We all know it. Every day we receive countless newsletters and promotional emails with seemingly unbeatable offers. With this flood of information and overflowing inboxes, it is important to stand out from the crowd. Within seconds, recipients decide whether to open your email or not. In many cases, optimising subject lines can therefore have a…
There are many factors to consider in email design. But do you also consider accessibility in your email marketing? Worldwide around 650 million people have a disability, approx. 246 million of them are blind or visually impaired. Through barrier-free design, these people can also use your newsletters, transactional emails and other marketing emails. But not…
Insurance companies usually have the marketing power for extensive campaigns: Budget, personnel, technology. But they often lack a direct line to (potential) customers. This is provided by agencies, which in turn have no resources for their own marketing. How do you get both sides together? How can agencies use the resources of insurers with as…
Birthday greetings, after-sales campaigns, welcome emails or back-in-stock alerts: all of these and many more are triggered emails that are sent via marketing automation, perfectly fitting to a specific event. The most diverse occasions can trigger those highly personalised mails. We present the ten most important triggers for marketing automation mails. Customers receive automated triggered…
Use the power of your logos in email marketing, too. Hardly anyone in the world doesn’t know the three stripes of Adidas or the shiny silver Mercedes star. This familiarity also creates trust. Using trustedDialog and/or BIMI (Brand Indicator for Message Identification) or VMCs (Verified Mark Certificates), you can display your logos already in the…
Gaining as many opt-ins as possible is a critical success factor in email marketing campaigns. However, the focus should also be on retaining existing contacts and preventing unsubscribes. In this post, you’ll find six tips for alternatives to unsubscribing. 1. Frequency There are various reasons why users unsubscribe from a newsletter. The most common…
A necessary part of opt-in acquisition is sending a double opt-in email. In this post, we show you how to increase the likelihood of an opening and confirmation of the user by announcing the double opt-in email, explaining the registration process and optimizing double opt-in-mails. 1. Announce double opt-in-mail Announcing the double opt-in email…
Generating as many opt-ins as possible for successful email marketing campaigns often requires creativity. In our last post we showed how to win opt-ins via partnered newsletters & standalones, co-registration and co-sponsoring. This time we are looking at address acquisition via affiliates, print and out of home. 1. Affiliates Affiliate marketing, using third party…
Email marketing is a classic in the digital dialog marketing of B2B companies, whether they are suppliers, mechanical engineering specialists or wholesalers. With the highest return on investment of all digital marketing channels, email marketing is an indispensable component in the digital marketing mix of B2B companies. In B2B, personal contact has a major role…
Winning opt-ins is essential for a succesful and lasting email marketing. In this post we show you how to win opt-ins with raffle boxes, registrations at terminals, registrations via tablet, write-in lists, participation cards, receipts and photo boxes – directly at the point of sale. 1. Raffle Box A business card box, combined with…