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Newsletter list growth | Tom Fishburne

Newsletter list growth | Tom Fishburne | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

I’ve never understood web sites that subject visitors to a giant pop-up the moment they arrive demanding their email address. The strong-arm tactic is often used before visitors have even had a chance to read whatever article they came to read.


And it’s only the starting gambit. Marketers have a whole grab-bag of passive-aggressive tricks to choose from: pop-ups, slide-ins, scroll-downs, welcome mats, sticky bars, on-exit intents, home gates, takeovers, bait-and-switch freebies, etc. They all boast high conversion rates. They’re all promoted ad nauseam in content marketing listicles. And yet many of these tactics are really, really annoying to the very audience that marketers are trying to engage.


Money Lab put together a funny parody landing page, “I Want Your Email Address”, that mashes all of these tactics together....

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Tom Fishburne reflects on wrong-headed email tactics.

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How to Write a Sales Email: The Definitive Guide | HubSpot

How to Write a Sales Email: The Definitive Guide | HubSpot | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Sales emails are difficult to get right. They’re time-consuming to write, time-consuming to tailor, and aren’t guaranteed to pay off.


But it’s time to stop thinking about email as a necessary evil. Yes, writing good email is a skill that must be practiced, but once you master it you’ll be deploying effective messages in no time.


Luckily, we’ve got your back....

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Check out this super step-by-step guide to writing 10 types of sales emails, expertly delivered by HubSpot. Recommended reading! 10/10

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, February 25, 2016 10:01 AM

Check out this super step-by-step guide to writing 10 types of sales emails, expertly delivered by HubSpot. Recommended reading! 10/10

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We Grew Our Email List to 44K, Then Stopped. Here's Why.

We Grew Our Email List to 44K, Then Stopped. Here's Why. | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

We reached the point where we were growing an email list bigger and bigger and bigger with no real end game in sight.

What did we plan to do with all these email addresses once we had them?

Good question.

We didn’t have an answer, so we stopped trying to add more.

We had lots of different ideas, and people have been so gracious to share their thoughts on what we could be doing (I’d love to hear from you in the comments, too, if anything comes to mind).

Here’re a few suggestions we thought over...

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Kevan Lee offers an interesting and somewhat counterintuitive strategy in growing or not growing an email list. Worth reading.

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The Best Times to Send Business Emails This Holiday Season [New Data]

The Best Times to Send Business Emails This Holiday Season [New Data] | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

We’ve finally found an effective email strategy. Our open and clickthrough rates are optimized -- or so we thought.

Until one December morning when our metrics plummet. It must be a mistake.

Or, it’s the holiday season. Each year from November to January, email behavior changes and email strategies lose their effectiveness.

To combat this, we decided to look at 4,513,689 emails to analyze exactly how the holidays impact our one-to-one emails. The presentation below reveals all our never-before-shared insights. 

Let's explore....

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Here's some research to help your holiday emails be more effective.

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The Essential Guide to Crafting a Work Email

The Essential Guide to Crafting a Work Email | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

You, like me, probably rattle off emails quickly, all day (and sometimes all night) long. And that means the people receiving your emails are doing exactly the same thing.


Whether this is good or bad for us, generally speaking, is an open question. But until we all get better at dealing with email overflow, how do you make sure the ones you send get noticed – and for reasons other than an unfortunate Freudian typo?


First, the basics. They may seem obvious, but they’re easy to forget....

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There are rules. And Gretchen Gavett reminds us what matters most.

workmanowe's comment, August 16, 2015 11:06 PM
Its really good :)
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Infographic: 29 super tips to improve B2B email campaign performance

Infographic: 29 super tips to improve B2B email campaign performance | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Are your email campaigns suffering from lackluster results? Try these 29 super tips to boost open rates, increase click-through and drive higher response rates faster than you can say "spam trigger."

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Useful tips to help you get better email results.

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, September 9, 2014 10:54 PM

Useful tips to help you get better email results.

