About Sharon
Sharon Ernst from BetterFasterWriter.com is on a mission to improve the business and marketing writing skills of today’s workforce with her blog, newsletter and online classes. Her newest class on intermediate email copywriting covers 19 tips and techniques non-copywriters can put to use right away for better results. The class has real-life examples and before/after comparisons to make the lessons stick. Find her class at www.betterfasterwriter.com/intermediate-email-copywriting-class. When she’s not busy helping employees, managers and marketers master their writing skills, she and her husband are busy raising pigs, cows, chickens and vegetables on their 20-acre farm.Is Your Email Marketing Offer Only “Good Enough”? Then Make It Great
Sharon2021-11-09T22:09:55+00:00Here’s one really important aspect to keep in mind when planning your next email marketing campaign, whether you’re on the email marketing team for a global brand or you’re the owner of a small mom-and-pop business: Have a great offer. Just because you think it’s a good idea, just because you would want it (or at least you want people to want it so you’ll make money), don’t assume the person getting your email necessarily wants […]
Email Marketing Consultants Offer B2B Holiday Email Marketing Advice
Sharon2021-11-09T22:22:19+00:00(Updated December 15, 2018) We are now into the time of year when email inboxes get even more crowded and cluttered. Retailers are emailing their lists more frequently in their zeal to tap into the holiday buying frenzy. What does that mean to the B2B email marketing team and its desired email marketing ROI? It means you suddenly have a lot more competition for attention in the inbox. At ClickMail, much of our work as email […]
Email Subject Lines: Tis the Season to Pay Attention!
Sharon2021-11-09T20:54:40+00:00(Updated December 1, 2018) Noticed anything different about your email inbox lately? For instance, maybe it’s even more crowded than usual? The holiday season is upon us…and so are the holiday email marketing campaigns. That means you can take a crash course in email marketing and who is doing what with their email subject lines. Whether the increase in emails pleases or annoys you, stop long enough at each email to pay attention to the email […]
It Takes More Than an ESP to Improve Email Deliverability
Sharon2021-11-09T20:54:41+00:00(Updated November 1, 2018) Although it’s 2018, I think we still suffer from confusion about how to improve email deliverability and the role of the email service provider (ESP) in doing so. At ClickMail, we help marketers choose the right ESP for their situation so I see this confusion firsthand when marketers hope switching ESPs will improve email deliverability. The ESP can make a difference, yes, but your choice of ESP is not the determining factor. […]
Would You Rather Test First or Apologize Later?
Sharon2021-11-09T20:54:41+00:00(Updated October 23, 2018) As an email technology vendor striving to help clients do a better job marketing, there are two points we tend to harp on because they are so important: relevancy and testing. And testing brings us to another point: avoiding the apology email. I’ve been in this industry for over 2 decades, and I’ve seen a lot of apology emails from companies that messed up. Sure, they send the apology, so that should make […]
In Email Marketing, Subscribers Still Rule
Sharon2021-11-09T20:54:41+00:00A lot has changed in email marketing in the past 10 years, but one constant has remained: Subscribers rule. Or at least they should rule. If they don’t drive your email marketing campaigns and strategy, you might need to re-evaluate how you view them. Why so much emphasis on subscribers? Because email marketing should be a long-term tactic. It should be viewed a marathon and not a sprint because mail is not a tool we use for acquisition. […]
In the Inbox? Good Job! Now Use These 2 Tips to Get Your Email Opened!
Sharon2021-11-09T20:54:41+00:00(Updated March 29, 2018) You’ve jumped through all those hoops to get that email delivered to the inbox. That in and of itself is a feat, so good job on your email deliverability! But…now what? Now you’re depending on the recipient to open it. Otherwise, what’s the point? And just because you got it to the inbox doesn’t mean they will open it. A delivered email is not yet an effective email Just because your email […]
Email Marketing Best Practices: Work that Email Signup!
Sharon2021-11-09T20:54:41+00:00(This post was originally published 10 years ago, and sadly is as spot on today as it was in 2008.) Organizations ideally should talk their talk and walk their walk, right? We can cut some slack for all-volunteer organizations because they lack paid staff. But other associations and organizations do have the resources to be role models in their industries…and should, especially when it comes to email marketing best practices. Take for example an email marketing […]
Why GDPR Compliance Matters So Much to non-EU Businesses
Sharon2021-11-09T20:54:42+00:00Tick tock, tick tock…once again, we are in the countdown stages, working our way towards complying with yet another regulation. Most recently, we were preparing ourselves for the Canadian anti-spam law or CASL, which was enforced in stages, taking full effect in July 2017. Next, it will be the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR that goes into effect on May 25, 2018. (Or should we say 25 May 2018 since this is a European regulation?) We […]