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March 6, 2014
(Tips You Don't Want To Miss To) Get People to Open your Emails [+ 5 From Scenttrail]Martin (Marty) Smith
One of the most important elements of email marketing is writing subject lines that get people to open your emails.
Martin (Marty) Smith:
My favorite is #4 TELL don't SELL. Other solid email marketing tips in this deck. I would add: * Ask a question in our subject you partially answer in the email (their tip #5). * Always include social share button in prominent position. * Always include a "can't see" URL as that promotes social shares too.
Guillaume Decugis's curator insight,
March 6, 2014 11:18 AM
If you've been using email marketing, chances are you're already familiar with some if these. But I'm sure you'll also find new ones and it's a good checklist for inspiration to have available for your next campaign.
Amy Hollingsworth's curator insight,
March 6, 2014 12:34 PM
Great article, especially for educators. I think a lot of students don't read our emails either, because the titles sound so boring! How your inbox is becoming an app. The final conversion of the old internet's last holdout.
Martin (Marty) Smith:
Great post here by John Herman for BuzzFeed (@jwherrman). Email made more money than any other marketing channel when I was a Director of Ecommerce by a full ten points so its evolution is a CSF (Critical Success Factor) for e-commerce shops. June 28, 2013
Email Marketing Still ROCKS: Importance and Benefits of Email MarketingMartin (Marty) Smith
Email marketing is important for many reasons – as long as you use it properly it can give your business a boost with very little resources invested.
Martin (Marty) Smith:
There is no doubt email marketing remains a major conversation provoker, traffic generator and relationship builder. This article doesn't address the NEW realities of email marketing such as: * Mobile changes CTA and email construction. * Mobile is the gatekeeper of email marketing now. * Email better be organized by personas and segments. * Batch and Blast days are long gone. * How to support email marketing with social and mobile. But it is a very solid article on why email marketing is far from disappearing. Different yes, gone not even a little bit. Take a look at some of the best email marketing campaigns out there, and learn what makes them so amazing! * They aren't visually arresting enough. * They don't use PEOPLE well.
Martin (Marty) Smith:
Hubspot Whiff 2. Big hero with PEOPLE doing cool things (view out at the reader OR down into a CTA). 3. ONLY ONE idea at a time. 5. Arresting visuals (PEOPLE are best but graphics can work).
Email is alive and well as a proven inbound marketing channel, and converts better than both search and social. Find out how to increase conversions from email marketing with proven methods used by...
Martin (Marty) Smith:
So much talk about how Email Marketing is FAR from dead in my most recent Scoops I thought it a good idea to revist this excellent infographic from Monetate.com. Looking for “The Scoop on Email Marketing”? ProMarketing Leads has created an infographic outlining just how important email marketing is for your
Martin (Marty) Smith:
Email Makes The Money If you run an ecommerce website and are NOT email marketing and making subscriptions into your list your A priority I'd love to know what is :).M |