Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}At the email evolution conference in Miami last year, Yahoo and Hotmail announced that they were looking at allowing dynamic content within an email. ISP’s are concerned about users leaving their site when they follow links in an email. The idea is that when a user clicks on a link they don’t leave the [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}A couple of weeks ago, before I flew to the States and entered into a turkey-induced coma, I shared with you some thoughts on five ways email marketing is thriving in a “mocial” world.  Well, as we all well know “thriving” doesn’t come without its fair share of challenges or effort. So, in that vein, [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}If we open an email it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re engaging with the message or the brand. That’s why it takes more than open and click rates to measure subscriber engagement, as Dr David Chaffey points out. As the year draws to a close, James Bunting does a spot of crystal ball gazing for us [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}The Email Marketing Council’s Legal Data & Best Practice (LD&BP) hub has been reviewing the current email marketing best practices document over the past few months, and the publication of a revised version is imminent. One of the things that the review process has identified is a need for more detailed guidance in certain [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}Email marketers talk *a lot* about relevance and engagement. And rightly so. Email marketing, when done well, can deliver a personalised marketing message not achievable in any other medium. (No pressure, right?!?) But, as we all banter about personalisation, segmentation and targeting, we are too often failing to send the right signal to recipients. [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}In this month’s Infobox: Kath Pay of DM Inbox looks at 8 opportunities that are often missed in email marketing and how you can make sure you miss nothing. Do you have doubts about your existing ESP partner? James Bunting of Communication Corp shows what you should be asking to make sure they are [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}Sat working in the sun with two five year olds, playing in the shade under the table I was sat on. I was intrigued about the conversation that happened. Link; “why are these Army men red and Yellow?” Sunny; “They are funny and would get killed very quickly, everyone knows Army men should be [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}Last Thursday I presented the DMA Upwardly Mobile Webinar about the consumer charge to mobile and the impact on email. The session considered: Statistics charting the speed of change The amount of email use on different mobile devices The email activity on mobile devices by time of day Three key areas to factor into [...]