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January 12, 2009 Written By: Jay Baer 39 Comments

Is Email Killing Your Company?

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Are you looking at your email program as a long-term investor, or as a day-trader? A lot of marketing tactics aren’t succeeding. It’s a combination of fundamental shifts in how audiences congregate and where they can be reached, and consumers that are too scared about an uncertain future to buy anything other than potatoes and

Filed Under: Email Marketing Advice Tagged With: E-commerce, email, email marketing, email promotion, transactional email
November 20, 2008 Written By: Jay Baer 6 Comments

Mobile Opt-in Flies at US Airways

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A recent study by ExactTarget and Ball State University showed that consumers 24 years old and younger prefer text messages to email. For consumers 25+, email still reigns supreme. Does that put text/mobile/SMS out of reach for most brands? Not at all. In fact, using mobile to drive email subscriptions is an emerging best practice.

Filed Under: Email Marketing Advice, Integrated Marketing and Media Tagged With: email marketing, email promotion, marketing tactics, mobile marketing, mobile opt-in, SMS, text messaging, transactional email, triggered email
October 22, 2008 Written By: Jay Baer 41 Comments

15 Email Statistics That Are Shaping The Future

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I just finished an invigorating panel discussion at the Marketing Profs Digital Marketing Mixer. Moderated by Aaron Kahlow from Online Marketing Summit, the session was titled “What Your Customers Really Think of Your Email Program.” (click here for the presentation at Slideshare) I was joined on the panel by Katrina Anderson of iPost, and Annie

September 24, 2008 Written By: Jay Baer 7 Comments

The Future of Email Marketing – Think Holistically, Send Individually

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The demise of email has been greatly exaggerated. While Jupiter says that overall email volume has dropped from 41 messages per day per U.S. user to 24, the email marketing universe is very much alive and well. The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) projects that $600 million will be spent on email in 2008, driving an

June 20, 2007 Written By: Jay Baer 2 Comments

When The Fonz Clicked Delete: Email has jumped the shark

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Like Lohan trips to rehab and Cardinals’ “this is our year” chants, most of us have had it up to here with email.  Spam has gone from annoying to ridiculous. I got an insane, indecipherable missive from a German derelict this week. 417 times. It looked like he slapped a sausage on the keyboard to

January 30, 2005 Written By: Jay Baer Leave a Comment

Nothing Personal: SWM 35 seeks email marketing that’s relevant

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Once upon a time you could send and receive email without incident. Like leaving your doors unlocked or eating medium-rare hamburgers, the glory days of email were blissfully free of hassle and worry. Email has literally transformed the way we communicate. 31 billion emails are sent every day in North America, according to research firm

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