Email: How-to articles covering the latest marketing tactics, tips, and strategies.

• Email Open and Click-Through Rates: Benchmarks by VerticalAyaz Nanji
  Education, retail, and computer hardware/electronics are the best-performing verticals in email marketing, according to a new study that benchmarked open rates, click-through rates, and churn metrics across 14 industries.
  Customer Behavior, Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Newsletters, Relationship Marketing, Research Summaries
• A New Don: How the Sales Profession Has Evolved Since the Mad Men Era [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  How has the sales profession changed since the martini-soaked Mad Men era? In the following infographic, Lead360 explores how fundamental sales strategies have evolved in the world of sales since ...
  Advertising, Consumer Electronics, Content, Customer Communications, Customer Engagement, Customer Relationships, Email, Facebook, Sales and Advertising, Social Media
• How to Use Google Analytics to Increase E-Commerce SalesMor Friedman
  Google Analytics is a great free tool for e-commerce websites. It can allow marketers and webmasters to record specific data about items purchased, learn how a user navigates the website, ...
  Business Intelligence, Customer Behavior, Data, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, Email, Google, Google Analytics, Keywords, Landing Pages
• Social Sharing Boosts Email Results [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  Think social media killed off email? Hardly. If anything, social media has boosted the power of email. To help marketers understand how important social media is to email, GetResponse put ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Customer Engagement, Digital Marketing, Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media
• Three Powerful Ways to Measure the Impact of Your Email MarketingKaren Talavera
  Though email campaign process metrics such as delivery, open, and click-through rates have their place, if you don't look beyond them... the true impact of your email marketing—and opportunities for ...
  Customer Behavior, Customer Engagement, Direct Marketing, Email, Email Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Measurement, Metrics, ROI, Segmentation
• Build a Customer-Centric Marketing Automation StrategyMeghan Keaney Anderson
  The if-then logic of the marketing automation process can lead to a snarl of over-communication, with only a loose relevance to the recipient's true interests and needs. It doesn't have ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Customer Acquisition, Customer-Centric, Customer Insight, Customer Relationships, Email, Email Campaigns, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation
• Five Compelling Insights From HubSpot's 2013 State of Inbound Marketing SurveyDaniele Hagen
  The inbound marketing industry, though still emerging, is playing a vital role in how marketers are doing their jobs, although challenges remain, according to the just-released fifth annual State of ...
  Blogging, Content, Content Marketing, Customer Acquisition, Digital Theory, Email, Email Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, Management
• Mobile Minute [Video]: Are Smart Watches a Smart Move?Diego Larrea-Puemape
  Do we need yet another product category? If mobile phones became even more useful when they became smartphones, will the same happen to watches?
  Email, High-Tech Marketing, Local Marketing, Location-Based Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Smart Phones, Technology
• Big Data: What It Is, Why It's Important [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  The term "Big Data" keeps getting bandied about in business, but what does it mean exactly? And what makes data "big"? The following infographic by Wipro defines Big Data and ...
  Data, Demographics, Digital Marketing, Email, Twitter, YouTube
• Is Your Email Subject Line Creative... or Deceptive?DJ Waldow
  So where does the line get drawn between a creative, compelling email subject line and one that is deceptive (and, therefore, illegal)?
  Content, Content Marketing, Copywriting, Direct Marketing, Email, Email Marketing, Email Subject Lines, Humor, Obama, Writing

Email: Podcasts containing in-depth interviews with smart marketers from all walks of life.

• Email Marketing for Rebels: DJ Waldow and Jason Falls on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  All rumors to the contrary, email marketing is not dead or dying. In fact, email is thriving, according to DJ Waldow and his co-conspirator Jason Falls, co-authors of the forthcoming book, The Rebel's Guide to Email Marketing, which explodes many ...
  Email, Email Marketing, Email Service Providers, Email Subject Lines, Marketing Smarts, Testing

Email: Online seminar broadcasts from the best minds in marketing

• The New Email MarketerBroadcast on 5/14/2013 with Justin Orgel, Matt Schmitter
  As email continues to reign as one of the most profitable and successful marketing channels, today's email marketers are now expanding, embracing and integrating other channels into their email marketing programs. With email strategies often acting as connectors to website, mobile, social, print, and in-store strategies, email has become the hub in driving cross-channel integration.
  B2B Marketing, Email, Email Lists, Email Marketing
• MarketingProfs University: Developing an Email Strategy That Keeps People ConnectedBroadcast on 3/15/2012 with Morgan Stewart
  This PRO seminar and first class of MarketingProfs University's Email Marketing Master Course will identify the critical strategic elements for successful email programs, tie those elements to your specific business objectives, and demonstrate how to continually optimize your email program based on customer feedback.
  B2B Marketing, Customer-Centric, Customer Experience, Customer Relationships, Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Feedback, Marketing Strategy
• Subject Lines: The Hidden Impact on Email Subscriber BehaviorBroadcast on 8/18/2011 with Dela Quist
  Uncover the keys to developing a successful subject line strategy that focuses subscriber behavior over time during this PRO seminar. Learn why open rate alone doesn't indicate success.
  Creativity, Customer Behavior, Email, Email Marketing, Email Subject Lines, Writing

Email: Tutorials — tactical marketing know-how in just 10 minutes from subject matter experts

• Take 10: Three High Impact Email Marketing Tests You Can Implement TodayReleased on 10/26/2012 with Hunter Boyle
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to implement a few quick and easy high-impact tests that will garner results.
  Content, Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Take 10, Testing
• Take 10: Five Tips for Starting an E-Newsletter That People WantReleased on 3/2/2012 with Margie Clayman
  In just 10 minutes, learn the basics you need to know before you launch an e-newsletter: how to start (and grow) a list for your newsletter, how to create a manageable content plan for your newsletter, and how to retain your readers once you have them.
  Content, Content Marketing, Email, Email Marketing, Newsletters, Take 10

Email: Marketing downloads for the busy professional

• Email Success Stories: How 11 companies are pushing the (electronic) envelope
  Propel your email marketing efforts beyond the subject line. Read Email Success Stories: How 11 companies are pushing the (electronic) envelope to learn how to convert your emails into money-making machines.
  Branding, Case Studies, Customer Relationships, Email, Email Deliverability, Email Marketing, Lead Generation