When a business has its email marketing strategy sorted the best way to see how each part of the strategy performs is to utilize A/B split testing and as you would expect mailPDQ allows you to do just that. This split testing allows you to test a multitude of differing variables, you’ll want to test things …
What makes a great email?
This is a question we are often asked, as though some form of ‘great’ will by default lead to a conversion/action by the recipient. So what is the secret what make a great email? Well we’d have to say in our experience it is a collection of different actions that when rolled into one email …
How to get your emails opened and read
So you build a great email, send it to the right audience yet they haven’t opened it, why you may ask, well we think this can be split into three reasons why… It hasn’t been seen yet, maybe the recipient is just busy It has been ignored Its been seen and deleted without even being …
Sentences you shouldn’t include in an email campaign
When we’re called into businesses to review previous business email marketing campaigns we often see one’s that just fail and the business owners can’t see why. They can’t understand that a recipient isn’t going to spend the whole day reading and replying to all the emails they’ve received, they have more important things to do. So …
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Your 2017 Email Marketing Strategy
With the year rapidly coming to a close, it’s time to start considering your 2017 email marketing strategy, if you haven’t already done so. Those gurus who prematurely announced the demise of email marketing as an effective marketing strategy, are now being forced to acknowledge that it’s still the real workhorse of marketing, especially in …
6 top email marketing tips for Christmas
Christmas is coming is your business ready for the challenge of what should be the best time of the year if you’re a retailer. In some cases Christmas can be the make or break for a business, they need the surge in Christmas trading to make the real profit. With so much at stake for …
Why categorizing your business data is best practice
When you’re just starting out with your own small business, you might be tempted to keep all of your data in one or two files for the sake of convenience. This includes your sales records, leads, clients, prospects, and anything else that is related to your business. Unfortunately for the many business owners out there …
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Sales Automation best practices
Using Sales Automation or a full customer relationship management system gives you the ability to better stay in tune with the needs of your customers. It also harnesses the power of data gathering, outreach, social media and can be coordinated with all of the functions of your business such as accounting, budgeting and forecasting, sales and …
Email Marketing tips for Small Businesses
Email marketing is an easy way for small businesses to communicate and build loyalty and trust with their customers. Previously, direct marketing was incredibly expensive and only feasible for large businesses but, over the last few years we have seen a dramatic change and these are our Email Marketing tips for Small Businesses The cost of …
Is your email marketing failing to convert?
When email marketing is used correctly the results can be remarkable. But for a huge number of businesses their email marketing is failing to convert. You may be thinking “what’s the worst that can happen?” Well, actually, quite a few bad things can happen if you do get it wrong. Firstly, you will miss out on gaining …
Your 2016 Email Marketing Strategy
Whether you are choosing to give up smoking, go to the gym or spend more time with loved ones, many people will come up with a few New Year’s resolutions for their personal lives. But, how many businesses make resolutions too? No where near as many, I’m sure you would agree. However, New Year is …
Your Christmas Email Newsletter Plan
Most eCommerce businesses find that Christmas email newsletters provide them with the perfect opportunity to touch base with their valued customers, boost conversion rates and sales, and spread good cheer throughout their community of readers. However, they also report the importance of preparation and planning is key to any successful campaign. So, here are a …