Email messaging : worthy of a higher sense of purpose

Email Whether there are dozens or hundreds, the email messages that arrive daily in your inbox vie for a share of your time and attention. Because of persistent issues with spam, messages face continued scrutiny. 

In order to appeal to subscribers, messages must be authentic, carefully crafted with a specific purpose in mind.  The question is, what kinds of messages will catch subscribers’ attention and resonate with them?

One type of authentic email messaging is laced with charitable goals and good intentions. Subscribers find the idea of charity emotionally appealing, and they will gain satisfaction when they know that proceeds from purchases of your product or service will ultimately benefit other human beings in need.

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The integration of email marketing and other media: examples

Earlier this month I posted a text, called ‘Email marketing: integration with social media and other channels is the present’ with input from ESP GoldLasso.

In this post I take the integration possibilities a bit further. I again use content that the people of GoldLasso provide in their whitepaper. The reason I do that, is because integration of email marketing and other media is not new.

What is relatively new is the integration of email marketing with social media but there are much more possibilities to embrace other channels in email marketing.

Below are three examples of how to use integration from its most basic format to a more complex model.

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