Email Marketing RulesAccepting that You Can’t Change People… or Subscribers or Inbox Providers
You can’t change people. You can only change how you react to them. That is something we say a lot in our household. It’s a hard-won pearl of wisdom from years of working with therapists so my wife and I can be better parents to our autistic son, be better spouses to…
The Best Use Cases for Unique Generative AI-Crafted Emails, Unfortunately
I’m hearing about more and more startups and other tech providers offering brands the ability to use generative AI to create unique marketing emails tailored to individual recipients based on collected data. While there’s undoubtedly a range of potential uses for this kind of capability, I see two as being the most…
CSS-Based Interactive Emails: Use Cases & Considerations
Email interactivity brings common web and app experiences into the inbox. In addition to allowing brands to more efficiently use limited real estate in emails, especially above the fold, interactivity significantly lowers the barrier for subscribers to act. While it may seem like an email interaction and an email click would be…
AI-Generated Code: Generative AI Concerns & Opportunities for Marketers
Ready or not, we’re rapidly heading into a world where generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Dall-E, and others do more of marketers’ day-to-day work. That transition is not much in question. The only question is how well your organization makes that transition. To make that transition as smoothly as possible, we recommend…
Hot Digital Marketing Redesign Trends: Changes Brands Are Making Now
At Oracle Marketing Consulting, we’re constantly involved in major redesigns of our clients’ digital marketing campaigns. From year to year, the themes and trends driving redesigns change. Here are the biggest factors propelling brands to undergo redesigns right now: More Content Driven by Machine Learning & AI More Live Content Adapting to…
6 of My All-Time Favorite Quotes about Marketing
In the new 4th edition of Email Marketing Rules, I include quotes from scores of experts who have impacted how I think about the email channel, as well as about marketing in general. Here, I’d like to share six of my favorite quotes along with the wisdom I see in them. In…
Email Newsletters: 9 New Best Practices
Nothing in email marketing is static, because ESP technology, inbox providers, and—most importantly—consumers are constantly changing. That change extends to the email newsletter, a mainstay of B2B marketing and a growing player in B2C marketing, too. To get a read on the latest newsletter trends, I spoke with our Creative Services and…
AI-Generated Images: Generative AI Concerns & Opportunities for Marketers
Ready or not, we’re rapidly heading into a world where generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Dall-E, and others do more of marketers’ day-to-day work. That transition is not much in question. The only question is how well your organization makes that transition. To make that transition as smoothly as possible, we recommend…
Email & Coffee Podcast: ‘The Strategy Comes First’
I join Joi Brooks, the host of the Email & Coffee Podcast, to chat about email marketing strategy. During our conversation, we talk about… Email marketing education The biggest design tip to drive results Building interest and nurturing B2B leads Desiloing marketing and omnichannel customer behavior The critical zero stage of email…
Digital Marketing Redesigns: Our Process for Success
No brand is static. Its business priorities and goals are always evolving. Its technological and channel capabilities are evolving. And its audience and competitors are evolving. One of the ways to stay appropriately positioned in the midst of all of those evolving factors is to do regular digital marketing redesigns. But what…
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Chad S. White
Head of Research
Oracle Digital Experience Agency
Author of Email Marketing Rules and nearly 4,000 articles about digital and email marketing
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