Every year, Apple holds a much anticipated press conference in which they announce their new and exciting products. This September, they announced the launch of their new iPhone and respective iOS. This announcement had every email marketer paying close attention. Why? Because iPhones are the most popular mobile client for reading emails; 29% of all […]
This year Black Friday falls on 29th November and Cyber Monday on 2nd December. In this blog I’ve compiled some interesting facts and figures about this shopping frenzy, with tips on how to prepare and maximise your return. Facts & Stats Black Friday originated in the USA. It is the day after Thanksgiving. The term originated […]
Each year we see new design trends that go on to influence and shape digital marketing; from use of colours and imagery to typography. Whether you are a marketing manager, programmer or designer, understanding how style and design is changing and evolving, helps to keep your work fresh. In this blog we will look at […]
You might have asked Siri or Google to find a nearby restaurant, check the weather, play your favourite song or find your favourite football team’s score. These are commands we are all familiar with and use in our everyday life. However, today voice assistants can do much more, for example check your emails, read your […]
2019 has been a great year for email marketing so far. Two things you might have noticed this year; one, GIFs are now fully animated on your Outlook desktop client and two, your Outlook mobile web app or Office 365 is displaying the mobile optimised version of the template. We wrote a blog on the […]
Goes without saying that we want all emails to render correctly across all devices. However, we may sometimes run into issues where an email client may not support certain elements, or layouts, within the email. This becomes apparent when opening a campaign on a mobile device, where the email client does not support mobile optimisation, […]
The most common question I get asked by anyone looking to improve their email marketing is ‘how do we improve our open rates?’ It doesn’t matter how many bells and whistles you put into your content, your email getting opened boils down to two things; your subject line and pre-header text. What is pre-header text? […]
Typography is one of the most crucial elements of any type of communication, allowing you to set the tone and look of the message you want to convey to your audience. As more and more aspects of life turn digital, you have a far greater choice of design and style of your text. We will […]
Does your email marketing take a back seat as new projects and priorities come your way? Why not take a big chunk of unnecessary pressure off your marketing department and instead, outsource your email marketing entirely? Outsourcing comes with many benefits and here are just a few to consider if you’re thinking of easing your […]