Email Strategy

Tiffany: Artificial Intelligence in Email Marketing

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2017 was probably AI’s breakout year in email marketing. It's from then on that I started to witness the results that AI can bring to the channel primarily when used in combination with Machine Learning and Automation. Change has been rapid and ongoing since then, and it doesn’t look like slowing...
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Jennings: Does Your Email Marketing Program Align WIth Your Customer Lifecycle?

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How well does your email marketing program align with your customer’s lifecycle? Put another way, are you practicing lifecycle marketing? This is one of the first things I investigate when I’m working with a new client, because often the answer provides the basis for recommendations to boost performance (which is the...
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At the Crossroads of Email and UX: Five Optimization Factors Beyond Design

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The Nielsen Norman defines User Experience (UX) as “encompassing all aspects of the end-user's interaction with the company, its services, and its products”. They sum it up with this kernel of wisdom: “the first requirement for an exemplary user experience is to meet the exact needs of the customer, without fuss...
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great article, Karen! This issue is not discussed often enough..
Wednesday, 15 May 2019 14:27
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OI Discussion: Relevancy

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(The following is a recent discussion on the Only Influencers discussion list led by Kate Barrett. Join Only Influencers to be part of the discussion) Kate Barrett Hi everyone! I have the absolute pleasure of leading the discussion this week and I’m so excited to see what we all come up...
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Next Generation Marketers Want Answers Not Stats

Living in the world of open rates, click rates and funnel driven conversion stats? I get it, we have to report on performance, but when do you get to do the really cool things in marketing? What happened to discovery and exploration? Why are we still looking at bar charts and...
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Are Email Marketers Missing Their Share of the $41.1 Billion Advertising Spend?

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As the world of digital advertising and marketing has planted its stake firmly in the ground in support of “NATIVE” (Sponsored) Advertising, the consumers have made it clear that they support the move. The line between online content written by journalists and story-like ads that are paid for by specific corporations...
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Guest — Paul Kirch
Such great content. I have struggled with the best way to leverage email marketing. I don't want to alienate, but instead I want t... Read More
Thursday, 25 April 2019 15:53
Guest — Jaime Jay
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing. Knowing what advertising works and what does not is on ongoing battle for me. Reading this peaks... Read More
Thursday, 25 April 2019 17:15
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Marriott: Who Should Be the Key Decision-makers in Your Next ESP RFP?

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Much has changed in the world of email marketing in the last 15 years.  Volumes are up, revenues are up, CPMs are down-and those are just a few of the big changes in the industry.  But one of the biggest changes is in the nature of the vendor/client relationships themselves. Specifically,...
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Kate Barrett: Reviewing our Relevancy: How Can Marketers Evolve to Keep Up with Entitled Consumers?

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The recent DMA 2019 Marketer Tracker Report reported that only 14% of consumers think that over half of the emails an organisation sends are relevant to them as individuals.  But maybe more shockingly, only 55% of marketers think that more than half of all the emails they send are relevant. So...
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Kath Pay: Are We as Customer-centric as We Think?

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We marketers like to say we are customer-centric. We give "customer centricity" and "customer experience" the nod in our public commentaries. The Google Trends search trend pictured below shows a marked increase in "customer-centric" searches, which indicates that many of us are on board with this concept.  Source: Google Trends. Search...
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McDonald: Is It Time To Expand/Evolve the Role of Email Marketing? Three Suggestions.

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Is it time to rethink the role of email marketing? Beyond a few developments such as optimizing for mobile, the role of email marketers has changed surprisingly little in the last 20 years.  Oh sure the tools have gotten better and more sophisticated, but what email marketers and teams do really...
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Unboxing: Campaign-Genius

Unboxing Campaign-Genius Campaign-Genius is a dynamic email tool based out of Seattle and is one of the entries of a growing category of real-time imaging tools such as Movable Ink and LiveClicker. It’s parent company, Say It Visually, was founded in 2008 and was a pioneer in the field of “Explainer...
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Round Table Discussion: How Will Voice Tech Change Email Marketing?

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The Following Email Marketing Round Table Discussion is based on Jenna Tiffany's article: Verbalising Email – How Will Voice Tech Change Email Marketing?  Jenna Tiffany: So let's start with, do we think it will change email marketing? And if yes, how?  Maybe you use voice tech already to read your emails...
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Tiffany: Why Does Email Marketing Need a Strategy?

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Across the pond, the GDPR has presented the world of digital marketing with a unique opportunity to take stock, reflect on our methods, and start afresh with a clean sheet. It’s given us a fantastic insight into the mindset of our audiences, and empowered us to build positive, lasting relationships with...
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Dela Quist: Why so many CMO’s underestimate Email Marketing

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“Numbers have an important story to tell. They rely on you to give them a voice.” Stephen Few This is an article that wrote itself. It started out as a rant about the relentless negativity surrounding the email channel and how everyone under estimates its importance to the digital ecosystem. As...
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The Domo graphic does not represent data visually - it's just a spatially-arranged set of labels, where 13 new songs on Spotify = ... Read More
Wednesday, 06 March 2019 17:23
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Watson: Is Using noreply Really So Bad?

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Email pundits frequently pour scorn on brands that send email marketing from a noreply@ email address. Passions run high with noreply. One email pundit said on Twitter about use of noreply@; “when I personally find ‘we don't want to hear from you’, I mostly start to ignore the brand”. But what’s...
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An OI Discussion: The Influencers Break Down a Case Study: Email Performance, Lists and Staffing

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Jeanne Jennings: This week’s discussion is centered around last week’s case study on email performance, lists and staffing. If you haven’t had a chance to read it yet you can find it here: Interactive Case Study: Email Performance, Lists and Staffing. We raised a lot of questions about next steps in...
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Talavera: What Makes for an Email Marketing Unicorn or Dream Team – and Do They Exist?

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Now that email has been a legitimate marketing channel for two decades there’s an entire generation of professionals who have grown up with it and in it. In fact, they’ve never known marketing without email which has made for an interesting evolution – or is it merely urban legend?  The illusory...
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Marriott: The 10 Best Emails of 2018

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At Marketing Democracy we’re all about email marketing.  We work with some of the biggest email marketers in the industry helping them navigate the complex and critical ESP vendor selection process.  But when we’re done for the day guiding our clients, we revert to being consumers and email subscribers like everyone...
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Baker: Will 2019 Be the Year of Machines?

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I’ll start out this discussion track with a cartoon from Marketoonist Tom Fishburne and a general assumption that machine learning/AI is something you will look at, explore or invest in at some point in 2019.  According to most analysts' reports, this is one of the hottest topics and investment areas for...
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This is a really terrific article. Thank you, David! Yes, machine learning has now reached the point where every consumer interac... Read More
Thursday, 17 January 2019 08:51
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Tiffany: Verbalising Email – How Will Voice Tech Change Email Marketing?

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If there’s one thing that brands are likely to embrace in 2019, it’s voice technology. Instinctive, intuitive, pervasive, and accessible, voice technology is set to interweave into our lives more than we ever thought possible.  Through voice assistants like Alexa and Siri we can engage with cyberspace without ever having to...
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