Tag Archives: Email Marketing

From COVID-19 to social justice movements to Cybersecurity attacks, 2020 has been nothing short of a whirlwind. How are you preparing for when these issues begin to infiltrate your company’s operations? Your Crisis Management Plan To determine how the process will operate, your crisis management plan must include the logistics of any email notifications you are planning to send. Last time, I wrote about the…

No Bullsh*t Advice From Email Experts In these uncertain times, brands are caught between the need to promote their brand, product, or service while also remaining sensitive to social issues that they and their customers care about. It can be tempting for email marketers to look at each email address as a number, but ultimately there is a real person behind each one. So, how…

Email and SMS are powerful communication tools. Learn how they can be used together to connect with your audience where and when they want to be reached. The post How SMS and Email Work to Create the Ultimate Engagement Duo appeared first on SendGrid.

Email Deliverability Made Simple Kickbox is no longer just an email verification company. In a push to expand our platform to meet growing demand from our customers, Kickbox is excited to announce its new email deliverability suite of products to help marketers take the guesswork out of hitting the inbox. This expansion of our email tools gives marketers an alternative to recently-consolidated email deliverability providers…

A failed email campaign isn't the end of the world. With the right strategic approach, you can bounce back and build positive momentum. The post Oh, No—What to Do When Your Email Campaign Epically Fails appeared first on SendGrid.

There's no quick trick or simple solution to resolving deliverability issues. The fact that all of our deliverability experts point out a different aspect or issue that is difficult to solve only emphasizes how complex it can be to hit the inbox. From ensuring marketers are adhering to best email practices to trying to navigate email filters and DMARC, one thing is certain: you don't…

No Bullsh*t Advice From Email Experts It might be time to boost your transactional messaging. Transactional emails are often very informational, matter-of-fact, and outright B-O-R-I-N G. However, with a little bit of love you can transform your transactional emails into a powerful part of the customer experience, especially considering they tend to have a much higher open rate than traditional marketing emails. We asked industry…

Featuring Kickbox + Iterable Originally aired on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Looking to get the most out of your email marketing? We all know that it comes down to optimizing your messages and getting more opens, click-throughs, and conversions. That seems simple enough, but boosting email marketing ROI requires seeing each message as more than stand-alone emails, but part of a strong workflow. One that…

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate Independence Day, there’s another holiday trend Americans can expect to look forward to: July 4th promotional emails. Whether you plan to host a huge sale, offer exclusive discounts or simply take a holiday spin on your typical content, getting your emails to stand out in the inbox can be a doozy – especially when there are hundreds of other…

James Maher is a New York Photographer, a huge Knicks fan, and a lifelong New Yorker who got his driver's license at 30 years old — as any true Manhattanite should. Maher never took the conventional route. His love of photography started with using Photoshop to make fake driver license IDs at the University of Madison with his college roommates.  Over time, he grew his…

Do you have a higher number of active subscribers than inactive subscribers? If your inactive list is overflowing, it represents opportunities you can leverage for improving your email marketing results. Read on to find out why not all is lost when your subscribers become inactive. Fact: It’s not uncommon for brands of any size or industry to have email subscribers who aren’t engaging. However, it’s…

There’s a simple way to transform your email copy from passable to powerful — choose the right words. Effective words will inspire your subscribers to open, click, and buy. Choosing the wrong words in your next email, on the other hand,  could damage your email engagement and even annoy or insult your audience. By learning a few key tips, you can avoid these common mistakes…

Weblium,  an AI website builder, now integrates with AWeber. You can instantly connect your AWeber account with any of the your Weblium sign up forms to quickly grow your audience and boost sales. What is Weblium? Weblium is an AI-powered drag and drop mobile-friendly website builder. What makes Weblium different from other website builders is its AI-driven design supervisor feature. Weblium will automatically adjust the…

Michele Frolla is a travel and language blogger at The Intrepid Guide. She earns a living from affiliate commissions, advertising revenue, and working with tourism boards to promote destinations. Unfortunately, when the world stopped traveling, affiliate income and ad revenue for bloggers in the travel industry stopped too. But for Frolla, COVID-19 has been a blessing in disguise. "It has forced my hand to do…

Email lists are the key to creating and maintaining customer relationships post purchase. Converting customers into subscribers is a great way to create brand loyalty and repeat purchasers. With CASL in force now, keeping your list healthy and growing is an increasingly important aspect to Canadian email marketers. We are often asked by our clients and the start-up business community how to build an effective…

SMS provides senders with the unique opportunity to send real-time communications to customers. By building complementary SMS and email programs into your communications strategy, you can engage more effectively with your customers. The post Tools of Engagement: Combine SMS and Email to Reach Customers appeared first on SendGrid.

Are you finding it difficult to keep customers engaged with your messaging? While the loss of subscribers over time is inevitable, you need to identify ways that can help minimize this churn. It is critical to know at what point customers will fatigue and have a strategy to re-engage them. Tenure & Fatigue Analysis The degree of marketing fatigue depends on numerous factors, such as…

The CCPA gives consumers more control over their data and how it can be used, but only applies to businesses meeting specific criteria. The post What is the California Consumer Privacy Act? appeared first on SendGrid.

Email marketers often invest significant time and resource into designing and coding large master templates (also sometimes referred to as design systems). These can make the process of producing new mailings significantly easier and more efficient.   The design is already on brand, the code… The post The Importance of Template Health Checks appeared first on Email Design Review.

Personalization is a major goal for most email marketers. But one of the factors holding them back is not having the good-quality data they need to do it effectively. In “Email Strategies for Success,” a 2017 research report by the email service provider Upland Adestra, 77% of respondents said they believe email marketing effectiveness is increasing significantly. Also, 64% said improving email personalization was one…