Category Archives: Email Marketing

Promoting Your Events Locally

Do you offer local training, seminars, conferences or other, “open-to-the-public” events and need a better way to get the word out? Then you might consider using FullCalendar.com to promote your next event. Their service is pretty straight forward. You sign … Continue reading

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Getting Your E-mail Audience to Click-through to Your Landing Page

According to research cited by the folks at MailDogManager.com “…the words “Click to continue” generated 50% more click-throughs than either “Continue to article” or “Read more.”“ Of course that may mean that only 2 people clicked on “Read more” while … Continue reading

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Most Important Factors in Getting E-mails Opened

Marketing Sherpa gives us an early peek (available free until 10/23/07) at the critical factors that will boost your email open and click-through rates according to a report to be released later this week by MailerMailer.com: What’s the most critical … Continue reading

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Wall Street Bullish on Email Marketing

Are you concerned that email marketing has lost its relevance in the face of ongoing deliverability and spam issues? Apparently Wall Street doesn’t share your concern having boosted the IPO of Constant Contact – a leading email service provider – … Continue reading

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Use Text Based Emails if Your Audience is Highly Mobile

I’m a big fan of html based emails and I’ve yet to be convinced by others or my own experience that text-based messages — even in the age of spam filters and other corporate and personal electronic chastity belts designed … Continue reading

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One Hundred (and Seven) Ways to Get Your Email Blocked

Marketing Profs published an article by Jordan Ayen of SubscriberMail that lists the one hundred sure fire words and phrases guaranteed to get your emails blocked if you use them in your subject line (and often in the body of … Continue reading

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Does Email Marketing Matter?

Yes! But it’s not easy. But the payoff can be huge… A couple of stats: Forrester found that customers who buy email advertised products spend 138% more than customers who don’t buy through email. That’s a huge difference. Why? I … Continue reading

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Email Marketing: First Impressions are Everything

Does your email have great graphics, great content and great offers but nobody’s opening it? Maybe it’s because you’re making a lousy first impression. Here’s some statistics (if I could have done the math, I’d have been a statistician): 49% … Continue reading

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What Tactics Do Online Marketers Use to Market?

Online marketers use email marketing more than any other tactic with close to 73% favoring this medium. It’s no surprise that email newsletters (ezines) are the second most popular tactic at 61%. (What’s your most effective online marketing tactic? Vote … Continue reading

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Increase Your Email Newsletter Subscriptions – 10 Tips

I belong to a Yahoo Group that is focused on its member’s use of blogs as a business marketing and communications tool. A member asked the group for advice regarding the lack of success in getting sign-ups for her ezine … Continue reading

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