Feeling burnt out? You’re not alone. I’m going to let you in on a not-so-secret secret: email marketing burnout is a real thing. I’ve personally experienced it, without actively recognizing it, and learned the hard way how to keep myself physically and mentally healthy in order to maintain my drive for...

Marketers build Customer Journey Maps (CJMs) to see how customers behave from the moment they first need the product till they finally buy it. But what if your product can solve the problems your potential clients haven’t thought of yet? Why customer needs are essential for building a CJM I think...

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been a regular feature here on Only Influencers, from conversations on the email lists and in our regular Thursday members-only calls to blog posts like this one. People like Chad S. White of Oracle Marketing Consulting, Dr. Matthew Dunn of Campaign Genius, and countless others have...

Introduction As email marketers we think of ourselves as a data driven decision makers. We have stats coming at us from all angles such as open and click rates, transactional data like average order values and customer data such as time since last shopped. Yet the phrase “lies, damned lies, and...

We’ve noted an increase interest in Gifs recently, presumable because they are now supported by virtually all email clients and even (gasp!) Outlook. Animated GIFS are known to increase reader attention and help to improve the email experience as well as support key messaging. These short meme-like animations can quickly catch...

Email has always been more than just "hitting send." With the constant evolution of digital communication, career opportunities in the world of email have expanded exponentially. If you're considering stepping into this realm or are just curious about what it entails, here's a comprehensive look at the roles, settings, and keys...

When a new subscriber adds themselves to your company’s email list, what events and records are triggered? That signup process seems like such a little, commonplace thing — a few lines of text, a few fields, another record or two somewhere — that it tends to be set up once and...

Let's take a moment to consider a universal truth in our digital age: we're all trying to be heard. In a world flooded with content, messages, and countless brands fighting for attention, standing out can feel like a monumental task. Think about it. Social media gives us a vibrant, dynamic platform...

The long tail isn't just for sales and SEO anymore! That's probably what you think about when someone mentions "long tail" strategy. It began with author Chris Anderson, who wrote The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More in 2004 about the profit potential in selling...

Clarity At Last As many of you will know, Google's recent announcement about their impending 2-year account inactivity policy change has me revisiting an ongoing beef of mine. Namely, why you should email inactives and how long you can safely do so before they become Spam Traps. The answer to that...

In the world of marketing, understanding customer behaviour is crucial for developing effective strategies that lead to higher customer engagement and improved business performance. One powerful model that aids in achieving this is the RFM model. RFM stands for Recency, Frequency, and Monetary Value, and it is widely used to segment...

Five years since its announcement and four years post-launch, we review AMP for Email technology to evaluate its advantages and disadvantages. What is AMP for Email? AMP for Email is a technology from Google that enables dynamic content in emails. In essence, it makes emails functionally similar to web pages. Actions...

Adding a touch of humour and playfulness to even serious topics or products can significantly enhance your email campaigns. In this blog we'll delve into the psychology behind joyous content and explore how it can elevate your email marketing game. I’ll provide examples and practical tips to strike the right balance...

What determines your deliverability performance? I’ve seen a bunch of different images trying to explain this visually, each with their own pillars or cornerstones. None of them are wrong, but they can get too into the weeds. I argue that what determines your deliverability can be simplified and anchored into one...

ESPs have been continuously evolving since they were first commercially introduced in the late 1990’s. And the evolution of the platform followed a similar pattern that continues to this day. A third party would determine that there was a feature or a function lacking in the existing ESPs and solve that...

What's DMARC got to do with deliverability?  You might have come across DMARC, which stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance. It is an email protocol that many people are familiar with or even utilize. It presents a classic scenario of the "egg and chicken" situation. The recommended approach is...

B2B SaaS marketing, it’s a busy industry to be in. Much of our time is spent driving strategies and thought leadership for our target market, leaving little room to keep up with the essentials and innovations that drive our own marketing and industry forward.  I believe in the importance of taking...

Welcome, brave email marketing superheroes! In the fast-paced realm of digital marketing, where villains like spam and phishing thrive, it's essential to wield the mighty powers of email authentication and BIMI. “Organizations of all sizes need email authentication to secure their online reputation and maintain customer trust in their brand,” says...

Not sure if you’ve heard, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) is kind of a hot topic right now - in literally every industry and even among consumers. If you’ve attended any of our Thursday Only Influencers (OI) Members-only Live Zoom calls this year, you’ve probably noticed that AI comes up on pretty...

The feedback mechanisms, controls, and algorithms that inbox providers use to decide whether to block, junk, or deliver email messages to their users continues to evolve. Since the 1990s, there have been five ages of email deliverability, each of which was ushered in by the arrival of a major change: In...