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Email Marketing

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I was the victim of a spam attack last week.  Seizethedeal.com decided to send me email that I never signed up for.  I contacted support and was given some pretty lame excuses.  This is a great example of how someone tries to build a business through email marketing by ignoring all best practices.  There’s a [...]

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I have sent a LOT of email in my career.  I have pushed the button and been responsible for the team that has pushed the button.  I have consulted and advised clients on how often to push the button.  Billions of email messages have flown off into internets land at my direction.  There is actually [...]

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Deliverability, Deliverability, Deliverability.  We all want to get better email deliverability.  The same way you don’t build a house without a foundation, you don’t build good deliverability without a foundation.  The basic requirement for deliverability is compliance and infrastructure.  The CAN-SPAM Act clearly states the rules put in place for all commercial email delivered.  It’s [...]

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As email has grown over the years, the role of Email “Teams” has evolved quite a bit.  When I first started sending email many years ago, I built very simple links only HTML with text versions of templates.  I sent them 1,000 at a time through a UNIX command screen.  The wisdom of the day [...]

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I often talk about how important engagement is to the success of your email marketing program.  Today, we’re going to spend a little time talking about frequency.  Email marketing strategists very often have to deal with some preconceived notions about email.  Email is a relatively inexpensive proposition when compared with other advertising mediums.  The allure [...]

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