We all do it—you know, complain about the amount of email we get every day. Most of us in the working age range—meaning not minors and not retired—most of us get a lot more email every day than we’d like to. And much of it is necessary, because it helps us get our work done. As the CEO of a company, I try not to even think about how many work emails land in my inbox […]
There’s a lot of shiny stuff going on in marketing right now, from the potential of wearable technology to in-app advertising to the Internet of Things (IoT). But two decidedly not shiny principles continue to stand as pillars of email marketing: email deliverability and email analytics. I say this because it’s true, but I say it now because of Andrew Bonar’s recent summation of the movers and shakers in the email industry. (Admittedly it’s not that recent, […]
Earlier this month, Boomerang published a report entitled “7 Tips for Getting More Responses to Your Emails.” Based on a review of the previous year, the team at Boomerang—a company that makes productivity software focused on email use—reviewed data around 40 million emails sent by their users. The goal? Determine which factors make an email more likely to get a response. Although the company and the information are geared towards email productivity in general and not […]
Two years ago we launched eMVision, a unique and innovative email analytics tool that integrations Tableau Software with the email reporting of major ESPs such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Since that launch, we have spent a lot of time talking to clients and other email marketers about email reporting and analytics, and we have learned one big lesson: Marketers tend to dive a little too deep into details when looking at their email reporting. What’s wrong […]
As many options as marketers have now for reaching out to potential customers, email still leads as the most effective channel. But there is always room to improve, as we all know! Some ways to improve the effectiveness of email marketing include more advanced segmentation, visual email analytics, and automated emails, among other possibilities. But perhaps one of the most simplistic (yet effective!) ways to improve results is by simply improving the quality of your in-house […]
It can be overwhelming trying to do an email service providers comparison when you have over one hundred to choose from. How do you narrow down your list to a manageable size? Plus most do more or less the same thing: send lots and lots of emails. That makes it hard to understand the differences, but it’s also a challenge to keep up with the constant change that makes an email service providers comparison harder than ever […]
They say ignorance is bliss, but in truth it’s expensive—especially in the world of email. So let’s take a few minutes to talk about some topics that usually don’t come up during sales pitches or negotiations when considering email service providers. At ClickMail, we often see clients confused by these six areas because they are making some assumptions that they maybe shouldn’t. Then later on, this ignorance leads to hassles, headaches and occasionally hard feelings. So […]
As 2015 comes to a close, we at ClickMail are busy updating our annual ESP guide, as we prepare to publish the 2016 version in January. This year, we’re adding a section on the email security of your proprietary data as an important consideration when evaluating ESPs. The topic is timely and critical enough that we thought we’d give you a sneak peek here… Why security needs to be ever tighter Major compromises of subscriber data […]
All the year long, organizations like ClickMail, Email Critic, MarketingSherpa, EmailMonday and others strive to stay on top of the best of the best email marketing practices and technologies, so you don’t have to. You can simply scan your inbox for the most relevant information and get straight to the good stuff. The downside to that is it’s possible to get lost in the weeds of too many resource options. So at ClickMail this holiday season, […]
With all of the advances in email marketing technology and cross channel marketing, email still remains a more effective tool for lead nurturing than lead generation. Oh, you can do lead gen with email for sure, but email’s powerhouse is nurturing prospects along, because it’s a perfect platform for doing so, introducing small bits of content over time…drip, drip, drip. And what is lead generation good for if not followed up by a nurturing campaign anyway, […]
