Can Birthday Emails Boost Revenues?

Customized emails for customers have been a popular way for companies to build trust. Yet, many marketers seem torn on whether or not these types of personalized automated messages are beneficial. That’s surprising since a large amount of data seems to suggest...

6 Tips for Using Animated GIFs in Email Messages

Sometimes, a technology emerges long before the world is ready for it. Usually, when this happens, the technology languishes and disappears, but occasionally it stubbornly sticks around long enough to be truly useful. Such is the case with animated gif images, those...

Recession-Proofing Your Marketing

Despite a slow economic recovery, a full 60% of business leaders plan to expand their email program this year, according to a study published by Zoomerang and StrongMail. Not surprising since 67% of participants cited the ability to build strong customer loyalty and...

Saving Carts: How to Decrease Shopping Cart Abandonment

If there’s one issue that’s still a huge problem for e-commerce companies, it’s shopping cart abandonment. Search Engine Land reports that shopping cart abandonment rates are a staggering 75% across the board, but other research firms have estimated...

Marketing Brief: Does Your Message Break Through the Noise?

The digital space is constantly growing and changing. Given that constantly changing landscape, the “batch and blast” approach to email marketing is being rendered less and less effective. Putting out a message and hoping it finds its way to the inbox of...