Email Marketing Optimization

What tools do you use to measure the effectiveness of your email campaigns? Learn real-world methods for tracking, analyzing, and optimizing email campaigns to get the highest return on your investment. This column will give you a firsthand look at how other companies have managed to surpass sales forecasts by using email intelligently and strategically.

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We Are Not All Created Equal

Apr 3, 2013 - We need to first have a solid understanding of who our audience is and then decide how to treat them. Comments

What Email Cavemen Can Learn From the Dinosaurs

shutterstock-122206912 Mar 27, 2013 - Changing user behaviors can be an opportunity for those smart enough to get up from their desktop computers and walk around before they get extinguished. Comments

How to Win the Relevance Game

racehill Mar 20, 2013 - Stay ahead of the pack and keep your email and digital marketing highly relevant to your subscribers with these strategies. Comments

It's Not Just Email Anymore

email-tricks Mar 13, 2013 - Are the days of the email specialist over already, or do we just need to become generalists and accept the jack-of-all-trades limitation that comes with it? Comments

Welcome Stranger! Wanna Be Friends?

welcome-carpet Mar 6, 2013 - What are you doing with those brand new subscribers who cause that positive bump in your weekly report? Are you making them feel welcome and providing easy-to-use engagement? Comments

Big Data's Big Omission

big-data Feb 27, 2013 - An email-centric big data strategy will help your brand communicate more effectively over the long haul. Comments

Mobile Email Marketing Essentials for 2013

mobile-email Feb 20, 2013 - Taking time and making efforts now to think about the mobile email experience and get your mobile optimization strategy in place will help you continue to grow your digital marketing program. Comments

A Not-So-Unique Definition of Big Data

big-data Jan 30, 2013 - Will the phrase "big data" ever make it into the Oxford English Dictionary? And why it should. Comments

The Grand Finale

beijing-acting-troupe Jan 16, 2013 - The four possible endings to our three-act play that is the lifecycle of our email list. Part three in a three-part series. Comments

It's a New Year! Don't Screw It Up!

champagne Jan 9, 2013 - You have a year's worth of data at your fingertips, and if you're not putting that to work for you, then you're seriously missing out. Comments

Why Email Mobile Banner Ads Don't Have a Little 'X' in the Corner

shutterstock-106988807 Jan 2, 2013 - In the new year, stop hoping that someone will mistakenly "click" on your mobile or tablet app pop-up ad. Comments

The Problem With Mobile Marketing?

facebook-mobile Dec 26, 2012 - You're thinking about "mobile." Comments

Email Marketing Trends to Watch in 2013

email-tricks Dec 19, 2012 - Predictions for where email marketing is going in 2013, and recommendations for keeping your email program relevant as digital marketing evolves. Comments

Get Me Off This List!

angry-at-email Dec 12, 2012 - Five ways to get your unsubscribe rates to go back to normal. Comments

2012 Has Foretold a Lot About Email, but There's More to Come

email-tricks Nov 28, 2012 - A look back at the past year's email scene and what the implications will be for your email program next year. Comments

It's All About the Audience

shutterstock-103580087 Nov 21, 2012 - Where the story truly unfolds in the three-act play that is the lifecycle of an email list subscriber. Part two in a three-part series. Comments

Why Checkboxes Should Be Your BFF

checkbox Nov 14, 2012 - Don't get sucked into the notion that list growth is the absolute highest priority. Comments

Everything New Is Old Again

morningroutine-chart Nov 7, 2012 - AOL looks to be number one in email again with its new webmail client Alto. Comments

Like Any Good Story

story-book Oct 24, 2012 - To manage your email program effectively you must take care to address each part of the email communications story. Part one in a three-part series. Comments

OMG! How Teens Respond to Email…Srsly

cyber-bullying Oct 18, 2012 - Are you doing everything you can to earn young peoples' attention online? Comments

Breaking News! Email Still No. 1 App for Mobile, News a Close 2nd

email-tricks Oct 12, 2012 - It's increasingly likely that the news is going to be read on a smartphone or a tablet, and that it's going to be delivered by email. Comments

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