This guest post was originally written by Rebecca Felker for Madrivo. New to email marketing? Here are some tips to get you on the right track. “No matter how old it gets, email marketing will still be relevant.” –Para Arora Social media is the shiny new object. Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat and Twitter (to name [...]
Email acquisition via homepage lightbox actually works—and not just for gathering email addresses. Smart brands are winning new customers with well-designed homepage lightboxes and follow-up messaging. In fact, 29 percent of Internet Retailer's Top 500 companies now use “acquisition to welcome” lightboxes regularly. Five Winning Lightbox Strategies: Lightbox #1: Gap The Strategy: This lightbox aims to capture email [...]
Every day your email program loses subscribers. It’s a sad fact of marketing life. Even today’s most beloved brands experience annual, transparent churn rates between 25 and 50 percent. (Transparent churn includes hard bounces, unsubscribes, and SPAM complaints). Further, you’re probably losing another 10 to 25 percent of contacts due to disengagement and/or abandoned email [...]