Design emails for 4 personality types to win back customers

Try these steps before giving up on disengaged and inactive email recipients. Email marketing is better than ever, but there’s one problem that just won’t go away – inactive customers. If you’re like many of the email marketers I’ve worked with, you try everything: You dig into your analytics to learn when and how customers… keep reading →

It’s time to put the ‘marketing’ back into email marketing

Adopting a holistic approach to email marketing will help you break through barriers, serve your customers better and drive stronger results for your company. Holistic Email Marketing is a reliable source of up-to-date, practical guidance, inspiration and thought leadership to make your email marketing programmes dynamic. This book will enable you to: Develop strategies and… keep reading →

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3 Email Urban Legends, Busted!

In the 20+ years since email proved itself as a worthy channel for messaging and marketing, we still don’t have a single set of guidelines that’s accessible for all, for the best way to conduct business with it. For many of us, “best practices” fill that knowledge gap. So, we latch onto these concepts when… keep reading →

Email Copywriting – the Overlooked Art and Asset

Whenever I ask people for examples of emails they love, most are quick to show messages from brands with gorgeous images, great design, amazing personalisation or cutting-edge technology. Hardly anyone says, “I love the copywriting in [Brand X’s] emails!” Unless, of course, I’m talking to a copywriter. This is a shame because copywriting is as… keep reading →

Brits vs. Yanks: Who’s Winning With Email Marketing?

Email marketing in the United States and the United Kingdom has much in common, but there’s plenty of difference between the two countries. Sure, some surface differences exist regarding our use of the English language: color/colour, cart/basket, Main Street/High Street, holiday/Christmas. Plus, U.S. marketers haven’t caught on to the “payday” or “bank holiday” promotions that… keep reading →