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Black Friday lessons for B2B marketing

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Black Friday lessons for B2B marketing

November 5th, 2020 - Dan Hare

Is there room for Black Friday promotions in the world of B2B marketing?If so, what lessons can we learn from the retail world?Black Friday has...

Email planning checklist

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Email planning checklist

October 6th, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

This simple one-pager will help serve as a prompt to ensure that you have thought of everything as you devise your campaign.  Use this in...

How to intelligently generate leads from webinar attendees and virtual events

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How to intelligently generate leads from webinar attendees and virtual events

October 2nd, 2020 - Dan Hare

The ongoing COVID-19 situation has had a devastating effect on many industries, but one in particular that faces a particularly bleak outlook is...

The e-shot webinar webinar - watch the video

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The e-shot webinar webinar - watch the video

October 1st, 2020 - Dan Hare

On 1st October we held our Webinar webinar. Webinars have become an essential part of the B2B marketing mix and 73% of marketers say they are the...

A picture paints a thousand words, but that's just half the story - Effective use of imagery in email

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A picture paints a thousand words, but that's just half the story - Effective use of imagery in email

September 10th, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

An issue that is hotly debated by our team of email geeks is the role of imagery within email and, more importantly, how critical (or not)...

If you build it... They will come

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If you build it... They will come

August 19th, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

Unfortunately it is not as easy as that – and in the current climate it is even more important to ensure that you get it right. What am I talking...

Webinar email checklist

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Webinar email checklist

August 16th, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

Webinars work and when done well can be extremely cost effective tools – having been favoured by ‘growth hackers’ for some time. Indeed, according...

Making accessibility accessible

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Making accessibility accessible

August 3rd, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

From 23 September 2020, all public sector organisations have a legal duty to make sure websites meet accessibility requirements.The Minister for...

Ask the experts, episode 2 - July Webinar recording

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Ask the experts, episode 2 - July Webinar recording

July 12th, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

On 9th July we held our second Ask the Experts Q&A webinar. In this webinar recording, our two experts, Dan Hare from e-shot and Alex Hilditch...

Marketing through the coronavirus and beyond

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Marketing through the coronavirus and beyond

June 24th, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

Without warning and without choice, brands and retailers have had to adapt to a pandemic that no one saw coming. Even though restrictions on...

Ask the experts, episode 1 - Webinar recording

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Ask the experts, episode 1 - Webinar recording

May 21st, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

On 20th May we held our first Ask the Experts Q&A webinar. In this webinar recording, two experts, Dan Hare from e-shot and Alex Hilditch from...

10 Questions every email marketer has asked at least once…

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10 Questions every email marketer has asked at least once…

May 19th, 2020 - Sadie Burgess

There are a number of questions that every email marketer has asked themselves at one stage or another - and although the questions sound easy the...

Email pre-flight checklist

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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...

Addressing all aspects of the sales funnel with email, with Tim Watson

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Addressing all aspects of the sales funnel with email, with Tim Watson

June 21st, 2019 - Sadie Burgess

This week we are talking to the inimitable Tim Watson from Zettasphere about addressing the needs of every stage of the funnel with broadcast and...

Maintaining your email marketing database

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Maintaining your email marketing database

February 22nd, 2019 - Dan Hare

Your email marketing database is like a plant. It needs to be continually fed, watered and pruned if it is to stay in good health, yet...

Date-driven campaigns cheat sheet

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Date-driven campaigns cheat sheet

February 12th, 2019 - Dan Hare

It is true that marketing automation can be complex, but we recommend that you start with proven campaigns that are both high impact and simple to...

Automated series cheat sheet

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Automated series cheat sheet

January 10th, 2019 - Dan Hare

If you are new to marketing automation, these best practice examples will give you some ideas of where to begin. They are all high impact, low...

Perfecting your preview text

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Perfecting your preview text

January 8th, 2019 - Sadie Burgess

Do you use preview text in your email marketing campaigns?Your contacts will generally spend about 2 seconds deciding whether they open your email...

Perfecting personalisation

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Perfecting personalisation

October 16th, 2018 - Sadie Burgess

Personalisation is more than simply inserting someone’s name into your emails, although this is an easy place to start. Dale Carnegie, author of...

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