Third Quarter 2024 Holiday Marketing Quarterly
The holiday season doesn’t have an off-season. Having a successful holiday season means executing a successful year-round strategy. Oracle’s Holiday Marketing Quarterly gives you a quarter-by-quarter plan for how to achieve more during this critical time of the year. The third quarter is focused on the final prep for the start of…
Effective Customer Messaging during a Weather Emergency
Extreme weather events like blizzards, hurricanes, and wildfires are unfortunately becoming much more common. Brands should be prepared to send their customers messages to help them both prepare for these events and stay informed afterward. Let’s discuss some key issues that go into creating effective customer messaging during a weather emergency. >>…
When to Hit Pause on Your Digital Marketing Campaigns
Sadly, brands have faced an increasing number of circumstances in which they’ve decided it was in their best interest to cancel or delay their digital marketing campaigns, either on a national or regional basis. At the same time, in the heat of the moment, some brands have failed to pause their campaigns…
8 Reasons to Pause Your Digital Marketing Campaigns
The Sept. 8 passing of Queen Elizabeth II prompted many UK brands to suspend their email, SMS, social media, and other digital marketing campaigns out of reverence and respect—as well as out of fear of coming across as insensitive if they were to continue with business as usual. Such moves are wise,…
Digital Marketers Are Afraid to Make Mistakes: 4 Negative Repercussions
Basketball hall of famer and greatest of all time Michael Jordan once said, “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that…
Holiday Marketing Quarterly: Third Quarter 2021 Checklist
Oracle’s Holiday Marketing Quarterly gives B2C brands a quarter-by-quarter checklist for how to achieve more during the critical holiday season with their email marketing and other digital marketing channels. Along with guidance on planning, strategy, and prioritization, you’ll get advice and tips from some of Oracle Marketing Consulting’s more than 500 digital…
Do I Need to Send an Apology Email Because of This?
In the world of email marketing, mistakes are inevitable. Learn what to do if you when you make a mistake by watching this short video. During the first 5 minutes or less, you’ll determine whether you need to send a correction or apology email. You’ll also determine whether you need to send…
Seasonal Adjustment to Make to Your Automated Campaigns to Stay Relevant
“Automated campaigns—whether sent via email, SMS, or mobile push—perform so well that they’re often overlooked as not needing attention,” says Jennifer Lancaster Dana, Vice President, Oracle CX Marketing Consulting. “However, it’s because of their high engagement and conversion rates that we should be constantly giving automated campaigns extra attention and trying to…
Webbula: Roundup for Email Marketing Holiday Tips
The holiday season is just around the corner, so Webbula invited me and 10 other digital marketing experts to share their tips for how to prepare for what will surely be an unusually risk-filled holiday season. My advice focuses on three areas: How the shape of the holiday season is likely to…