The Last Word on November 2024

The Last Word

A roundup of digital and email marketing articles, posts, and social buzz you might have missed last month…

Must-read articles, posts & reports

Apple AI Notification Summaries Exist; Rarely Useful, Often Hilarious (The Verge)

Google May Soon Let You Create Email Aliases in an Effort to Fight Spam (Android Authority)

What DMARC Policy Should Senders Use in 2025? (Email on Acid)

How Marketers Are Spending Their Money in 2025 (We Asked 11,093 Marketers) (Neil Patel)

Apple and Google Could Face a Competition Probe over Their Huge Mobile Ecosystems in the UK (CNBC)

Google Is Inserting Search Links into Webpages in the Google App Now (The Verge)

Insightful & entertaining social posts

Email Marketing thoughts:

1. Having your promotional emails land in the promotions tab is NOT a bad thing.

2. Sending to severely unengaged contacts WILL hurt your deliverability.

3. Bad deliverability? Moving providers isn’t an elixir.

#emailgeeks #ecommerce #marketing #BFCM #emailmarketing

— Greg zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.bsky.social) November 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM

Noteworthy subject lines

IKEA Family, 11/7 – 🦊🐝 Welcome to the magical Swedish forest! 🍄🌲
Burlington | Home D., 11/12 – Start the season with holiday décor savings!
vineyard vines, 11/4 – Last Call For 30% Off Holiday Family PJs
Michaels, 11/1 – 🎄 Celebrate Savings: The Great Big Tree Spree Starts Now! Up to 70% off!
Big Lots, 11/5 – Santa’s Secret: He Shops with Us for the Best Deals! 💯
Bass Pro Shops, 11/1 – Your Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide Is Here
Uncommon Goods, 11/4 – 10/10 gingerbread people recommend our gift guides
Uncommon Goods, 11/15 – Need a gift for that impossible-to-shop-for person?
Uncommon Goods, 11/30 – This year’s *best* bestsellers 🏆
Urban Outfitters, 11/4 – the styles on everyone’s list…
REI, 11/2 – The perfect gift 🤝 under $25
kate spade, 11/9 – Gifts under $100, right this way
Macy’s, 11/3 – Beauty advent cals mean you *can* give everything 💄
Redbubble, 11/19 – Bring their favorite anime worlds to life
Bed Bath & Beyond, 11/7 – ⏰🚨📢 LAST CHANCE: Up to 50% Off Early Black Friday ⏰🚨📢
Wayfair, 11/14 – 📃✏️ Check it off your BLACK FRIDAY list ✅
Priceline.com, 11/14 – Your Black Friday Preview (!!!)
Home Depot, 11/19 – Here & Now: Black Friday Savings
Macy’s, 11/22 – Don’t wait! Black Friday deals are ALREADY here
Target, 11/22 – Early Black Friday Deals start today!
MoMA Design Store, 11/19 – Black Friday Starts Early! 20% Off
NFLshop.com, 11/22 – Black Friday Deals >> Save 25% On Official Styles
vineyard vines, 11/22 – 40% Off EVERYTHING For Black Friday ⚫
Big Lots, 11/22 – Black Friday Friday: 50% Off ALL Cookware! 👩‍🍳🔥
Superdry, 11/22 – Black Friday Came Early: Up to 70% Off
REI, 11/29 – Opt Outside with us again on Black Friday
Cards Against Humanity, 11/30 – Diamond Potato is here
IKEA Family, 11/1 – 🦃 Save now, skip the holiday stress later! 🎄
Goldbelly, 11/5 – Pre-Order for Thanksgiving TODAY! 🦃
Crate & Barrel, 11/12 – Is your kitchen ready for turkey day? 🦃
Allrecipes Dinner Tonight, 11/1 – My Favorite 3-Ingredient Thanksgiving Appetizer
Williams Sonoma, 11/5 – Thanksgiving HQ: roasters, thermometers & more
West Elm Sale, 11/24 – Your living room sofa and guest bedroom all in one
Crate & Kids, 11/5 – It’s almost “play indoors” season. Prep your playroom →
Big Lots, 11/4 – $49.99 Heated Blankets—Yup, you read that right! NEW DEALS!
Levi’s, 11/12 – Outerwear for inner joy!
Sarah from Lonely Planet, 11/2 – It’s time to book your winter vacation
Petco, 11/5 – Stock up on your dog’s food before the holiday rush!
Tumblr, 11/25 – Congratulations, Max. 🎉
Gap, 11/13 – Introducing: Our heaviest hoodie
adidas, 11/2 – Ultraboost 1.0: All comfort. All energy.
Forever 21, 11/7 – NEW: Wicked Collection 🖤
Forever 21, 11/14 – JUST LAUNCHED: Peanuts Collection
Clinique Online, 11/19 – A gift after Live Chat? Yes please!

