Feb Round-up: Holistic Live! Together

Yesterday we had our first Holistic Live! Together, and a great time was had by all! In the past we’ve run webinars, workshops & training days, but this was our first live gathering. And we are super excited to put on our next one! We know the community of email marketers has a healthy appetite… keep reading →

Email is the Ultimate Push Channel. It’s NOT a Shove Channel

As you head into the frenzy of the holiday email-marketing season, take a minute to step back and appreciate email’s great strength as the original disruptive marketing channel. Email, in fact, is enjoying a renaissance! Those of us who have made email the centre of our work lives can rightly feel vindicated when study after… keep reading →

Marketing Automation Needs The Human Touch, Too

Automation is one of the best things ever to happen to email. Automation, ironically, puts us as close as we can get to the Holy Grail of marketing communications – the 1:1 message – without having to manually send a message to each of our subscribers. Instead of sending one message designed to appeal as broadly… keep reading →

Getting The Call-To-Action Right For Email

There are three main steps in the conversion process within email: Convert to open Convert to click Convert to final objective (generally on landing page) In this post, we’re focusing on #2 and #3. When creating call-to-actions, be mindful of the fact that email is a push channel and the Web site is a pull… keep reading →