The main way to get people to open your email are recognition, reputation and subject line. One thing to keep in mind is how do you get your emails opened as it is easy to hit the “Delete” key. Below are common characteristics all great subject lines share: It needs to have something that is…

Here are our top tips for newsletter success: Keep It Relevant: Ensure your newsletters contain ‘news’ or content that is highly relevant to your subscribers. We recommend mailing list segmentation to achieve targeted marketing. Your newsletter communication can contain your special deals, new products services – as long as the information is relevant to your…

“Junk war rages on despite spam act” “NZ Anti-Spam Law Seen as Ineffective” and on and on…. One thing that still bugs me to this day is most people (who should know better) in  the email marketing/ISP sector believing that the NZ Anti-SPAM Act will somehow magically reduce the amount of SPAM Kiwi’s will receive….

I almost fell off my chair with laughter after reading this press release on scoop today. Below is an extract of the press release. “New Zealand’s largest printing services company, PMP NZ Limited, predicts the introduction of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act will boost an already buoyant unaddressed media market, and provide great opportunities for…

“What information should I keep about consent and for how long? ” Below is the data our Mobilize Mail system captures for each subscriber. The subscriber data is kept in our system for as long as the client is with us. I recommend you keep the same amount of information as well – it might…

Delivering regular emails to your mailing lists with relevant information provides a higher open rate. With your emails professionally presented in a branded template subtle advertising of your business is the net result each time you deliver your email campaign. However ‘subtle’ this advertising may be the Return on Investment (ROI) for creating and delivering…

A missed opportunity – increase your mailing list registrations. Many businesses are missing out on growing their mailing lists daily. A proven method of getting more people on your email mailing list is to put your registration information boldly on your homepage. Either present an animated banner that clicks through to a dedicated registration page…

  Working smarter not harder – it’s not as easy as it sounds except when it comes to email marketing. Whether you run a business as a marketer for your clients products or services or you are promoting your own, the job is made a lot easier when you can measure the results with email…

It will not be a surprise to learn that the number one way to get people to open your email is to send email to people that know  you.  An Email Consumer Survey conducted by Return Path in December 2006 also revealed that 51 percent of people surveyed opened email when they had thought they…

An interesting report on how fonts can create a perception in the subscribers mind on the author and the email content. The study showed a number of interesting facts but unless you get really excited reading scientific documents full of big words and math just read the summary below. “Summary: This study investigated the effect…