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’}Do you spend time writing and preparing content for your email newsletters, crafting your newsletter, hit send – and then check it off as a finished campaign?  If so, you are missing a big digital opportunity to reach beyond the inbox and use your content to draw attention to your company and attract new [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}I’ve got to admit, I don’t like spam. Not just professionally, it really gets my goat personally as well. It’s not that I’m a particularly sensitive soul when it comes to email communications, but I just don’t like being sent stuff I haven’t asked for. Ok, I acknowledge that most of the downright illegal [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}Okay, that might be a bit harsh. Perhaps the resolution should be: “I resolve to stop and take a breath before hitting the ‘Send’ button.” Maybe it is because we all spent a bit too much time in that strange place called Christmasland during December but there were some very high (and a lot [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}On Tuesday 22nd November the DMA held its final breakfast seminar in the Email Customer Lifecycle Series, this time focussing on Win-Back. With over 80 delegates the seminar hosted keynotes from sponsors eDialog and a casestudy from Screwfix, as well as presentations from Tim Watson, Gianfranco Cuzziol and James Beauchamp. Customer Win-Back – Protecting [...]

Tweet{lang: ‘en-GB’}Every year we make them, but only occasionally do we keep them. New Year’s resolutions often represent our best intentions, which somehow get sidetracked as “real” life takes over and our time becomes filled with ticking items off “to do” lists and trying to keep our heads above water. If you’re an email marketer, [...]

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’}In 2011 a study on how consumers interact with brands via email and social media was commissioned, which reminded me of the importance of digital marketers integrating their marketing channels effectively. Some key statistics were uncovered by the study, which marketers across Europe can capitalise on to interact and engage with their consumers within [...]