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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Comm100 joins global watchdog group

Comm100, an enterprise level communications solution, has joined the ranks of the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG), a group set up to help identify problem areas in email and mobile marketing to better protect consumers and businesses. >>

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

American Airlines email takes off with abandoned cart trigger program

The creation of an automated abandoned shopping cart trigger email program has proved highly successful for American Airlines with conversion, open, and click-through rates substantially higher than for standard fare sale campaigns. >>

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Tool to track sales teams launched

CampaignerCRM has launched a new tool set up to track sales professionals throughout the sales funnel, giving businesses more insight into trends surrounding a campaign. >>

Monday, April 08, 2013

Boost email CTRs with social sharing buttons

The incidence of social sharing buttons in email messages is becoming more and more common, according to the latest research from GetResponse, and for good reason. Email marketers that include social sharing buttons are experiencing far higher click-through rates than those that don't. >>

Friday, April 05, 2013

Email success reliant on mobile optimization

Companies that fail to optimize email campaigns for viewing on a mobile device are significantly undermining their chances of successful consumer engagement, according to much recent research. >>

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Email sent late at night generates triple average ROI

Recent analysis from Experian CheetahMail in North America reveals that emails sent late at night not only experience higher open and click-through rates, but also generate triple the overall average return on investment. >>

Monday, March 25, 2013

Consumers respond to triggered emails

The latest email marketing report from Epsilon reveals that triggered emails drive significantly greater open and click-through rates than Business As Usual emails, yet comprise just 5% of total email volume. >>

Monday, March 25, 2013

How to better engage for Mother's Day

Just over seven weeks from now sons and daughters will be celebrating their mothers with flowers, lunches out and remembrance gifts. Many brands will turn to email to engage shoppers for the holiday lead-up, but many messages will be missed in the dearth of promotional emails sent. Experian Marketing Services offers their top tips: >>

Monday, March 18, 2013

BlueHornet: 80% delete emails not optimized for mobile

A new report from email marketing firm BlueHornet highlights the necessity for marketers to optimize email for mobile. Those that don't, risk their messages being deleted by users or, worse still, losing that email subscriber altogether. >>

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Study: Autoresponders on the outs with many brands

When it comes to responding to customer questions most brands aren't looking to auto-responders to fit the bill. That is both a blessing and a curse - because while most automated replies do not further a brand's identity at least an auto-responder lets the customer know their question or comment has been received. >>

Friday, March 08, 2013

Experian: Consumers engaging with email more

According to new numbers out from Experian Marketing Services email volume rose about 5% (Q4 2012), with mobile pushing many more email opens. According to Experian's data mobile is increasing email response time - meaning consumers are clicking on emails closer to 'send' time. >>

Thursday, March 07, 2013

20% of email in Oz never reaches inbox

New insights into the performance of email in Australia and New Zealand have been released with Return Path's first ever Email Intelligence Report for the two countries. What's clear from the report is that Australians are opening more email from mobile devices and spam continues to prevent many messages from reaching inboxes. >>

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Half of commercial emails will be opened via mobile by year end

Optimizing email for mobile is no longer an option, it's a necessity. According to new data from Knotice, most brands can expect to see more than half of their commercial emails opened on a mobile device in the coming six to 12 months. >>

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Experian: More shoppers turning to showrooming

Retailers, in the quest to engage more shoppers, it may be wise to embrace showrooming. A new report on retail trends out from Experian Marketing Services indicates more and more shoppers are showrooming - and brands that allow for online price matching are making progress. >>

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New email tools offer brands more options

How important is email to a cross-channel campaign? Experian Marketing Services reports their email business has increased more than 150% (Q4 2011 to Q4 2012). According to the company email is now hub for many brands' cross channel campaigns. >>