Email has been one of the most consistent channels for marketers during the 2020 pandemic. Volume overall (as measured by the emfluence Marketing Platform) is up more than 56% this year, and there’s no surprise as to why—in a time where direct mail, targeting methods, sales calls, and trade shows are largely unavailable, we can always rely on email to find its way to our target audience. That doesn’t mean marketers have freedom to email at random. If you want your email campaigns to prove successful, there is a list […]
It’s every email marketer’s least favorite inbox, and yet for B2B email marketers, the Outlook inbox is the most likely place our emails will land. Outlook is notorious for wreaking havoc on design elements, blocking attractive images, and making email marketers cry, but despite the problems it causes, it’s still the fourth-most popular inbox in the world, according to Litmus’ http://emailclientmarketshare.com/: While we can’t change the fact that Outlook is the bread and butter inbox for B2B, we do hope our B2B email marketer’s guide to Outlook can ease […]
Create campaigns in your marketing automation platform that dynamically suggest new products or services based on a buyer’s previous purchase. Learn how to build a cross sell campaign in this video: In this video you’ll learn: How to create dynamic content blocks How to create custom fields and content variables How to build dynamic content in the emfluence Email Builder
You’ve heard the stats: email marketing can drive as much as $40 for every $1 spent. Email is consistently one of the top performing digital marketing channels, and yet most of what we talk about when we talk about email performance is still tied to open and clickthrough rates. That’s not to say opens and clickthroughs aren’t important—they are great for email marketers to use for benchmarking campaign type responses, engagement, and general success—but for email to be a truly impactful channel, marketers need to push beyond surface metrics […]
Today’s marketers are living in an age where valuable customer data is at their fingertips. But with all that information, where do you start? Customers expect a certain level of personalization and relevancy to their messages when engaging with your brand, so what better way to put your data to use than with a milestone email celebrating their birthdays, loyalty or personal accomplishments? Let’s start with the strategy. You don’t want to set up a milestone campaign just to say you have one. First, you’ll need to define what […]
