Jersey Mike’s, the nation’s leading fast casual sub sandwich franchise, wanted to reconnect with their lapsed customers and acquire new ones. Jeff Hemschoot, Marketing Director at Jersey Mike’s, explains, “Our goal was to test if digital could help us reactivate guests who hadn’t purchased in at least three months. We also wanted to target customers who have dined at competitors.”

I was pleased to join Doug Dennison, CEO at MailNinja and owner of Chimp Essentials, on his new podcast to talk about how to become a niche expert. On the show, I share my own personal journey, during which I’ve written three books and more than 3,000 posts and articles about email marketing and was named the Email Experience Council’s 2018 Email Marketer Thought Leader…

Spring is in the air! The perfect time to take a look at your email program and get a better understanding of what’s working, what’s not working, and where you might need some support.  Spring cleaning at work can provide an opportunity to practice being more mindful of the tasks you’re doing, promote a more […] The post 3 ways to optimize your email program…

There’s a critical step between “I’ve created an ebook” and “I made a sale!” You have to decide where to sell it. There are plenty of options for selling an ebook, including Amazon Kindle Publishing, Gumroad, and NOOK Press. We think one spot rises above the rest, though—your own website. If you already have a site set up, adding an ecommerce tool to help you…

It’s our mission to help you create remarkable connections with your audience, so you can grow your business and live the life of your dreams. That's why we're always working on adding incredible features in AWeber that help you work smarter. We just made a few brand new updates — now available in your account — to help you create more, work easier, and earn…

One of our values at ConvertKit is to work in public. We strive for transparency, which is why we share information that is typically kept private, such as our finances. One commonly asked question by creators looking for a new email marketing platform is, “How is your email deliverability?” Here is our monthly deliverability report to answer that question: If you missed previous Deliverability reports,…

Marketing analysts work hard to gather and analyze data, to generate insights, and to find a variety of impactful ways to present their findings to their audience with impressive data visualizations. But, if analysts want to capture their audience’s attention and to truly resonate with them––and for their audience to actually use their findings in […] The post Making data memorable with storytelling first appeared…

We’re experiencing a myriad of crises all at once—ranging from the pandemic health crisis to social unrest and insurrection to financial crises. These have led to profound changes in consumers’ buying habits and housing choices, and an acceleration of ecommerce, digital entertainment, and work from home trends. With COVID-19 still spreading quickly in some parts of the world, it’s clear that the pandemic and its…

Our new US 2020 Messaging Engagement Report uncovers how Americans of all ages prefer to engage digitally with brands via email and SMS. The post Announcing the US 2020 Messaging Engagement Report appeared first on SendGrid.

You worked hard on your record, and you want it to be heard. But how do you get your music in front of the people who would love it the most? The answer is a solid marketing plan with plenty of lead-time. In this article, we'll walk you through an example record release and promotion timeline that puts your music and marketing in your own…