Author: Tom

Drip campaigns are a great way to engage newly subscribed users and increase the value of your mailing list. They’re known by a vast number of monikers – drip campaigns, automated emails, lifecycle emails, autoresponders and marketing automation – but the concept is the same. They’re a set of marketing emails that will be sent out automatically on a schedule. These emails can be applied to a vast number of businesses and you’ve probably received hundreds of examples in your own inbox. E-commerce businesses often use…Continue Reading “5 examples on how you can make the most of drip campaigns” →

In case you missed it, today is Valentine’s day. In 2016, romantic individuals spent over £518m on gifts for loved ones – so it’s unsurprising that brands are keen to grab a piece of the action. Our inbox has been overflowing this morning with marketing emails, desperate to rescue their customers from an after work trip to the petrol station for flowers. Here’s a round-up of just a few of our favourites and what we think they did well. Boohoo.com Subject Line: Who Needs Flowers When You…Continue Reading “Valentines emails we love ❤” →

In 2013 Gmail introduced its new website design, complete with the ‘Promotions Tab’. By introducing tabs, such as Promotions and Updates, they made it easier to focus on messages that are important and read emails of the same type at once. The tabbed approach certainly does help users find and classify their mail appropriately; no more sifting past hundreds of newsletters and order confirmations to find an email from a loved one. For email marketers, the Gmail Promotions tab can be incredibly painful – particularly when sending…Continue Reading “Avoiding the Gmail promotions tab” →