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3 Secret Gmail Buttons To Get Your Cold Emails Opened

3 Secret Gmail Buttons To Get Your Cold Emails Opened | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Every Monday morning, you find yourself sitting down to send 10-15 emails to people you’d love to get responses from.


Maybe they are cold prospects, or potential joint venture partners, or press outlets you’re hoping to get coverage in.


Regardless of why you email, to ultimately get what you want the other person has to open and reply to your email, lost in the over 205 Billion emails sent per day according to Radicati Group.


Over the past 2 months, for every 100 emails I sent to influencers, A-Listers, and CEO’s, 97 were opened and 92 were replied to, using 3 nifty secrets built into this tool called Send Later for Gmail....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Do you send a lot of cold emails to sales prospects, influencers or potential partners? These Gmail buttons will help skyrocket your response rate.

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8 Email Marketing Case Studies That Contradict "Best Practices"

8 Email Marketing Case Studies That Contradict "Best Practices" | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

There’s nothing I love more than a universal best practice getting unequivocally bashed in by a niche case study.

“Best practices” are your baseline. They are the Wordpess theme template of your marketing efforts. If you stop at best practices, you haven’t really done any marketing yet.

That’s why today, we’re going to be looking at 8 email marketing case studies that contradicted best practices to get better results. We’ll look at why they worked and how they might apply to your business....

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Useful email lessons for marketers.

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Best CRM Software According to G2 Crowd Winter 2016 Rankings

Best CRM Software According to G2 Crowd Winter 2016 Rankings | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

CRM software tools have a wide variety of features, including Salesforce automation, marketing automation, customer support, reporting and analytics, mobile and social, platform, and integration. The Salesforce automation feature category garnered some of the highest ratings across the board, with contact and account management receiving the highest average satisfaction score of 86 percent. The platform feature category had comparable ratings, with scores spanning from 77 percent to 85 percent.


Across the board, customer service was king as products with the best customer service faired better in other satisfaction categories as well, and poor customer service tainted reviewers’ entire sentiment about a product. Reviewers often demanded quicker response times, around the clock support, better educational materials and optimization ideas from their software providers.


Key findings also revealed that mobile and social features need improved functionality. Within the mobile and social feature category, mobile user support, social collaboration features and social network integration were all rated at 72 percent, the lowest rated features across all product feature categories....

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Seven platforms earn Leader status while Nimble tops overall satisfaction rankings.

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How to Make Cool Gmail Signatures Right from Google Drive

How to Make Cool Gmail Signatures Right from Google Drive | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

An email signature can be more than a goodbye salute. Do it well and your recipients will pause for a second before they send it on its way to the trash. Do it creatively and the signature could be a memorable gem in a cluttered inbox.


Just like beautiful business cards, email signatures can help kickstart a conversation, attract a mentor, or help you raise money for charity. Email signatures are the simplest communication devices, but they are also the most ignored part of emails....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Google Drive gives you the tools to bring your signatures to Gmail without any bother. Try this simple but effective marketing tip.

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4 Industry Trends You Need to Watch | thedma.org

4 Industry Trends You Need to Watch | thedma.org | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
For over 37 years, DMA’s Statistical Factbook has brought together the latest research, polling, and transaction data on the marketing industry. This year, over 300 pages and 11 chapters are devoted to all the latest in data, email, mobile marketing, social media, and more. You’ll get a look at the big picture and the emerging trends within marketing.Here are just a few key points standing out in this year’s research....
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Interesting insights on email, follow up emails, Amazon, data accuracy and more.
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20 interesting Infographics on email marketing

20 interesting Infographics on email marketing | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Email marketing has become one of the strongest marketing tools in present time. Buyers are trying to reach their potential customers and consumers through emails. This is one of the most effective yet cost saving technology which allows any company to directly reach up to its customers.


Almost 70% of internet users buy online products and email marketing plays a very significant role in that. Email can efficiently carry all the information about a product that consumer can read and understand at ease.


Email communication also allows the consumer to revert back to the seller in case of any kind of query regarding their product and services....

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Remember email? These infographics will remind you of the power of email marketing.

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