Recession-proof email marketing – when times get tough, marketing budgets get cut. At the same time, we know businesses that keep investing in email marketing during a recession end up better off when the economy improves. Email marketing can be your most effective channel thanks to its low cost and direct connection to your customers’… 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 →
Sending helpful emails (aka emails that customers love) lets customers feel more attached to your brand, making it more likely for them to purchase your product or service. Is your brand easy to love? It is if your products and services are better than anyone else’s for the price. But that’s not the only way… keep reading →
Avoiding loss and pain can be a potent motivating force. Here are tips for using this psychological approach in your email campaigns. As customer acquisition keeps getting more expensive, it makes sense to market more effectively to the customers you already have. Using psychological approaches in your email campaigns can motivate customers to act instead… keep reading →