Email Marketing RulesApple & Yahoo Back 2 Worrisome Trends for Email Marketers
Marketers have reasons to be concerned by the upcoming inbox changes that were announced by Apple on June 10 and Yahoo on June 11. Those changes entail Apple adding tabs to Apple Mail, and both Apple and Yahoo adding AI-generated summaries to emails. Let’s talk in more detail about each and what…
What Email Marketers Should Be Upset About
There’s no shortage of things in email marketing to be irritated about. The lack of email coding standards, the inconsistent email rendering, the partial support for CSS-based interactivity, the partial support of AMP for email, inconsistent implementations of dark mode, how expensive BIMI VMCs are,… Marketers have also been perpetually frustrated by…
Email Annotations & Schema: ‘Automatic Extraction’ & Controlling Your Preview Content
To help users get answers quickly, search engine providers display Featured Snippets and other summaries that increase the chance a user won’t actually have to click any of the search results. Google and Yahoo are extending this same philosophy to their email inbox services by occasionally adding previews to commercial emails. Gmail…
Voice Assistants Reading Emails: How to Create Voice-Friendly Campaigns
Accessibility and inclusive design have become major digital marketing design trends as brands recognize the need to be more welcoming and considerate of consumers with a wider range of needs. Making email campaigns more voice-friendly is one element of this effort. However, it’s not without some contradictions and compromises. Let’s look at…
Inc.: Want Higher Open Rates? Send Good Emails Consistently
ZeroBounce’s Email Statistics Report for 2024 is full of interesting insights about consumers’ inbox and email behaviors, but one of the more interesting ones is this: 47% of people stated that the primary reason they open all emails from a brand is that the brand always sends them relevant messages. In reading…
Email Marketing Trends for 2024: Competitive Differentiators
Email marketing is constantly evolving, so it can be difficult to know where to invest your time and energy from year to year. Just a few of the recent changes and challenges that email marketers have had to deal with include: Economic uncertainty caused by high interest rates New deliverability requirements from…
Email Marketing Trends for 2024: Unproven Opportunities
Email marketing is constantly evolving, so it can be difficult to know where to invest your time and energy from year to year. Just a few of the recent changes and challenges that email marketers have had to deal with include: Economic uncertainty caused by high interest rates New deliverability requirements from…
A Year of Email Subject Lines: Seasonal Inspiration from 2023
A catchy, yet descriptive subject line can give your campaign a sizable boost. One way to stand out and be more relevant is to have a hook that’s connected to a holiday, season, or occasion—like the nearly 1,000 we highlight in our 2024 Content Calendar Assistant. To inspire you, we’ve pulled together…
Black Friday Week: 3 Key Email Marketing Insights
The time period from the start of the week of Black Friday through Cyber Monday is the critical beating heart of the holiday season for business-to-consumer brands. Here are three key takeaways for retail and ecommerce marketers: Seize the opportunity to get in front of eager buyers Expand your email audience…carefully Maximize…
Holiday Email Subject Line Insights to Boost Your Campaign Results
Email campaign mailing frequency rises dramatically during the holiday season, putting more pressure on subject lines to quickly connect with subscribers and kick off a positive and profitable interaction. Based on an analysis of subject lines and campaign performance from a selection of retail and other B2C brands using Oracle Responsys from…
Welcome! Email Marketing Rules is your guide to understanding the best practices of this complex, often misunderstood channel as you craft the best executions for your brand. Every week, we’ll explore strategies and tactics, discuss tips and inspiration, and dig into industry news and trends.
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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