A tough topic: Recession-proof email marketing. What goes up must come down, and in the business world that coming down can be very hard and sudden indeed. A recession has arrived, customers are spending less, and a company must look to tighten its belt. Three areas tend to stand out for cost-saving: rent and physical… keep reading →
“Click here” is a terrible call to action for email campaigns. Here are tips and examples to help you develop better ones. I’ll get straight to the point: “Submit” and “Click here” are ineffective calls to action (CTAs) for your email campaigns. (I’ll explain why a few paragraphs down.) If you need help with CTA… keep reading →
The wrong data is just as harmful to marketing as having no data. Here’s how a holistic testing methodology can help you glean better insights. Modern marketers are obsessed with data — and for a good reason. It gives us direction and informs our strategies, among many other benefits. But not all data is equally… keep reading →
Now that it’s autumn, it’s time for email advisers to send out their annual lists of the ecommerce lifecycle email programs a sensible email marketer needs to employ to maximize revenue. What’s on the list? The usual: welcome emails, abandoned-cart reminders, win-back messages. All three are helpful because they address customers at key points in… keep reading →
The latest round of tech layoffs hit home recently. In a call with a marketing team, I discovered half the team had been quietly laid off the week before. It seems every week brings news that a past colleague or fellow member of the email community is looking for new opportunities, as the saying goes.… keep reading →