Tag Archives: Email

Steps to Improve Email Click Through Rates

As I’ve discussed before, email deliverability is a huge focus of marketers across all industries. We all want our email marketing to reach the inboxes of our subscribers’ — both prospects and customers. If we can improve deliverability, we increase our odds of improving open and even click through rates (CTR). Here are a few […]

Top 10 Reasons Your Email Marketing Is Not Winning Oscars

Top 10 Reasons Your Email Marketing Is Not Winning Oscars

Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar Sunday night. It had been a long time coming for this talented actor, but Leo did finally win his coveted golden statue. Do you ever feel like you are being “Leo’d” from time to time with your email marketing performance? You are probably convinced that your email design, subject line, […]

Deliverability: Before and After a Send

Deliverability

“Oh, I don’t think I got that email.” This is not just a convenient excuse; it’s also the last thing you want to hear if you’re in email marketing. According to ReturnPath, about 10-20% of your emails won’t reach their intended recipient. Preparing more before a send can result in increased deliverability. Analyzing your data after […]

Why Do I Need Email Marketing Automation?

Not too long ago I was twisting the arm of my CMO begging for an email marketing platform to reach one of my largest target audiences. He finally caved in and soon several of my peers and I were sharing a single account to reach some very different groups. To say it was complicated is […]

Overcoming Email Marketing Roadblocks

Email marketing

Regardless of social media marketing, web and television advertising, review sites and more, email is still one of the most popular ways to engage with prospects and customers. However, two of the biggest challenges with email marketing is keeping them out of the recipient’s spam folder and convincing them to read the message. Many people are […]

The Evolution of Construction Sales and Marketing

construction sales and marketing

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to building construction, the most archaic industry in the world.” My father, a graduate of the Purdue school of Building Construction Management, heard this phrase on one of his first days in class, and it has stuck in his mind ever since. Do you think this statement holds true today? In […]

How Email Segmentation Increases Customer Lifetime Value

customer lifetime value

Do you appreciate personal attention and communication tailored to your interests and lifestyle? So do your customers. Segmenting your emails means sending each individual prospect and customer the right email, at the right time, the way they want to receive it. Whether you are already segmenting your email or are looking to get started, here are […]

4 Tips to Brighten Your Holiday Campaign

With the holidays in full swing and a shopping season incomparable to any other point of the year, it’s a priority to be the most recognized and talked about holiday campaign—The Rudolph of all reindeers, or the WestJet of all airlines. No one wants to get lost in the New York blizzard-sized heaps of holiday campaigns, […]

Sales and Marketing Alignment, for real

social media and marketing strategy alignment

OK, I’ll admit it. I’ve worked in marketing for nearly 10 years and I’ve never experienced real sales and marketing alignment until now. Sure, I’ve worked with sales leadership, communicated clearly [and often] and even attended sales meetings and training; but, really… we were never working together. I remember conversations with sales leadership saying they […]

Reflections of a lifecycle marketing internship

When I started my lifecycle marketing internship at Right On Interactive in June, I had relatively little marketing experience and had a lot to learn about the company, its clients and the industry. Terms like “lifecycle marketing” and “3-D scoring” were completely new to me. However, in the past two months, a lot has changed. […]