New posts on EmailMarketingRules.com

AI Summaries for Email: Design Impacts on Marketers

How to Identify & Create More Great Customers

Good & Bad Reasons to Consider Switching ESPs

How to Overcome Common AI Mistakes [with on-demand webinar]

The Last Word on October 2024

Year-in-Review Marketing Campaigns- Don’t Drop the Ball

As we approach the new year, some brands will be sending year-in-review campaigns—and perhaps should be, too. These typically include detailed information about how your customers engaged with your brand over the year, with an eye on how they got value from that engagement.

They’re the most popular with service- and entertainment-oriented brands, but they are a possibility for a host of other brands with regular interactions. And while year-in-review campaigns are the most popular in the email channel, brands can also promote these in SMS, push, and other channels by hosting the campaign online.

Because these campaigns involve a lot of personalization, they’re more complicated to produce than the typical campaign. Their high level of personalization also prompts a number of questions and concerns. Let’s look at the biggest ones.

>> Read the full article on CMSWire.com

Content Calendar Assistant 2025

Content Calendar Assistant 2025

Everybody can use a little help coming up with content ideas. And everybody can use a heads up to make sure they don’t look foolish or insensitive by launching campaigns that clash with US or international holidays, occasions, or events. Oracle Digital Experience Agency’s Content Calendar Assistant provides that help.

To aid you with your content planning, our Content Calendar Assistant is organized by quarter, month, and week. By quarter because that’s how big themes and seasons are planned. By month because that’s how we tend to think about content creation. And by week because that’s how we plan out our campaign creation. In total, it contains nearly 1,000 ideas to enhance your content planning, plus insights and advice from some of our hundreds of digital marketing experts.

>> Get it for free via no-form download

AI Summaries for Email- Design Impacts on Marketers

Like so many application providers, email inbox providers are integrating generative AI into their inbox apps, or allowing GenAI tools to work on top of them. One of the primary uses is to provide summaries of emails.

To better understand how these tools are summarizing email content today, Oracle Digital Experience Agency ran tests with Apple Intelligence and Android AI using emails with varying content and coding elements. Before we detail those test results, let’s talk about the devices where these tools are available.

>> Read the entire post on Oracle’s Modern Marketing Blog

How to Identify & Create More Great Customers

How to Identify & Create More Great Customers

Every company wants more customers. But even more than that, you want great customers. You want customers who are loyal and spend a lot with you. It’s the old 80-20 rule, where 20% of your customers are likely generating 80% of your revenue. Ideally, you’d like to grow that 20%, because increasing it even a little has a huge effect on your business.

Most brands start by asking themselves…

>> Read the entire post on Oracle’s Modern Marketing Blog

The Last Word on October 2024

The Last Word

A roundup of digital and email marketing articles, posts, and social buzz you might have missed last month…

Must-read articles, posts & reports

Email Reigns: It’s The Most Popular Channel Worldwide (MediaPost)

SEO in the AI Era: 3 Ways to Adapt (and get AI to mention your brand) (Andy Crestodina)

Connecting for Growth: A Makeover for Your Marketing Operating Model (McKinsey & Co.)

New Summary Cards in Gmail Help Track Purchases, Events, and More (Google)

Cox.net Email Transitioning to Yahoo (Cox)

Thank You Pages: 13 Missed Opportunities (Andy Crestodina)

Speak Easier: A Practical Guide to Public Speaking for Everyone (Jason Rodriguez)

