There have been several blog posts and predictions recently (most notably this one from Ryan Holmes, the CEO of Hootsuite) prognosticating that email volume will diminish in 2013, as consumers make greater use of collaborative messaging tools like Chatter and Yammer. I don’t buy it. See this week’s The Baer Facts (a weekly video rant [...]
WEBININE: Boost Email Delivery Rates with SenderScore
Increase email delivery rates with SenderScore.org. This webinine (short webinar) provides instruction and email advice.
WEBININE: How to Build an Email Sign-up Form That Works
In this webiNINE, our series of ~9-minute webinars for social media and online marketing practitioners, we review the email sign-up process for three sites in the travel and tourism industry. The initial sign-up form is a crucial component of a successful email marketing program. Find out what form elements help deliver a quality experience for the visitor.
Marketing Automation for Everyone with Infusionsoft
We’ve known for more than a decade that relevancy drives email marketing results. Getting a message or offer that’s tailored to your needs and circumstances is much more likely to be effective than an unfocused, blanket email that’s sent to an entire database at the same time. This ability to customize email and send different [...]
Audience Segmentation Lessons from Google Plus
Let me get this confession out of the way first: I’m kind of a Google fangirl. So I was pretty excited when the search giant announced Google+, their foray into social networking. I’m pretty fed up with Facebook and its constant changes (that don’t really improve my user experience) so I signed up for an [...]
The 12 Key Messaging Strategies for Email Lifecycle Marketing
Guest post from Chris Sietsema, who teaches and trains small to medium-sized businesses and non-profits in the disciplines of search, social media, email marketing and online analytics. Chris owns Teach to Fish Digital, a one-man consultancy in beautiful Mesa, Arizona. He also created the infographics for The NOW Revolution. A common challenge for us is [...]
Eureka! A Free Search Engine That Will Juice Your Email Marketing
Considering that just about every company of every size sends email to its customers, this post probably applies to you. Do you need design inspiration? Ideas for how to make your emails look snappier, with more compelling layouts? Do you want to keep tabs on your competitors? What emails they are sending, and when? Do [...]
