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I'm an email marketing agency founder who shares what's learning right now from sending over 10 million emails a year (not writing ten million emails, mind. Imagine that ๐).
Are we scared to make jokes these days? I forgot to grab a basket. Again. So carrying ten bottles of deodorant across the supermarket to the cashier had been a mission in itself (I kept dropping them. An old lady even picked one up for me as I had them cradled in my arms - not my finest hour). But it was 50% off the only deodorant that keeps me smelling fresh(ish) all day, so I wasn't giving my savings up for the sake of some Pensioner's spine. (Okay - I admit. Even I felt a little bad...
Brackets (or parenthesis, if you're posh) are a good way to get more personality into your emails, but only if you use them properly . In this short email, you'll learn how. Mornin' Reader, Have you ever watched the Director's Commentary version of a film? Yeah, me neither. What I'm told happens is, the film plays while the director talks about their experience of making the film etc. And that's the best way to use brackets (or parenthesis, again, if you're posh) in emails. Brackets give the...
The highest open rate I've ever had was 82% to a list of 10,000 people, for my client Alice Liveing. Do I actually think 8,000 people opened that email? No. Here's why... Mornin' Reader, I got asked a good question last week.(I actually did, btw - this isn't one of those 'I'll pretend someone asked me a question just so I can talk about this' ๐) Someone DM'd me and said: "I heard Google changed the ability for people to analyze email open rates. Is that true?" I'm gonna give a politician's...