Lots of companies talk about allowing customers to choose the types of e-mails they wish to receive. Fashion e-tailer Karmaloop is actually doing it, to a highly specialized degree, and is reaping huge increases in conversion rates as a result.
The Zeigarnik effect is what made you read past the headline of this article and past the subject lines of most e-mails. When you have a subject line that finishes with a period, you are basically encouraging the recipient’s mind to think of the message as a completed task.
Nearly 20% of the e-mails that marketers send today are blocked by mail providers due to issues with the sender
Minimal images, longish copy, and “ugly” layouts: Those are the elements of Kiplinger Washington Editors’ most successful e-mail promotions, according to vice president of sales and marketing Denise Elliott.
Many marketers, novices and seasoned vets alike, have fallen prey to a few misconceptions when it comes to e-mail. In what will be an occasional series, E-mail Essentials asks experts to set us straight regarding common myths.
Why and how to create e-mail reactivation programs
Hosting over a billion mailboxes, processing over 8 billion messages a day, and serving over 350 million active users monthly, Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail is a critical business-to-consumer e-mail marketing communication channel. You'd be hard pressed to find a subscriber list that doesn't contain a significant portion of Hotmail or related domain e-mail addresses.
By sending automated triggered messages to customers who left without completing their purchase, S&S Worldwide manages to turn one out of every four abandoned carts into a sale
Everybody makes mistakes—even experienced e-mail marketers. But if you’ve ever sent out an e-mail containing an error—large, small, or in between—you know the quandary of how to gracefully correct that dreaded slipup. Here are some guidelines on how to right wrongs and keep that ever-so-important customer trust.
We asked Greg Cangialosi, president/CEO of e-mail marketing services provider Blue Sky Factory, for his opinion regarding which metrics must be tracked.
