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View articleAs email marketers, we strive to have our emails shared. Jonah Berger's six STEPPS to creating more buzz around messages translate directly to more su...
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View articleIn email testing, many marketers tend to focus on the trees, not the entire forest. Columnist Jeanne Jennings shares insight from a client case study....
View articleEnjoy the reviews of 2013. Enjoy the predictions of 2014. But then get back to the task of sending relevant messaging in the channels where your custo...
View articleGmail's tabs have changed the game for marketers who see higher conversions and purchase values while experiencing lower open rates. Changes are forci...
View articleXL Marketing CEO David A. Steinberg answers: how does my brand break through and connect with the right segment of email users to drive the desired ac...
View articleColumnist Derek Harding shares tip for marketers with long-term inactive email subscribers, after a conversation at Email Insider Summit spurred a liv...
View articleInevitably, the holiday season will end and the calendar will flip over to January. How do you maintain that engagement and momentum in your email mar...
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View articleGuest columnist Ida Barrie from PDF software brand Nitro shares tips on email messaging that better resonates with customers, based on changes they've...
View articleGmail will soon be showing images in your messages by default. That means no more prompts asking you to show images in your emails! BrightWave's Kirst...
View articleIn early October, ExactTarget looked at emails from nearly 110 major online retailers and found that only 23 percent were using mobile-friendly design...
View articleCrowdsourced questions for a recent webinar featuring Simms Jenkins, Chad White and DJ Waldow shed light on what email marketers have on their minds h...
View articleDavid Ogilvy and Drayton Bird's most popular works came out in print long before digital marketing became a thing, yet they hold valuable lessons for ...
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View articlePredictions for the coming year are always fun to come up with, and even if we don't get the timing exactly right, they certainly represent the larger...
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