From the page: " Trendspottings does it right. By emulating their approach you can improve your eNewsletter results."
I've got to admit, the visual for this newsletter is really, really, really good.
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While there is no single element or component that accounts for a mailing’s long-term chances, analysis of long-term controls received by the Who’s Mailing What! Archive—a direct mail library and competitive tracking service—reveals one common messaging tactic: a strong emotional appeal. Here are three examples of long-standing control packages an
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Premiums are known to boost open rates, response, cash with order and other kinds of consumer behavior. Read on for a few good tricks to using these gifts well in direct mail packages.
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In his book, The Age Curve: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm, Kenneth W. Gronbach tells a story about stopping at the top of his driveway to retrieve the mail, getting back in the car and hearing his two daughters—aged 13 and 16—excitedly ask what came for them. Both, it turned out, received direct-mail offers from their favorite cl
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Despite the fact this plugs a neat postal service (UK only), it makes some good points on complacency - i.e. marketing spend on new clients can be a waste if you gain 10% more clients a year, yet lose 10% of existing clients by ignoring them.
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Hard-sell or soft-sell approach in your copy? What's the best way to go?
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Email marketing analytics have led Dela Quist, CEO of London shop Alchemy Worx, to discover a sweet spot for how long subject lines should be.
He says open rates climb when the subject lines are in the 50-character range or 80-character range. But, perhaps counterintuitively, they fall in the middle when the length is 60 or 70.
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Denny Hatch, direct marketing guru, describes his unpleasant Kindle moment.
"My Kindle arrived last week, and, in a word, Amazon’s fulfillment stinks."
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When working on the promotion of your website, one thing you need to consider is that the traffic you receive and your presence on the major search engines is not the whole story! You need to ensure that all that extra traffic is converting to sales for you. There is no benefit to your business if you're not making the sales/generating the busine
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Need a little help writing your next direct mail letter or web copy? This is a great summary of the steps needed for effective copywriting. Includes solid examples.
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Excellent audio interview and practical free or low-cost business growth ideas that work
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Who do consumers trust?
Increasingly, each other.
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Multichannel trigger marketing uses customer behaviors (internal triggers) and outside factors, such as seasons and life-cycle data (external triggers), to develop timely, relevant, one-to-one communications. Trigger marketing campaigns take advantage of both print and online vehicles to encourage a specific consumer response.
As 100% variable
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