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Describe Your Email Marketing Campaign

I used to edit a magazine. The layout, design, images and copy are there to encourage the person to read the article and become lost in it. It means, hopefully, that they will come back for more. The problem is that editors and graphic designers look at the page from their specific skills point of … READ MORE »

Using Humour In An Email Marketing Campaign

The film Gattaca had four letters, ATGC, highlighted on posters and the title sequence. I found it graphically jarring. I was told later, by a rather smug IT-type, the letters were, pause for a little titter, the initials of the building four blocks of DNA, and the design was rather ‘clever’. It seemed I was … READ MORE »

Soft Selling In Your Marketing Campaigns

  I was once on a course that had nothing to do with sales and email marketing. It was all about questioning techniques. The biggest problem for anyone engaged in interviews is trying to get to the truth and we were introduced to a number of methods of, they said, getting the person to open … READ MORE »

Planning your next email marketing campaign

There is no single method of planning an email marketing campaign that will suit everyone. We all want to make money but that’s a bit too vague to be useful. A plan has to be bespoke, specific to you and the product. A simple generic method that works for us all is to start at … READ MORE »

Design email marketing campaigns for mobile

I won’t insult your capabilities by quoting statistics for mobile verses laptop/desktop opening of emails. We all know the argument is over. You should now design initially for mobiles and then expand for other devices, the reverse of what used to be the norm. So how do you go about it? The good news is … READ MORE »

Newsletters support your marketing campaigns

Just as Thor thought that every problem in the world could be solved by hitting it with a big hammer, those who think newsletters are a good idea tend to suggest that they solve most of your email marketing problems. Whilst out of the two, the latter has more evidence to support it, the fact … READ MORE »

Pick words for an email marketing campaign

Words are powerful, or so it says in a TV advert for a newspaper. They should be picked with . . . well, there’s the point of the advert. They put a series of words which are synonyms and decide on the most appropriate. This is what you should be doing in every email marketing … READ MORE »

Promises in an email marketing campaign

My son plays rugby union. He is second row which means he needs to be athletic with lots of muscle. He’s 6’3”, weighs 115 kgs, yet has little fat on his body. He’s a big guy. I was driving him and three of the tight five back from an away match when we saw a … READ MORE »

Data searches for email marketing campaigns

For data to be effective it must be relevant, accurate and current. The most significant benefit of email marketing is that there is no other method of marketing where the three requirements are satisfied so completely. So it might seem a little odd to suggest you should try other ways of obtaining data. There is … READ MORE »

Ready for a viral email marketing campaign?

You are almost certainly aware of Protein World’s Are You Beach Body Ready? advertising campaign. It is the most talked about and controversial, the two often going together, poster of the year. Unlike the country at large, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) were already familiar with the company, having considered and upheld at least nine … READ MORE »

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