Drayton Bird recently received an email that left him astounded. It was the work of a mad man! Yet its level of crazy was matched by its brilliance. On your marks… Get set… Go!
Drayton Bird lauds the value of offering a good freebie to entice people to your product. He explains why it works and offers a prime example courtesy of successful magazine The Oldie.
Again we reach into the back catalogue of the late copywriting titan Herschell Gordon Lewis. This time he pulls apart the “expert” advice which fails to disguise its real agenda. Don’t make the same mistake!
Drayton Bird recently read a guide to email marketing. He wasn’t impressed. In fact, he found it astonishingly bad. A dearth of examples, a torrent of vacuous claims and a scattering of irrelevant imagery. I’m sure you can do better!
New research suggests not, but the findings from the UK DMA’s email marketing post-GDPR survey are explored here by Rachel Aldighieri, who reveals that email is consumers’ preferred marketing channel and discusses why marketers must keep the message simple.
Take the guesswork out of your email campaigns and lose the silly mistakes that are costing you money – these straightforward email marketing tips and tactics show you what you should be doing …and what you shouldn’t! Rae Steinbach shines a spotlight on an effective and more lucrative use of the channel.
Dreams of lifting the World Cup 2018 have been dashed for England fans . . . but the event has been a winner for the Football Association’s email programme, which recorded a hugely successful uplift. Guy Hanson charts how sentiment and outside influences affect email performance stats.
Take another look beyond the ‘big’ at your historic, ‘old’ data – you might be surprised to see how well it can be leveraged to take your marketing campaigns onto another level. Michael Deane has tips to show how better results can be achieved.
We all know that engagement is vital, so why are so many marketers rubbish at it? A recent report has found companies are still not sufficiently tailoring their communications to customers throughout the lifecycle and it is surprisingly common for global marketers to send un-personalised emails. In fact, fewer than a third of businesses have a ‘defined’ audience engagement capability for their email campaigns. So, is your customer engagement poor? Check out the report evidence and heed the solutions:
Will the person you are emailing open your message? Will he or she click through? The answers depend entirely on trust; what faith the recipient has in you – it boils down simply to sender reputation. Here’s how to check yours stands up to scrutiny – and thus your email message makes it successfully through to your intended recipient.