12 Trends a-Trending: What to Plan for This Holiday Season

12 Trends a-Trending: What to Plan for This Holiday Season

The 2023 holiday season is shaping up to be as dynamic and turbulent as the past few have been. But knowing what to expect and proper planning can help make the best of another tough holiday season. Here are our predictions for 12 trends to account for in your holiday campaign planning…

5 Foundational Marketing Books You Need to Read

5 Foundational Marketing Books You Need to Read

Here at Oracle Marketing Consulting, we know we’re only as good as our ideas and our ability to execute. In other words, we’re only as good as our people. That means we not only aim to hire the most talented strategists, designers, analysts, coders, and account managers around, we are also constantly…

Is Your Brand Trusted Significantly More than ChatGPT?

Is Your Brand Trusted Significantly More Than ChatGPT?

The answer to that question will determine which brands truly have credibility and authority in the years ahead and which do not. Those who are more trustworthy than generative AI engines like ChatGPT will: Be destinations for answer-seekers, generating strong direct traffic to their websites and robust app usage Be able to…

Sinch CX Education Podcast: Bridging the Gap between Omnichannel Marketing & CX

Sinch CX Education Podcast- Bridging the Gap between Omnichannel Marketing & CX

“We are constantly chasing consumer expectations, and omnichannel is a big one where we’ve been way behind for a very long time, so the urgency to catch up is real.” That’s a snippet from my conversation with Sinch CX Education Podcast host Gwen Lafage, where we focus on embracing an omnichannel marketing…

Marketing Book Podcast: ‘A Lot of Structural Changes to How Email Marketing Works’

The Marketing Book Podcast - The 4th edition of Email Marketing Rules

Six years after being on the Marketing Book Podcast to discuss the 3rd edition of Email Marketing Rules, I rejoin host Douglas Burdett to talk about the new 4th edition. During our 1 hour and 17 minute conversation, we cover a wide range of topics, including: What’s new in the 4th edition…

10 Years of Email Marketing Rules: What’s Changed & What’s Next

10 Years of Email Marketing Rules: What’s Changed & What’s Next

Anytime I see someone complain that email marketing is old and hasn’t changed in decades, it just confirms for me that they don’t know anything about email marketing. The truth is that the channel has changed dramatically. These changes are top of mind for me personally as I just marked the 10-year…

Email & Coffee Podcast: ‘The Strategy Comes First’

Coffee & Email podcast

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…

How Much Harder Has Email Marketing Become?

How Much Harder Has Email Marketing Become?

I celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the 1st edition of my book, Email Marketing Rules, last month by releasing an updated and greatly expanded 4th edition. A few stats: The 4th edition has 53% more must-follow and recommended rules than the 1st edition (184 vs. 120) The 4th edition’s glossary contains 143%…

The 5 Biggest Changes from a Decade of Email Marketing Change

The 5 Biggest Changes from a Decade of Email Marketing Change

Anytime I see someone complaining about how email marketing is old and hasn’t changed in decades, it just confirms for me that they don’t know anything about email marketing. The truth is that email marketing has undergone tremendous changes, even just in the past 10 years. This has been top of mind…

The Biggest Shifts in Email Marketing Trends for 2023

The Biggest Shifts in Email Marketing Trends for 2023

The turbulence of the past few years has heavily influenced recent email marketing priorities and is shaping the trends that will dominate 2023. We can see those shifts in the results of our fourth-annual Email Marketing Trends Survey, where we surveyed Oracle Marketing Consulting’s more than 500 digital marketing experts about the…