In the world of email marketing, design trends are ever evolving. One trend however, that is very effective are Outlook or plain text campaigns. What do we mean Outlook style campaigns? Great question. These are email campaigns (which are mass launched) that resemble a simple text email you would send directly from your email account. […]
When it comes to designing and building your email campaigns, you undoubtedly spend the majority of the time thinking about the body of the email and what you want the main message to convey – and rightly so. However, it’s important to take time and focus energy on the other key, structural component of your […]
Us email marketers love analysing the look and feel of email campaigns. Colours, fonts and image placements all get our attention. So why would anyone want to create a plain text version? In this blog, we’re going to give plain text emails the attention they deserve, discussing why they are relevant and how you can […]
You’ve probably heard of AB testing in email marketing, but have you heard of A, B, C, D and E testing? Well with Campaignmaster you can create five different versions of your email and test to see which version works best and resonates with your audience. Small changes can have a significant impact on the […]
We created this guide to help email marketers understand some regularly used email marketing terminology. Soft opt in, versus a regular opt in, hard bounce versus soft bounce – it’s not surprising if you’re confused! This guide is not just relevant to our platform, but industry wide. Opt InThis is when a recipient has taken […]
For some companies, there are occasions when an unsubscribe link is not required in their email communications and that’s when they send a service message. A service message is a factual message that impacts the recipient of your email. It MUST NOT contain any information that could be interpreted as marketing material. The below email from Waitrose […]
Email marketing is a powerful means to communicate and a way to connect businesses with their clients and prospects. If you’re new to it, read on and see what type of campaigns you may look to send and if you need a tour around our platform please get in touch. There are different types of […]
When creating and saving images for your email campaigns, do you consciously save your images in a specific format or is it more of a subconscious action? When it comes to email marketing, the two most commonly used image formats are .JPEG and .PNG. In this blog, we explore the main differences between both image […]
Grabbing and retaining your recipient’s attention should be the first objective of your email campaigns. However, you may find your results show that more text heavy emails have lower open and engagement rates. Don’t get me wrong, text-heavy emails definitely have their advantages. For example, instead of asking readers to click to read, content is […]
In the email marketing industry, there’s a lot of conversation about using purchased data and whether or not this practice should be allowed. The good news is that with CMAdvantage, you’re not restricted to only being able to upload organic data, we allow purchased data too. You might be thinking, why do you allow purchased […]