On-Demand Webinar: The Future…Delayed – The Forces that Keep Brands from Being Aligned with Consumer Behaviors

The Future...Delayed: The Forces that Keep Brands from Being Aligned with Consumer Behaviors

The goal of every brand is to be relevant to consumers and aligned with consumer behaviors. That’s why brands launched ecommerce sites as the internet became an increasingly common place to shop. That’s why brands made their emails mobile-friendly as smartphones became an increasingly common way to read emails. And that’s why…

Subject Line Writing: 6 Trends that Are Driving Strategy Changes

6 Ways that Subject Line Writing Has Changed

Have your subject line writing strategies and tactics kept up with the times? Check and see if you’re accounting for these six changes in subject line writing, going from the oldest to the newest trend: Subject lines need to work with preview text. Subject lines can include many more visual elements. Subject…

The California Consumer Privacy Act Add to Pressure for a New National Standard

The California Consumer Privacy Act and the Increasing Pressure for a New National Standard

First there was the Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL), which went into effect in 2014. Then there was the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect in 2018. Now, after years of major corporate data breaches and the Cambridge Analytica scandal, stronger privacy and data protection laws are taking hold…

Email Annotations in the Gmail Promotions Tab: Opportunities and Concerns

Email Annotations in the Gmail Promotions Tab: Opportunities and Concerns

Google’s mission is to sift through the ocean of data out there and bubble up the most critical information so you can find it more easily. They do that in their search results and they increasingly do that in Gmail, whether it’s through Gmail Highlights, featuring the “Top Deals” in the Promotions…

The Last Word on July 2019

A roundup of email marketing articles, posts, and tweets you might have missed last month… Must-read articles, posts & reports British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach (BBC) Cultivate Lasting Customer Relationships Through Loyalty Programs (CMS Wire) Tinder Inspired Interactive Email: Interview With Penguin Random House (Email on Acid) Email…