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Keep It Clean! Scrub Your List Like You Scrub Your Dishes
This morning I scrubbed the pot from last night’s dinner. You know the kind of scrubbing I mean: Down and dirty with the scouring pad because remnants of dinner were affixed to the sides of the pot. See, I didn’t scrub it the night before. I was too worn out. So it sat overnight. And dried. Thoroughly. As I was scrubbing the stubborn dried on gook, trying to return the inside of the pot to the […]
Be an Email Expert With This Online Campaign Planner
If you’re tackling major email marketing initiatives but you’re not quite the email expert on it all, here’s a tool from MarketingProfs.com you might find useful: The SmartTools: Email Campaign Planner. Using the SmartTools: Email Campaign Planner, you simply follow the steps to go from idea to campaign to metrics. The tool will guide you every step of the way. It’s almost like working with an email expert by your side as you use the tool […]
They’re not Against You: The ISPs Are on Your Team!
When your legitimate emails are blocked or you find your company graylisted, it can be easy to start thinking the ISPs are against you, or maybe against your email service provider. But they’re not against you! The ISPs really are your friends. They want to get your emails delivered to the people that want them, they really do. They are blocking spam in order to serve who? Their customers. And in serving their customers, part of […]
Email Integration 101: What You Need to Know
Email integration is important because the data that allows you to be relevant is always residing in other systems. And relevancy is key to engagement is key to email marketing ROI. However, not all integrations are the same. Differences include the amount of data, types of data and speed of data transfer. All of these factors can impact your results, so you must be sure your email integration is delivering what you need. Although they might […]
“He’s Just Not That Into You”
A few years ago, the best-selling self-help book “He’s Just Not That Into You” was all the rage, teaching single women everywhere to recognize the signs of a disinterested man rather than make excuses for him. The book tried to make clear that it wasn’t necessarily that a guy is too busy, or too shy, or too scared after a bad relationship to reciprocate her feelings and attention. Rather, the book explained, often that guy just […]
Understanding Your Email Integration Options
If you’re looking into email integration to get your email marketing working side-by-side with your social media marketing, here’s a MarketingProfs.com article that will help you understand how to (and why to) leverage the different channels. Although it’s written by Guy Kawasaki on why he loves Google+, the article gives his take on each social media channel. Kawasaki compares the newbie Google+ to the other major social options: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. He says Twitter equals perceptions, […]
Yaaawwwn….Are You the Cause of That List Fatigue?
List fatigue is what happens when people get tired of hearing from you. Their name might be on your in-house email list for a bona fide reason, but they are done with those emails. Bored by them. Don’t want them any longer. Thank you very much but good bye. The other day, we talked about the signs, so you can recognize list fatigue before it gets out of control and leads to a diminishing email marketing […]
Is Your Email Tiring? How to Spot List Fatigue
It’s easy to play ostrich with email. We can spend all kinds of time upfront on email design and copywriting, refining subject lines and calls to action, crafting strategies and offers, but in the end, it’s what happens at the inbox that really matters. And we need to pay attention. Sure, we still have all the time required upfront on the design and offers, but we also need to spend a lot of time looking at […]
Write 600 Posts on Email Solutions and Issues? Yes, We Did!
You’re looking at our 600th blog post. Yes, the Whitelist turns 600 posts old today. We have been blogging on email solutions and issues for four years now, striving to educate, inform and entertain. The result? A massive library of content you can turn to at any time. If you’re ever stumped by email marketing challenges, try searching this email marketing blog for answers. You’ll find links to other industry experts, our own hard-won email expert insight, […]