Tough economic times increase the pressure on marketers to hit their goals for open rate, click throughs, conversions, and new email subscriber acquisition. Some marketers believe renting email lists is a way to reach these goals.
MarketingSherpa reports in their new 2009 Email Marketing Benchmark Guide that 29% of B2B marketers plan to increase spending on [...]
Posts under ‘eNewsletters’
The Best Way To Kill Your Email List In 2009
9 eNewsletter Improvements You Cannot Forget
In early April, I promised to give away free enewsletter advice. I am happy today to report back on the communication of a non-partisan, civic participation non-profit. They asked me not to mention them by name, so the organization will hereafter be known as “the client.” And, this client’s enewsletter was far better than at [...]
Keep The Design Simple – 3 Easy Ways To Improve Your Email Campaigns Today
This week, I am doing a series on three easy ways to improve your email campaigns. There’s no rocket-science here, but the basics are often over-looked. On Monday, I posted about making your emails personal and on Tuesday I posted about making them targeted and relevant. While content is important, we can’t forget email design [...]
April Giveaway: Free eNewsletter Help
In this sixth full month of the OnlineMarketerBlog, I am presenting my first contest. During April, I am auctioning off enewsletter content and strategy assistance for the winning company or organization – all completely gratis.
I will review the company’s last few online communications, their website, their mission, and their current communications strategy. I will [...]
Streamlining The Message: Obama and iMedia Connection
I was thinking this weekend about some comments I made late last week to an iMedia Connection story. Brent Rosengren wrote an article about the presidential candidates’ emails, claiming that many failed for various reasons. While I don’t disagree with many of his arguments, there are also some obvious holes. Here’s an excerpt of my [...]




