Email Marketing RulesThe Business Storytelling Show: The Email Marketing Rules to Follow
Some email marketing rules are legally required. Others are essentially required by inbox providers. And still others are driven by the expectations of subscribers. That was the core of the conversation I had with The Business Storytelling Show podcast host Christoph Trappe about email marketing and the 4th edition of Email Marketing…
Your Most Important Job as an Email Marketer Is…
When you saw the headline for this post, what did you think? Perhaps you thought… To get your campaign opened? To get your campaign clicked? To get a campaign conversion? To explore your options for where to put your focus… >> Read the entire post on Oracle’s Modern Marketing Blog
Apple’s Link Tracking Protection: The Impact on Email & Other Channels
First Mail Privacy Protection, and now Link Tracking Protection (LTP). Apple’s latest platform privacy change will undoubtedly have already-traumatized marketers concerned, given how much MPP undermined open rates and made it much harder to only send to engaged email subscribers. However, LTP is mostly aimed at online advertisers, so marketers will generally…
Third Quarter 2023 Holiday Marketing Quarterly
The holiday season doesn’t have an off-season. Having a successful holiday season means executing a successful year-round strategy. Oracle’s Holiday Marketing Quarterly gives you a quarter-by-quarter plan for how to achieve more during this critical time of the year. The third quarter is focused on the final prep for the start of…
Loyalty Program KPIs: Measuring Health and Performance
A loyalty program should work for its members as well as your company, says Oracle CrowdTwist Senior Strategist Carly Mathews. It’s a balancing act. And to measure how good of a balance you’re striking, you need to track a variety of key performance indicators. With Oracle CrowdTwist clients, we measure many metrics,…
How to Use Apple’s Auto Opens Safely
The most disruptive element of Mail Privacy Protection is that Apple creates a mountain of fake auto-generated open signals to obscure the real opens generated by your subscribers. With MPP adoption at greater than 95%, that mountain is pretty big, especially for B2C brands. Brands’ email marketing programs have been affected differently…
Marketing Book Podcast: ‘A Lot of Structural Changes to How Email Marketing Works’
Six years after being on the Marketing Book Podcast to discuss the 3rd edition of Email Marketing Rules, I rejoin host Douglas Burdett to talk about the new 4th edition. During our 1 hour and 17 minute conversation, we cover a wide range of topics, including: What’s new in the 4th edition…
91 Days Success Podcast: Email Marketing Unleashed
I join Jonathan Mast, the host of the 91 Days Success Podcast, to chat about how to use email marketing wisely, strategically, and productively. During the 50-minute podcast, we talk about: How I got my start in email marketing Why I wrote the 1st edition of Email Marketing Rules Why I’ve now…
Validity’s Email After Hours Podcast: Why We’re Still Mad About Apple’s MPP
Since Apple introduced it in 2021, Mail Privacy Protection has had a profound impact on how email marketers operate and many are still struggling with how to adapt. I join Validity’s Guy Hanson and Danielle Gallant on the Email After Hours podcast to discuss everything MPP. We tackle the following questions: How…
Email Marketing Trends for 2023: Proven Essentials
Email marketing is constantly evolving, so it can be difficult to know where to invest your time and energy from year to year. It’s extra challenging in turbulent times like these, when the economic environment, consumer behaviors, and business goals are shifting rapidly. To help you prioritize your email marketing efforts this…
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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