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Using email to recruit foster carer families
May 16th, 2024 -
The decision-making process for someone considering becoming a foster carer can be anywhere from 3 months to 3 years. Throughout this time email...
Best practice Public Sector email-marketing
A garden waste campaign that was anything but rubbish
May 9th, 2024 -
Whether your council is launching a paid-for garden waste service for the first time or wants to increase subscriber numbers, a well-planned and...
AI in email marketing
March 19th, 2024 - Jakub Gacon
While AI brings the potential of endless and sometimes game-changing possibilities to email marketing, it also comes with some risks and should be...
email-marketing Best practice Resources
Dark mode optimisation checklist
March 10th, 2024 - Sadie Burgess
Optimising your email design to give a great experience in either light or dark mode is not as hard as you might think. Just a few simple changes...
Designing forms for gender diversity and inclusion
February 20th, 2023 - Sadie Burgess
We understand how asking about someone's gender on a form can be a sensitive and controversial issue. Gender is a personal characteristic, and...
The ABC of CTAs
December 22nd, 2022 - Sadie Burgess
The call to action (or CTA) is one of the most important elements of an email. Whether you’re writing a newsletter, marketing email, fundraising...
Public Sector News email-marketing
New email library for national campaign toolkits
November 30th, 2022 - Sadie Burgess
On 30th November at #CommsAcad 2022, LGcomms and e-shot launched a new resource for LGcomms members. Have you noticed that in many of the national...
Building successful behavioural change campaigns
October 18th, 2022 - Sadie Burgess
Many government communications seek to change behaviours in order to implement government policy or improve society.The objective of most behaviour...
Using video in your email marketing campaigns
July 26th, 2022 - Sadie Burgess
Video is engaging and entertaining, and by simply mentioning video in your subject line, you can increase your campaign’s open rate by around...
Are you thinking mobile first?
July 19th, 2022 - Harry Thomas
As marketers the term ‘Mobile first’ is often thrown around. Mobile first, put simply refers to the process of designing an online experience for...
email-marketing Deliverability
Allowlisting: How it works and why you should encourage it
February 28th, 2022 - Sadie Burgess
With the sending of marketing emails on mass being a regular occurrence, and in many cases unsolicited (based on Legitimate Interest in B2B), many...
email-marketing Best practice Resources
Email pre-flight checklist
March 12th, 2020 - Sadie Burgess
We all know the feeling, that moment just before you hit send - but all that could be set to change. With out pre-flight checklist you can be...
Deliverability email-marketing
Blocklisting - What it means and what to do about it
January 31st, 2020 - Dan Hare
A blocklist (previously known as blacklist - see https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/terminology-its-not-black-and-white) from an email marketing...
Which is the best image format for email?
June 14th, 2019 - Sadie Burgess
Images can be rendered in a plethora of file formats – JPG, PNG, EPS, GIF, TIFF, BMP and more. But which is the right format for your mail? Which...
Deliverability email-marketing
Rise of the machines - A definitive guide to bots
June 6th, 2019 - Dan Hare
We are under threat from robots and artificially intelligent programs designed to stop us. Yes, like some dystopian sci-fi thriller, the world of...
10 top tips for subject line success
June 19th, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Crafting an attention-grabbing subject line that guarantees your email is opened is the Holy Grail for email marketers. Just look at how many...
The ABC of AB Testing subject lines
February 22nd, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Email campaigns are a great way to get both new and repeat business. Your contact base is already pre-qualified as they have opted in to hearing...
Hard Bounces vs soft bounces and what to do with them
January 23rd, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
We’re going back to basics for this piece to define some terms that are key to understanding deliverability.What is the difference between a hard...
7 tips to make social media and email marketing work together
August 18th, 2017 - Sadie Burgess
Both social media and email have proved themselves as vital parts of any successful marketing strategy. Yet a lot of marketers prioritize one over...
Personalise your email marketing with dynamic content
July 6th, 2017 - Sadie Burgess
Personalisation in marketing is not a new term. In fact, personalisation in email marketing has become standard. With customers increasing...
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