Email Marketing RulesBuild Smarter Emails with These 5 Blueprints
Transforming your emails can be a daunting task. Sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start, and sometimes the gap between where you are and where you want to be just seems too large to leap. In 5 Blueprints for Building Smarter Emails, we discuss how to make impactful, incremental improvements to…
6 Retail Email Marketing Priorities for 2015
Getting ready for the holiday season is almost a year-round effort—which is to say you’re preparing for November and December the other 10 months of the year. To help you prep, I discuss 6 retail email marketing priorities in this slide deck, which includes supplemental links to research reports, articles, and real-world…
Email Carousels: Another Step toward Email’s Rich Content Future
At the end of Email Marketing Rules, I say, “The emails of the future will be much more like sending subscribers a microsite than a static message. People will be able to watch videos, browse product assortments, and make purchases—all without leaving their inboxes.” Following decent progress on video in email over…
10 Experts on How to Use Email Marketing for Events
Email marketing can be a powerful driver of event success. To get the latest advice on how to use email to ensure that your event is packed, Zettasphere Founder Tim Watson asked me and eight other email marketing experts to share our No. 1 tip for promoting a webinar or paid physical…
Quick Email Marketing Wins in 2015
Going into the New Year, instead of focusing on the new, why not focus on the easy. Below are my picks for email marketing initiatives that are low-effort and high-return: Optimize your snippet text Implement predictive intelligence for personalized recommendations Add defensive design elements to your email templates Test special characters in…
Email Marketing in 2015: What’s In and What’s Out
I recently spoke with Natasha Smith of DM News about which email marketing strategies, tactics, and tools will be more important next year and which will be less important. WHAT’S OUT Batch-and-blast “One size fits all” static emails Standard subject lines WHAT’S IN Predictive analytics Responsive design Subject lines with #hashtags Real-time…
The Top 10 Pins from the Email Swipe File: 2014 Year in Review
We pinned tons of inspiring email marketing examples to our Email Swipe File pinboard on Pinterest this year. Here are your favorites, based on repins and likes: 1. Michaels’ responsive 2-email welcome series >> View the pin 2. The Clymb’s welcome email with 1-2-3 messaging >> View the pin 3. Mini USA’s…
Inbox by Gmail: 3 Experts Share Their Thoughts on Its Impact – Part 2
Inbox by Gmail is the latest email innovation by Google to get marketers wringing their hands and worrying about how their programs will be affected. To help determine its impact on marketers, BrightWave CEO Simms Jenkins interviewed Ryan Phelan of Acxiom, Jay Jhun of BrightWave, and myself about the new app. In…
Welcome! Email Marketing Rules is your guide to understanding the best practices of this complex, often misunderstood channel as you craft the best executions for your brand. Every week, we’ll explore strategies and tactics, discuss tips and inspiration, and dig into industry news and trends.
Chad S. White
Head of Research
Oracle Digital Experience Agency
Author of Email Marketing Rules and nearly 4,000 articles about digital and email marketing
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