Insightful & entertaining social posts

Noteworthy subject lines

Crate & Kids, 10/4 – NEW | Shop 300+ gifts in our Holiday Gift Guide!
Uncommon Goods, 10/19 – 10 ways to count down to Christmas
Forever 21, 10/24 – JUST IN: Kitschy Christmas 🎄✨
Michaels, 10/8 – 🎄 Discover your dream tree at your one-stop Christmas tree shop!
William Sonoma, 10/4 – 🌟 Baking spirits bright 🌟
adidas, 10/24 – Turn early prep into holiday gifts
Big Lots, 10/24 – BOO-GO Candy? Buy One Get One FREE Halloween Bagged Candy! 🍭
Scout fromBARK, 10/11 – Your dog’s free skeleton hoodie? Gone to-marrow.
Crate & Barrel, 10/26 – Everything you need for Thanksgiving (& every day after)
William Sonoma, 10/19 – The Roaster Event is on! Up to 35% off starts NOW
Petco, 10/7 – Want your dog to smell like delicious apples? 🍎🍂✨
Vuori, 10/4 – Coming Soon: Outerwear
The North Face, 10/11 – Our softest fleece for slower days.
Woot, 10/22 – Winter Called – It’s Running Late, but the Deals Are Right on Time!
Neiman Marcus, 10/12 – How to wear Spring 2025 trends
Quiksilver, 10/26 – Hawaii Collection: Unlock the Island Life 🏝️
Forever 21, 10/25 – Hello Kitty & Friends – NEW styles added!
Best Buy, 10/19 – O.M.G. Get TVs (for as low as $69.99)!
Everlane, 10/12 – People Say It’s Perfect
Scout from BARK, 10/8 – Want $100 of FREE dog sh*t? 🐶💩
Clinique Online, 10/7 – Double cleanse tonight 🌙 Here’s how
Allrecipes Dinner Tonight, 10/26 – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Midnight Snack Is Hilariously Relatable
Chubbies, 10/18 – NFL x CHUBBIES COLLECTION
Diesel, 10/8 – Diesel x Savage x Fenty

New posts on EmailMarketingRules.com

BIMI Email Standard Gets Big Boost by Becoming Less of a Standard

How to Leverage Email Marketing During the 2024 Holiday Season

Promotions Tab Hysteria Is Back! (Thanks, Apple)

Differentiate Your Messages with These Email From Name Extension Strategies

Fourth Quarter 2024 Holiday Marketing Quarterly

4 Ways to Boost Digital Marketing Margins When Discounting

6 Common Accessibility Myths that Cost Brands Customers

Apple iOS 18: The Most Important Changes for Marketers

The Last Word on September 2024

Good & Bad Reasons to Consider Switching ESPs

Good & Bad Reasons to Consider Switching ESPs

For marketers, changing email service providers (ESPs) is a time-consuming and risky endeavor, so they should be absolutely sure it’s necessary. That was the central message of a panel at the ANA’s 2024 Email Evolution Conference.

Throughout the session, I found myself constantly nodding in agreement. Here are some of the key themes, along with some of my own thoughts on this high-stakes issue.

>> Read the entire article on CMSWire.com

How to Overcome Common AI Mistakes

While generative AI and machine learning tools have much to offer in terms of improving workflows, speed to market, and overall effectiveness across many applications, many organizations are wasting more time and resources chasing AI than actually executing it with meaningful results.

To succeed with AI, brands need to three major elements in place:

  1. The right strategies, people, and processes
  2. Capable technology and high-speed infrastructure
  3. Quality data

When one or more of those elements are lacking, it creates a significant barrier. In our work with clients and through our work with partners, we’ve seen five major types of problems come up again and again. In the 41-minute on-demand webinar below, we discuss those barriers, share lots of examples, and talk about solutions. However, in the remainder of this post, we spotlight those five barriers and summarize how to overcome them.

>> Read the entire post on Oracle’s Modern Marketing Blog

>> Watch the on-demand webinar

BIMI Email Standard Gets Big Boost by Becoming Less of a Standard

New moves by Google and Apple have given the Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) standard a huge boost. However, those same moves have fractured the email standard by creating multiple paths to various levels of compliance at various inbox providers.

Before getting into those new developments, let’s review the core benefits of BIMI and why it was created by a consortium of inbox providers and email industry vendors.

>> Read the entire post on Oracle’s Modern Marketing Blog

10 Experts on How to Leverage Email Marketing in the Holiday Season 2024

The holiday season is the most critical time of the year for most B2C brands and is the most impactful time of the year for email marketing. Even with substantially higher email frequencies, revenue per email spikes during the holiday season.

To help you get more out of your email marketing efforts during the 2024 holiday season, I join 9 other email marketing experts to share tips to make the season bright. We talk about:

  • Leveraging advanced segmentation and personalization techniques to create highly targeted campaigns
  • Optimizing triggered email workflows for maximum impact and efficiency
  • Incorporating interactive elements (GIFs, videos, gamification) to enhance engagement and drive conversions
  • Crafting compelling and unique subject lines to capture attention in crowded inboxes
  • And more

>> Read all the advice on Uplers.com