Featured Post: My Reading & Podcast List
Here are recent books I’ve read and podcasts I enjoy. If you’re looking for something interesting to listen to or read, these are a few that have stood out to me. Let me know if you have a recommendations.
3-Minute Video Tip Series: How to Grow Your Email Marketing List
I recently created a three-minute marketing tip series designed to help busy marketers generate more revenue from their email marketing program. The idea was simple: in three minutes or less each day, I would provide easy-to-follow advice on how to improve specific aspects of their program. Each episode can be found on YouTube, embedded below, and syndicated as season four of the Cart Insiders Podcast.
The topics I covered were:
Email marketing list growth
Email marketing welcome series
Email marketing cart abandonment
SMS marketing
This week’s tips covered how to grow your email marketing list. Let’s dive in.
How to Use Video in Email Marketing
For years, marketers have said video in emails will be the next evolution in email marketing, but the challenges of implementing it have held it back. Email clients not supporting it, file size restrictions and video production time have been too much to overcome.
Now, 98% of email clients support video, the number one type of content to inspire consumer research, and the time has never been better to bring new life to your email marketing with video.
Here are ways to incorporate video in your email marketing program.
My Five Favorite Marketing Posts of 2019
I write a lot of content throughout the year, but some pieces stand out to me more than others. From behavioral science to charting daily email sends for two-plus years, here are the five articles from 2019 that really resonated with me. I hope you enjoy.
The Best Day to Send Your Marketing Emails
Which days are best for sending marketing emails and which days are most popular for retailers? Should you send on the same high-volume days as other retailers, or send on lower-volume days so you can more easily stand out in the inbox?
Now, you may finally have an answer.
2018 Email Marketing Sends - By Day and Month
The chart below reflects the daily email send volume of 2018. The daily lift and declines reflect the average number of emails retailers sent on that day of the week compared to the overall number of emails sent during the entire year.
As you can see, retailers sent …
2019 Email Marketing Sends - By Day and Month
(IN PROGRESS): The chart below reflects the daily email send volume of 2019. The daily lifts and declines reflect the average number of emails retailers sent on that day of the week compared to the overall number of emails sent during the entire year.
For example, retailers sent …
Keys to a Great Unboxing Experience
Unboxing is about providing a branded, aesthetic opening experience that builds excitement. The customer purchase experience shouldn’t end when the package arrives — that’s when the experience really just begins. The way customers feel about your brand after the purchase determines whether they become repeat customers or remain a one-time buyer.
Using Behavioral Science in Marketing
Stop guessing what makes customers click. In this post, you’ll dive into real-world behavioral science applied in marketing, from headline hooks and social-proof nudges to decision-making shortcuts and conversion strategies. Science meets strategy, ready to plug into your campaigns.
3 Holiday Promotions That Keep Subscribers Opening Your Emails
There’s no shortage of promotions retailers can choose when planning their holiday email marketing strategy. However, the holiday season is long, so retailers need to find ways to not only increase sales but also keep subscribers opening their emails.
Here are three kinds of promotions that I expect will be heavily-used by retailers throughout this upcoming holiday season to accomplish these goals.
Top Holiday Email Marketing Planning Resources
Email marketers are always looking for holiday-related content, and me — I provide a few pieces this time of year. Between sifting through and analyzing tens-of-thousands of holiday emails in my personal inbox, charting daily emails received, identifying reoccurring themes, looking through the previous years' online sales data, reading industry analysis, interviewing podcast guests, and talking to industry peers, I am left connecting dots with what retailers and email marketers will be promoting this holiday season.
Five Often-Overlooked Holiday Email Marketing Tips
As the holidays approach email marketing teams are busy determining promotional schedules, designing messages, and inputting coupon codes into their e-commerce platforms among a slew of other items. With all of this work happening behind the scenes, there are a few holiday items that all-too-commonly fall by the wayside. When preparing your email marketing program for the season, don’t overlook some of the items that can help you deliver a better customer experience and generate more sales. Here are five items to not overlook this holiday season.
Cyber 10: The Holiday Shopping Sprint You REALLY Need to Prepare For
Most digital marketers have heard of the Cyber Five, the five shopping days from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. These five days happen to be the top five online sales days for the entire holiday season, accounting for 19% of all online holiday sales.
And now, within Gray November comes another consumer shopping evolution that will become a holiday season norm — the Cyber 10.
How to Use Social Proof in Email and on Your E-commerce Site
Retailers constantly seek ways to stand out in crowded inboxes and influence subscribers to make purchases, some of them by offering deep discounts. Here are ways to social proof your email marketing.
When Is the Best Time to Send Your Brand Emails?
When is the best time to send emails?
This question has been around as long as email marketing itself. If you do a quick search, you’ll find tons of different studies pointing to a variety of answers, leaving retailers just as confused as before. The common result: Brands are flooding consumer inboxes with emails at seemingly random times throughout the day.
2017 Email Marketing Report Card: Did Your Program Make the Grade?
As 2017 finds itself in your rearview mirror, ask yourself a question. What changes did I make to my email program in 2017 that had a significant impact? It’s a simple question, but I bet many of you won’t have a good answer. Some of you are likely doing the same thing now at the end of the year that you were at the start of it, possibly due to the rush of day-to-day execution or limited internal resources.
Here’s a checklist to help you plan for 2018: