The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “Update: Gmail Image Blocking And Caching”. Amanda Gagnon says, “If you haven’t already heard, Gmail will now start displaying images within emails by default, instead of blocking them by default as in the past. This means more accurate reports of email opens from Gmail subscribers. Initially, the change also meant repeat opens by the same subscribers would not be communicated, but our devs cracked down and found a fix. This means both your unique and total open rate reports will, with Gmail’s update, be more accurate than was possible before“. Update:... [...]
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The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Your Email Marketing as Cinderella: Treat It Like a Princess, Not a Servant”. Karen Talavera says, “There is abundant proof that email, after over a decade of successful use, is not only the connective tissue of all data-driven marketing but also the revenue-producing heart of digital efforts. Yet, despite claiming the highest ROI of all direct marketing channels at $28.50 in sales generated for every $1 of spending (DMA 2012 Response Rate Report), the highest driver of online conversions, and the number two spot (behind only search)... [...]
The latest article on ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “What Email Marketers Are Saying About Gmail’s Image Serving Change”. Matt McGee says, “Google caused quite a stir Thursday with the news that it’sserving images in Gmail from its own servers, rather than from the sender’s servers. As we reported yesterday, Gmail open rates should become more accurate because images are displayed by default. But other data will go away — the user’s location and user agent, for example. The initial reaction was largely negative, but now that Google has clarified (a bit of)... [...]
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “How Google’s Change to Gmail Images Affects Email Marketers”. Dan Lyons says, “Yesterday Google announced that it is changing the way images are delivered to Gmail users. How big a deal is this? Some, like Ars Technica,say the new method will make life more difficult for email marketers. But others, including HubSpot’s own email experts, say it’s no big deal. Here’s what we know so far. In an Ars Technica article, reporter Ron Amadeo says Google is shutting down a tactic that helps email marketers gather... [...]
The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “LPO: 2 types of security seals that can help you reduce customer anxiety”. John Tackett says, “Anxiety is one of the key elements in the MarketingExperiments Conversion Heuristic. In our Landing Page Optimization Online Course, anxiety is defined as “a psychological concern stimulated by a given element in the sales or sign-up process.””. LPO: 2 types of security seals that can help you reduce customer anxiety MarketingExperiments Blog [...]
The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “How Consumers Are Shopping For The 2013 Holidays”. Amanda Gagnon says, “Shoppers crowded outside automatic doors, their puffs of cold breath in the frosty air, as always. But that might have been the only thing that remained the same for this year’s Thanksgiving weekend shopping. Several retailers opened early, offline merchants capitalized on Cyber Monday and even the sales figures broke with tradition: Black Friday Total Black Friday revenue fell 13.2% from 2012 figures. Even so, NBC News reported that US online sales rose 17.3% on Black... [...]
The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Email Marketing: Subject line test increases clickthrough rate 18%”. John Tackett says, “Subject lines often have a hefty impact on the success of an email campaign. Yet, marketers rarely have the time for a deep-dive into the psychology of turning interruption into engagement. In today’s MarketingExperiments Blog post we’re going to take a look at how Jonathan Hosier, Senior Marketing Specialist, MECLABS, used subject line testing to increase clickthrough 18%. But first, let’s review the research notes for some background on... [...]
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Google’s Ad Rank update leads to improved performance of PPC ad extensions”. David Moth says, “A paid search algorithm update by Google has led to an improvement in the performance of PPC adverts that include an ad extension. But overall the new AdWords Ad Rank update actually caused a slight decline in ad performance. The update, which was announced back in October, altered the way that Google determines the order of paid search ads by adding in a third variable alongside the maximum bid and quality score”. Google’s... [...]
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Gmail image changes: everything email marketers need to know”. Phillip Storey says, “Email marketers have always faced the technological challenge of having to quickly adapting to the unknown, often in a matter of hours. This week is one of those, where we find that Gmail has made changes to the way it handles images. At first, I can appreciate that this may sound insignificant, but it affects all of us. In this blog post, I will try to demystify these changes for you”. Gmail image changes: everything email marketers... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google: We’re Winning Against Phishing and Spam Emails”. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai says, “Google can’t say “mission accomplished” just yet, but the search giant made it clear that the Internet is winning its decade-old war against phishing and spam emails.In a blog post published Friday, Google said the Internet-wide efforts against unauthenticated emails, which can be used by spammers and phishers to fake email addresses and deceive users, are working. In fact, the vast majority of non-spam email that Gmail... [...]