We’re sure you are aware of the importance of optimising for phones when sending email campaigns (if not, it’s time to get up-to-date), but do tablets feature in your plans or do you assume that they’re covered under phone optimisation? If you are grouping tablets into the phone pot then you are missing a big trick and will […]
Email marketing is a minefield for many marketers. Many factors need to be considered from data and design to content and call-to-action. It’s all important stuff and will impact the success of your campaigns but don’t forget to go back to basics and remember the essentials – the email marketing RRP. No, we are not talking Recommended […]
In addition to using live text, image-slicing & hidden background artwork you can also use alternative text, or Alt text, to give your blocked images a bit more context. Alt text is displayed while images are blocked, and usually contains a bit of descriptive text in place of the blocked image. Below you can see a Campaignmaster […]
There are a dizzying array of email clients out there, and each has its very own rules as to how it displays email. These can result in small or large inconsistencies in your email, depending on which email client it’s being viewed in. This means it’s crucial to test your email before sending to ensure […]
If I’m scanning through my inbox and come across a well-designed ‘images-off’ email, I get a little bit giddy with excitement. As I’m sure you’re aware, many email clients block images by default. While some are starting to break the trend and download images automatically (Hello Apple Mail & Gmail), a sizeable chunk still persist […]
Like millions of other subscribers, we all receive masses of unwanted email on a daily basis. Unsolicited messages will not only have an impact on the effectiveness of your campaign, but they can also negatively impact future ones. With emails possessing the highest return on investment across digital channels, it’s no surprise that it is the communication method […]
Once an email hits the inbox, sender name and subject line become everything. You could have the most well designed and expertly coded email anyone has ever seen, but if your subject line isn’t up to scratch, it will never see the light of day. With only 17-29% of emails being opened on average (making […]
Quite a lot goes on in between an email send and a conversion, and it can be a tricky to guide subscribers though to your goal. When a subscriber engages with an email they usually follow a strict path that guides them from the inbox and to a conversion. This is something we call the email […]
Want to improve your email open rates and click-throughs? Stupid question right? Well in order to do so you will need to understand what floats your subscriber’s boat! Different things appeal to different readers so you need to test, test and test some more to see the impact your content will have on the reader’s […]
Your data is one of your biggest assets, but how detailed is it? Understanding your audience and their preferences will shape your future email marketing strategy, allowing you to send relevant and targeted content to the right people at the click of a button. So how do you do it? Creating forms & surveys is […]