Email Marketing RulesMarketing Book Podcast: ‘A Lot of Structural Changes to How Email Marketing Works’
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…
91 Days Success Podcast: Email Marketing Unleashed
I join Jonathan Mast, the host of the 91 Days Success Podcast, to chat about how to use email marketing wisely, strategically, and productively. During the 50-minute podcast, we talk about: How I got my start in email marketing Why I wrote the 1st edition of Email Marketing Rules Why I’ve now…
Generative AI for Email Personalization: A Hallucination Wrapped in Confusion
Let me be blunt: We are so far away from generative AI writing personalized emails in any meaningful way. So very far. Yet, I keep hearing people suggest that generative AI will be writing highly personalized emails to individuals in the not-too-distant future. I don’t think this is a realistic expectation at…
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…
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…
Email Marketing Trends for 2023: Proven Essentials
Email marketing is constantly evolving, so it can be difficult to know where to invest your time and energy from year to year. It’s extra challenging in turbulent times like these, when the economic environment, consumer behaviors, and business goals are shifting rapidly. To help you prioritize your email marketing efforts this…
Creating & Maintaining Effective Automated Campaigns
Automations are among the highest performing campaigns a brand can send, dramatically outperforming broadcast campaigns. That’s despite typically representing less than 5% of a brand’s campaign volume, and receiving far less attention than they deserve considering their contributions to revenue versus other campaigns. For instance, triggered and transactional emails generate 20% or…
Email Marketing Trends for 2023: 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. It’s extra challenging in turbulent times like these, when the economic environment, consumer behaviors, and business goals are shifting rapidly. To help you prioritize your email marketing efforts this…
Navigating the Post-Holiday Season: Gift Returns, Customer Debt, & Gift Cards
The holiday season doesn’t end on Christmas Day—or even at the end of December. The ripple effects of the holidays can be felt well into the New Year. Some of those effects are negative, such as gift returns and holiday-accumulated consumer debt. And some of them are positive, such as increased gift…
First Quarter 2023 Holiday Marketing Quarterly
The holiday season doesn’t have an off-season. Having a successful holiday season means executing a successful four-quarter strategy. Oracle Marketing Consulting’s Holiday Marketing Quarterly gives you a quarter-by-quarter plan for how to achieve more during the critical holiday season with your digital marketing efforts. The first quarter is focused on seizing opportunities,…
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 at Oracle Marketing Consulting
Author of Email Marketing Rules
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