Category: 'Email Marketing'

The College Decision-Making Process: Tips From the Front Line

By Barbara Esposito

College choiceThis fall, our son will be a freshman at a small engineering school at a university in upstate New York. When my husband and I say our good-byes, we’ll also breathe one huge sigh of relief. It’s not because we’re happy to see him leave (not really, anyway), or because his partial academic scholarship makes his private school tuition just about affordable, or even because he’ll get to continue to pursue his passion for soccer at the varsity level. It’s because the college selection process – which has pretty much consumed our lives for the last two years – will finally be over (at least until our daughter becomes a junior in 2011).

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Promotional Email Up 12 Percent in 2009

By John Leary

Email marketers are excited about recent industry news from research company Smith-Harmon: Retail email volume increased 12 percent from 2008 to 2009, with an amazing 37 percent two-year increase from 2007 to 2009. However, while this increase is substantial, experts are predicting a break-even or decrease in the coming years.

"Retailers have been increasing contact frequency for several years running," says Ed Henrich, Vice President at Responsys. "Sooner or later it will flatten out. I think 2010 is when we will finally start to see segmentation and analytics start to reduce contact frequency."

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Hot Trends, Emerging Technology & Cool Tools: A Look Ahead at 2010

By Megan Kilgallen

Happy New Year!With the countdown to the New Year fast approaching, annual “best of/worst of” lists, forward-thinking forecasts and soon-to-be-broken resolutions are all the rage. Not to be left out of the fun – but not quite ready to share our weight-loss goals or the bad habits we’ll break – here’s our predictions for the world of marketing in 2010: hang on; it’s going to be quite the ride!

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Social Media is No Threat to Email

By Megan Kilgallen

Social Media is no threat to emailA recent article and chart published by MarketingSherpa demonstrate that, contrary to popular belief, social media is not going to eliminate our dependence upon email.

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Effective Email Content: Attract Attention

By John Leary

Once you’ve avoided spam filters and successfully landed in a user’s in-box, it is important to understand how users read emails. Realizing a user's email behavior is key to getting – and keeping – his or her attention. Email Marketing

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