As marketers, we know that engaging the right audience with the right message over the right channel is critical, but also extremely difficult. With so many channels and platforms—from social media to traditional media—it’s hard to know where to invest your efforts. And, of course, time is a finite resource—there’s always more to do (or that you could be doing), than there is time and staff to do it. Digital publishers are feeling this pressure
A Smart Approach to Email Personalization Explained
Marketers tend to see email personalization as a clue to the higher effectiveness of email campaigns and use it massively. But we believe that a wise approach to email personalization gives better results from a cost-effectiveness viewpoint. We intend our article to unfold from good old bulk emailing to sophisticated email personalization in order to show how different techniques work depending on the email type and purpose. We are going to give the theory of our
Welcome Message Lessons from Email Experts
The welcome message might at first seem trivial as many marketers would assume once a customer has signed up, the deed is done and they are validated in their role. As marketers, however, it is our job to guide users through the entire experience with the company, with the goal of promoting an ever-increasing customer lifetime value. One of the most important aspects of the user experience is the first impression. This first impression can
Ways to Optimize Your Email Open, Click-Through, and Conversion Rates
One discussion that I have every week with clients is the increasingly frustrating means of building and sustaining a successful email marketing program. Simply put, as your email marketing list grows, so do your deliverability headaches. It seems that internet service providers have abandoned any hope of rewarding best practices and just have dumb algorithms that continue to punish good senders. Case in point, one of my colleagues in the industry found Yahoo! blocking 100%
How To Personalize Your Outreach Emails To Get More Positive Answers
Every marketer knows that today’s consumers want a personalized experience; that they’re no longer content with just being another number amongst thousands of invoicing records. In fact, the McKinsey research company estimates that creating a personalized shopping experience can boost revenue by up to 30%. However, while marketers may well be making the effort to customize their communications with their customers, many are failing to adopt the same approach for their email outreach prospects. If