A Data Privacy Checklist for Email Marketers

A Data Privacy Checklist for Email Marketers

Data privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA may have faded from the headlines, but their enforcement is very much a reality.  In recent years, some very high-profile companies have faced fines into the hundreds of millions (US $) for failure to meet legal guidelines...
Should I Use a Separate Domain for Marketing Emails?

Should I Use a Separate Domain for Marketing Emails?

A client asks: “We’ve been told that we should use a separate and unique domain for email that’s different from our main Web domain.  Is this something you’d recommend?” The most common business case for using a separate email domain is that doing so can help...
5 Tips for More Effective Email Preview Text

5 Tips for More Effective Email Preview Text

Email preview text is that line of copy that appears below the subject line in the recipient’s inbox.  Preview text renders in different ways depending on the email client (the small screenshot below is from Outlook 2016 on the desktop) but, in many cases –...
Infographic: 29 Tips to Improve B2B Email Campaign Performance

Infographic: 29 Tips to Improve B2B Email Campaign Performance

An email campaign that fails to perform up to expectations could be failing on any number of fronts. The list could be bad (in which case, no attempted “fix” of the email itself will make that much of a difference.) The offer could be uninspiring, or buried deep in...
In Defense of Unsolicited Email

In Defense of Unsolicited Email

Over at marketing automation firm Marketo, CEO Phil Fernandez just wrote a full-throated rant against the evils of unsolicited email and purchased email lists used indiscriminately: “How does anyone think that these are sensible emails to send to the CEO of a...