Shanelle Mullin — March 10, 2017 — March 10, 2017 There’s no such thing as a perfect email subject line. No one can give you a formula that will work every time. However, you can follow these principles, which will guide you closer to writing email subject lines that are perfect for your audience. It’s … Continue reading Email Subject Lines: 8 Principles for Improved Open Rates
Jim Belosic — March 10, 2017 Follow @shortstacklab— March 10, 2017 Whether or not people ultimately open your emails, they will see your subject lines. And it’s what they see there that partly determines whether or not they take the next step and click “open.” In fact, 33 percent of people decide whether to open … Continue reading How to Increase the Open Rates of Your Emails
SendGrid says email marketers are sending an average of 8.1 emails per month this year, down from 2016’s 9.8 sends per month. Amy Gesenhues on March 2, 2017 According to SendGrid’s 2017 Email Benchmark report, the average email send rate has dropped from 9.8 sends per month in 2016 to 8.1 in 2017. While … Continue reading Marketers are sending fewer emails & getting better open rates [SendGrid]
Matthew Baker — February 14, 2017 — February 14, 2017 According to several sources, many small business owners and self-employed individuals do not have separate business and personal bank accounts. A survey from Citizens Bank reported 26% of small business owners say they don’t have a separate bank account for their company. Another survey from … Continue reading 3 Steps to Open a Business Bank Account
Brad Smith — January 24, 2017 Follow @bsmarketer— January 24, 2017 Email is a conversion-driving goldmine. Which means we marketer’s feel the insatiable need to strangle our own Golden Goose by pushing the volume of email sent well into the trillions. It might still outperform younger, sexier options like Facebook and Twitter (to the tune … Continue reading 5 Subject Line Mistakes That Tank Your Open Rates
Kristi Russo — December 26, 2016 Follow @russo_k— December 26, 2016 LinkedIn is a very public forum, so if you are like many members, you take care not to say too much. This guarded mindset is especially true if you are thinking about leaving your current job or might be open to the idea. You … Continue reading Open Candidates: The LinkedIn Update You Need to Know Right Now
by Jess Nelson, December 12, 2016 Online shoppers are 68% more likely to open a retailer’s email during the holiday season than at any other time of year, according to a recent study from Adlucent. The digital marketing and intelligence company polled 571 U.S. consumers across 43 states that planned to shop online … Continue reading Consumers More Likely To Open Marketing Emails During Holidays
Look at how consumers really feel about Black Friday and take their sentiments into account for your rest-of-the-season marketing. Columnist John Donnelly III shares social media insights related to the annual brick-and-mortar mainstay. John Donnelly III on November 29, 2016 at 11:06 am It’s almost hard to remember at this point, but it wasn’t long … Continue reading Lessons learned from Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Retailers must be open to change
Martha Mueller Neff — November 18, 2016 — November 18, 2016 Marketers who sweat over a great subject line can be rewarded with stellar email open rates. But the subject line isn’t the only piece to the email puzzle: A great preview text that fits perfectly with a subject line could mean the difference between … Continue reading Boost Your Email Open Rates with Preview Text
by Meera MurthyOctober 22, 2016 Long gone are the days when a consumer would get excited about receiving a new email. The Radicati Group estimates that this year, the number of emails sent and received per day will total over 215.3 billion. This massive number is expected to grow at an average rate of 4.6% … Continue reading The Importance of Email Open Times in Email Marketing
