MarketingSherpa has released a case study titled “Email Marketing: Whirlpool lifts clickthrough rate 42%, creates testing culture”. Allison Banko says, “Modifications to your marketing campaigns don’t have to be earth-shattering or high maintenance to have an impressive impact. Tiny tweaks can breed big payoffs. Dive into this MarketingSherpa case study to discover how Whirlpool’s MarketingSherpa Email Awards 2014, presented by ExactTarget, honorable mention campaign boosted clickthrough rate 42% and helped to create a test-and-learn culture — all beginning with... [...]
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The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “How To Set Up An Email A/B Test”. Andy Curry says, “Some of the easiest tests you can set up in your Internet marketing involve email. You would be shocked at the subtle differences in email marketing that affect profitability. As I’ve written in other articles, including “Testing Words on your Website to Gain Clients,” the one thing that can generate the most changes in profitability is testing words. In our testing experience, words have been and continue to be the top reason for profitability increases or decreases. It’s... [...]
The latest article on ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Study: Personalized Emails Deliver 6X Higher Transaction Rates, But 70% Of Brands Fail To Use Them”. Amy Gesenhues says, “Experian Marketing Services has released its 2013 Email Marketing Study, analyzing a wide breadth of email marketing best practices, including personalization, social integration, mobile and customer preferences. According to the study’s findings, personalized promotional emails were shown to lift transaction rates and revenue per email six times higher than non-personalized emails. Surprisingly,... [...]
The latest article on ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Rise Of The Real-Time Inbox: The Opportunity For Email Marketers In 2014”. Alyssa Nahatis says, “Before the advent of the internet, marketers relied on snail mail to reach audiences in mass quantities, not knowing for certain whether the people they targeted would even be interested in what they had to offer. Thankfully, the digital era has simplified the process of reaching audiences through other channels like email, social and mobile, and has provided the data necessary to know generally what that person will... [...]
The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “Beginner’s Guide to Email Re-engagement Campaigns”. Pamella Neely says, ““Practice good list hygiene.” That’s common email marketing advice many of us hear regularly. It means to do things like: Remove hard bounces after one try; Remove soft bounces after several tries; Remove subscribers who have been inactive for 12 months. Email marketers practice good list hygiene because it improves deliverability rates, and because it trims the fat from email lists. It also improves open rates and click rates. These are all good things”. Beginner’s... [...]
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “How to Use Welcome Emails to Delight Your New Blog Subscribers”. Pamela Vaughan says, “You know how the associates in retail stores usually give you a friendly, “Hi! Let me know if I can help you with anything today” when you walk through the door? Sure, they say it to everyone who enters the store, but there’s just something about a friendly greeting that makes you feel appreciated. Now, if you’re like me, though, you hope that the retail associate doesn’t continue bugging you incessantly while you’re... [...]
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “5 Reasons Why Your Marketing Goals Suck”. Nicole Denton says, “When you’re creating a marketing program, setting goals should be your first step. And while the vast majority of marketers know setting goals is important, the truth is, there’s a chance your goals actually suck. We’ve all been there – marketing wishes and suggestions come from all angles, from a variety of different positions in the organization. Kim in HR just heard about the latest and greatest social network and wants to know why your company isn’t on it“. 5... [...]
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “5 Email Marketing Variables You Can’t Control (But Can Outsmart)”. Meghan Keaney Anderson says, “This month, Litmus, an email testing app, released an infographic featuring data from 3 billion email opens over the past year. The data was enlightening, though not surprising: Consumers today have many more options and far greater control over how and when they read emails. Yep, just like the rest of inbound marketing: Marketers aren’t the ones in control. That being said, there are ways we can adapt to these changes... [...]
MarketingSherpa has published a video titled “Email Marketing: Key takeaways from an award-winning campaign that increased online sales 66%”. MarketingSherpa team says, “In this MarketingSherpa webinar you’ll learn how an e-commerce company implemented a creative and audience-centric approach to increase online ticket sales by 66%. Daniel Burstein, Director of Editorial Content, MECLABS, sat down with Paul Ramirez, Vice President of Operations, and Ryan Blomberg, Director of Engineering, both of Eventful, and discussed what made a data-driven campaign into something great.... [...]
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “How to Get Existing Leads to Do Your Email Marketing for You”. Diana Urban says, “While the days of sending a newsletter email blast to your entire marketing database are over (or should be), email marketing isn’t dead. In fact, if you do email marketing right, you can generate tons of new leads. “But I’m only emailing my existing leads,” you might say with trepidation. “How can I possibly get new leads from my email marketing?” Simple: Get your leads to do your email marketing for you by encouraging... [...]