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Why Email Reigns Supreme Over Social Media

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

An avalanche of media attention has been focused on the alleged marketing juggernaut of Facebook, Google + and Twitter.

Facebook has 1.5 billion users and a devoted following – the average American user spends 40 minutes daily on the platform. They spend around 20 minutes in the gym.

Google +, not nearly as potent, still has a commanding audience of millions. Twitter signs up 135,000 new users daily and experiences 2.1 billion searches of its content every day.

12 Statistics On Email That Will Amaze You

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

Social media has been getting plenty of headlines as a growing platform for reaching people with products and services.

Yet its reach and effectiveness continue to pale in comparison with email. The quickest way to reach potential customers in a direct and personal way remains through the inbox. Even as mobile takes off, email remains the king of communications since all those people on all those devices are spending much of their time…reading their emails.

Seven Things Not To Do In Your Next Email Newsletter Campaign

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

Email newsletters are great for reaching current and potential customers. They can remind readers of your existence on a monthly or weekly basis, and give them useful and entertaining information on subjects related to your products.

Or they can turn people off and have them heading for the unsubscribe link as fast as possible. Many newsletters run the risk of being by turns offensive or in most cases simply boring, offering little content that is relevant to readers. How do you avoid the trap of irrelevance? Here's seven things you should avoid at all costs when crafting your next email newsletter.

Seven Tips For Optimizing Email For Mobile

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

Optimizing Email For Mobile

When crafting messages for campaigns you have to keep in mind that many of your recipients will be seeing them on a mobile device such as a cell phone.

As many as half of all emails may get their first looks from customers checking their email on their phones. That means the real estate available for verbiage and images is significantly less than a typical email read on laptops and desktops.

Six Ways to Integrate Social Media into Your Email Campaign

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

While email remains the primary vehicle for many companies to reach customers and prospects, social media has emerged as potent force.

Combining both platforms makes sense and it's not terribly difficult to leverage them together to reach the highest number of prospects. Doing so will take strategy and tactics that allow you to build upon each element of the campaign.

In a recent survey by Ascend2, marketers reported that 41 percent of marketers incorporated social media into their campaigns, ahead of blogs, direct mail and public relations.

Using A/B Split Testing to Optimize Your Email Campaign

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

How do you know if an email campaign is working?

Start with an email program that makes use of A/B testing, which will optimize your email campaign and convert prospects into subscribers by employing a more systemic approach.

When thinking about A/B testing – sometimes called split testing – the idea is to determine which subject lines, offers, layouts and designs work best to lure subscribers.

When implementing an A/B test, start with a goal, such as increasing the number of people who link to your landing page from 5 to 10 percent. Or perhaps your goal is to convince your recipients to subscribe to your offers and newsletters. Regardless, have a goal in mind before starting.

How to Create a Perfect Landing Page to Collect Subscribers

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

A landing page in online marketing helps tell your story and create a relationship with potential customers. It's where people who have clicked on your banner advertisement, email pitch or Facebook post will "land" to learn more about your business.

Landing pages are a huge part of any inbound marketing strategy, but one with a broken link, an insipid design or a poorly conceived offer will fail. A landing page that works correctly with a well-executed design and an offer that connects with the reader will draw repeated business.

Improving Email Open Rates

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

The easiest part about email marketing is writing a simple message to get readers interested in your products or services. The hardest part is getting them to open the email.

Improving your open rates – the percentage of people who view your email – remains a difficult but surmountable task. Mix a combination of strong subject lines and enticing copywriting with a promise of continuing offers and a clean list, and you will having a winning campaign.

Persistence, pure and simple, helps, too.

Once you nail the program down you can achieve at minimum a 20 to 30-percent open rate. To get to that point, you need to follow these tips:

How to Create an Email List

Written by Julia Gulevich. Posted in Blog, Email Marketing Software

Creating and building an email list is an essential element in any successful business. Email offers an easy, inexpensive and efficient way to reach current and potential customers while building relationships with them that can last years.

People spend up to 50 percent of their internet time in their email inboxes, according to a 2012 study. More than 3.9 billion people have email accounts, which is more than all the social media platforms combined.

That's why email continues to be the marketing channel of choice for businesses, artists, non-profits and just about any other organization looking to grow. Here's a step-by-step method that should help you create an email list in just a few hours, and offer you a road map for adding names to it every day.