown has meant I’m seeing more true-crime programmes on TV. I get excited when the detective gradually hones in on the offender by using all the tools of his trade, including, on occasion, a profiler. We do of the same in email marketing. Another description of profiling is building a persona. We tend to have … READ MORE »

ASA Crackdown On Social Influencers

I’m a strong supporter of using lots of other methods of advertising in email marketing campaigns. I would have suggested you had lots to gain and nothing to lose. It appears I might have been wrong in one aspect. The ASA has become frustrated by the lack of response by certain social influencers to warnings … READ MORE »

Continue Investing In Market Research

Market research budgets are, according to research, being restricted year-on-year and the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly increased this trend. For us it might be good news. If other companies, particularly competitors of yours, are changing their targets for investment, it almost always means that a gap will be opening for others to exploit. And it … READ MORE »

The Best Skill Is To Be A Problem-Solver

The highly memorable poem by Rudyard Kipling, ‘If’, is much loved but, from an email marketing point of view, it leaves out one skill. While it would probably not have improved it, it might have been useful to include; If you can solve other people’s problems while ignoring your own . . . You know … READ MORE »

Don’t Change Procedures During Covid19

Do you remember the pre-Christmas TV advert for the exercise bike? You probably will if you frequently use social media. It was slated as sexist, the assumption being that the man wanted his partner to get fit. My younger daughter-in-law was bemused. She’d have loved to have one, but the family finances enforced other priorities. … READ MORE »

Advocates, the holy grail of email marketing

The final stage of the marketing funnel model is Advocacy. It’s the aspect that gives the greatest returns. After all, potential customers believe reviews before whatever you say in an email marketing campaign. Get advocacy sorted and so is your company’s future.  It is not the easiest aspect of the marketing funnel to crack, though … READ MORE »

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