By Ryan Phelan | Managing Director at RPE Origin Everywhere I go, I run into someone talking about personalization as if it were some new discovery or the next big trend. We have been talking about the need to personalize for 20 years. Why do people think it’s new? True personalization is complex. The challenge I see is that we have oversimplified the gateway to success for email marketers. Why should we care? That part is easy. We need to care because the rest of the digital marketing world is […]
You are not alone if you feel like it’s been even more challenging to hit the inbox consistently. Personalization and relevancy aren’t a guarantee that you will land in the right spot, but it does play a role. Find out how experts in email answered our question: Relevancy in email has been part of the conversation for over 20 years—in 2022, as personalization evolves and bubbles to the top of the conversation, how does the definition of relevancy change? The Experts Christopher Donald | InboxArmy Betsy Grondy | Blackhawk Network […]
Who Should Your Email Marketing Campaigns Be “From”? Commonly called a ‘From Name’ it’s the name that is displayed in an inbox above or to the left of the subject line. It tells the recipient who sent the message or who it’s ‘from.’ Studies have shown that it is as important or even more important than a subject line. If the recipient doesn’t know who the email is from, it will go directly into the trash. One of the most asked and most discussed questions in email marketing, it’s phrased […]
I’ll be the first to admit that the amount of data available to marketers can be a little overwhelming. Consumers want their online experiences to be personalized, but if it’s too personalized, they get a little creeped out. How do we use the data that is readily available tastefully? And before that, how do we get started with sending personalized messaging to our customers? Here’s where a milestone email can come in handy. What’s a Milestone Email? A milestone email is a type of behavior-based email you might send to […]
A picture is worth a thousand words. That statement should be as true today as when Frederick R. Barnard first suggested it in the late 1800’s. However, as an illustrator famed for his work on the novels of Charles Dickens and early visual advertising campaigns, it’s safe to say that Barnard never experienced the problem of a poorly rendered email. When images fail to download due to lack of internet or mobile connectivity, a picture is worth absolutely nothing. Words and Pictures Suppose you use graphics to represent the text in your email campaigns (think company logos, fancy fonts, promotional banners), […]
