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Email has been with us for over 40 years. In fact, it's been around longer than many marketers! But it is still a powerful tool for marketing that can be used in a number of surprising ways.

 

Topics: email marketing strategy, email marketing, Email lists, lead magnet, list building

Email marketing is a viable and powerful tactic for generating leads and nurturing prospects. But every marketer utilizing email is faced with a variety of competitors for their recipient's time and attention. 

 

Topics: email marketing strategy, email, email marketing, call-to-action, nurturing leads

Email marketing has been around for forty years. And, despite the repeated warnings that email is dead when it comes to marketing, no one seems to have told the customers. Email still rocks in 2018!

The first email was sent in 1971. Just after the Age of Dinosaurs. The first mass email marketing campaign was launched in 1978 or, as Abraham Lincoln might have put it, two score years ago. 

Topics: list building, email marketing strategy, email marketing, Email lists, email

GDPR stands for "The General Data Protection Regulation" which is a digital privacy law in the European Union. But it will impact every online marketer worldwide, including the United States. 

The GDPR adds increased regulation to the processing of personal data in the EU. Although the law has been around for a while, enforcement will go into effect beginning May 25, 2018 in the EU.

Topics: GDPR, Email lists, email marketing strategy, email marketing, list building, lead magnet, newsletter

The success of your email messaging is largely determined by the type of email campaign you are engaged in. In other words, who you are emailing and why matters.

 

Topics: email marketing, email marketing strategy, Email lists, marketing campaign, campaign development, inbound marketing tips

Having a great email marketing campaign is essential for successful inbound marketing. But you are not limited to only one type of email. 

The world of email is full of different varieties. Depending on the purpose and the intent, emails can take on any number of formats and types. This is especially true for marketing emails. How many different types there are depends largely on who you ask. Is it 12, or 15 - maybe less, maybe more? 

Topics: email marketing, email marketing strategy, Email lists, Content Marketing Strategy, inbound marketing strategy

Effective email campaigns tactics can power your inbound marketing strategy. But only if they are well crafted and on target. 

We have shown how email marketing campaigns can give your inbound efforts "superpowers" and it is a demonstrable fact. But what about the nuts and bolts of your actual emails? What makes one email more effective than a competing email in a recipient's inbox?

Topics: Email lists, email, email marketing, inbound marketing strategy, newsletter, email marketing strategy

As a business owner or marketer you have a number of marketing strategies to choose from. But not all marketing strategies are a good fit for every business. So how do you decide?

[This post was adapted and revised from a post published June 2016]

Topics: Advertising, outbound marketing, inbound marketing strategy, Content Marketing Strategy, Business Blogging, email marketing, white papers

Email has already demonstrating not only its staying power, but also its power to engage. Using email is a sure tactic, but how do you do it well?

In Part 1 of our email marketing super powers series we looked at the compelling facts and reasons for using email as a predominate marketing tool. In today's post we will consider all the wonderful things you can do with email to make it work for you.

Topics: email marketing, Email lists, Opt in e-mail, newsletter, list building, inbound marketing

Whether you are building a platform for your marketing efforts or simply looking to gain new leads and prospects, there are many tactics that can be used. But email marketing still a powerhouse tactic.

Although we are using the term 'email marketing' for the purposes of this article, email is really a tool, or tactic, that is part of the larger strategy of inbound marketing. Along with your business blog (and you do have one, right?) email can be one of your most effective means of gaining traffic.

Topics: Email lists, email marketing, Social Media, inbound marketing tips, content marketing, Business Blogging