Jon Powel says, “If you were watching last year, we revealed some research on a Web clinic concerned with responsive design, specifically the effect of a mobile and tablet-based form page design for mobile and tablet specific users. If you’re unfamiliar with responsive design, the general concept is that a page is coded to adapt its viewing experience to fit the size of the device you’re using”. Email Marketing: How responsive design might improve your emails MarketingExperiments Blog  [...]

Jason Parker and Charles Kirkland have just released a master list of proven subject lines that have worked for them, called Big Click Subject Lines Master List. Now, you can copy these powerful email subject lines (which are essentially headlines for your eamil) to use in your own marketing. They don’t want you to waste time testing subject lines that have already tried. Take advantage of their years of experimentation and use subject lines that are proven to work. Just modify them by plugging in your product name, your promised benefit, etc. to fit your situation. And they go one step farther.... [...]

The latest VerticalResponse blog post is titled “5 Wicked Awesome Ways to Grow Your Email Marketing List”. Kim Stiglitz says, “You know you need to get the word out about your business in order to grow and to stay top of mind with customers. At VerticalResponse, we often get the question, “How do I build or get an email marketing list?” We’re also often asked if it’s okay to use a purchased, rented or scraped email list. If you’re just starting out, or trying to grow your list quickly, building an email marketing list organically may seem like a waste of time when... [...]

Sean Donahoe‘s Rapid Mailer is being released today at Noon EDT. It is an alternative to the mailers that require an ongoing monthly fee. In fact, there is more than one reason to consider Donahoe’s new autoresponder. Maybe you use (or are considering) a 3rd party service like Aweber, GetResponse, MailChimp, Constant Contact, iContact, etc. They are concerned about their own reputation and about keeping their other clients safe, so they are getting more picky about the emails that you can send to your list. As a result, they can cancel you if they feel you have violated their rules.... [...]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Iterative Email Marketing”. Mad Mimi says, “To iterate is essentially to repeat. “Iterate,” “interative,” and “iteratively” are buzzwords as of late, but for good reason. Whether you work in product development, marketing, or another field, repetition often leads to superior results. What Does it Mean to Practice Iterative Email Marketing? Email marketing can be iterative on a couple levels: (1) You can do several rounds of edits on any given email, and (2) You can keep challenging yourself to improve your... [...]

Lee Murray says most so-called gurus of list building have it all wrong. They miss the real keys to building a list of actual buyers, he says, and peddle out-dated non-effective strategies that waste your money and your time. He intends to set the record straight in 21 and Done, his own guide to effective list-building. He says the typical squeeze page with a free offer as bait to get an email address is fatally flawed. It depends too much on luck and wishful thinking. You hope you have good enough bait and will get enough traffic that you will, one day, get enough people on your mailing list to... [...]

The ‘MarketingSherpa Email Summit 2014’ is taking place at the at the Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas on February 17-20, 2014. Keynote Speakers Dr. Flint McGlaughlin, Managing Director at MECLABS Dr. Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics at Duke University Dr. Noah Goldstein, Associate Professor of Management & Organization and Psychology at UCLA Anderson School of Management. MarketingSherpa team says, ”   Join us February 17-20 at the Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas for MarketingSherpa Email Summit 2014 – the world’s... [...]

The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “EPIC Marketing for 2014”. Brandon Olson says, “On Wednesday, January 8, we kicked off our monthly #AWeberHour Twitter Chat series by chatting with Joe Pulizzi, founder and CEO of Content Marketing Institute. Joe shared his insights on what 2014 has in store for content marketing, as well as New Year’s resolutions every content marketer should make. Here are some highlights from the chat. Mark your calendars for our next #AWeberHour Twitter Chat on Wednesday, February 5, at 3pm ET. We’ll be talking about “Finding the Right Partners for... [...]

IM NewsWatch alerted you to the upcoming launch by Anik Singal. In preparation for that launch he has released a second training video about the central role email plays in a successful marketing business. On the page where that video is located, you can also link to his first video and his e-book that he is giving away. He tells the story of how he lost all his income as a result of a Google decision to stop working with him. But he still had his mailing list and could continue to send emails to them. Using that, he was able to rebuild his business through the power of email. It’s an... [...]

IM NewsWatch alerted you to the upcoming launch by Anik Singal. In preparation for that launch he has released a second training video about the central role email plays in a successful marketing business. On the page where that video is located, you can also link to his first video and his e-book that he is giving away. He tells the story of how he lost all his income as a result of a Google decision to stop working with him. But he still had his mailing list and could continue to send emails to them. Using that, he was able to rebuild his business through the power of email. It’s an... [...]