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Keep your eye on your KPIs
March 22nd, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Here at e-shot we are totally committed to email marketing and the benefits it can bring your business. It is still one of the best performing...
The email marketing checklist
March 19th, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
As a busy marketer you always have 101 things on your plate. So it is only natural that occasionally things get overlooked or you don’t get to...
Top 20 reasons why email is the answer
March 16th, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Deciding where to spend your marketing budget is a serious business. You want to generate new leads while engaging your current customers, but you...
9 Do's and Don'ts of SMS marketing
March 12th, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Texts are about as personal as it gets in messaging space, much more personal than email or snail mail. The open stats and response figures for SMS...
Maximise event attendance with the help of SMS
February 26th, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Are events a cornerstone in your marketing strategy? Do you want your events filled to capacity? When you hold events, do you wish you could...
Email Automation in a Nutshell
February 23rd, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Email automations are a powerful and efficient way to get more out of your marketing.Use automation to increase:salesretention andrecall of your...
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...
Key Causes of disappointing deliverability
February 21st, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Are you experiencing a drop in opens and clicks and seeing an increase in bounces? Are you being blocked by an ISP? Lets start with a couple of...
Time to spring clean your data?
February 18th, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Research by Marketing Sherpa shows that a B2B database naturally degrades at a rate of 2.1% per month: that’s 22.5%, almost a quarter of the...
Using Automation to build brand awareness
February 15th, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Is your business missing lead opportunities because your prospects don’t know enough about what you offer? Are you looking for an efficient way to...
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...
Deliverability 101
January 23rd, 2018 - Sadie Burgess
Deliverability, also known as inbox placement, is a step before the usual open and click-through metrics that we marketing professionals determine...
SMS Marketing and GDPR
December 4th, 2017 - Sadie Burgess
There is no doubt that SMS marketing is a fast and effective way of communicating with your customers and prospects – just look back at some of our...
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...
The importance of personalising your email campaigns
August 14th, 2017 - Sadie Burgess
“Italian dressing with that” – the waiter remembers every time, leaving me feeling slightly special and with everything I could possibly want for...
The power of the preference centre
August 11th, 2017 - Sadie Burgess
Lurking at the base of every email sits the potential end to your email relationship with your contact – it is all so black and white – with one...
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...
Email A/B Testing Best Practices
July 1st, 2017 - Harry Thomas
A/B testing, also known as split testing, is a method of comparing two versions of an email (A and B) to see which one performs better. The A/B...
3 reasons you should be using email automation
May 25th, 2017 -
“Email Automation” has become a buzzword for 2017. If you’re a business owner and you are actively searching to increase the efficiency of your...
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