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Is It An Email Error to Send an Email to Mike When it’s Pat’s Mailbox?

Email errors could be funny, or they could be serious. Imagine, your department is working on their end of the year campaign, the company’s biggest sale of the decade.  With care, photos are placed in the correct colored border to emphasize the offering, the text, after going through many renditions is flawless and the landing page is ready to inspire sales with the perfect call-to-action.  The email will go out today as the sale starts 10/1/18.  The proofreader misread the final copy and the date was mistakenly changed to 01/1/18. Bad Mistake?  It could be, considering the last email campaign

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Do you see what I see? Tips for Nonprofits to Increase Email Marketing Success.

Nonprofit organizations depend on supporters and volunteers to be successful.  Most of us have the desire to help in some way, but volunteering takes time; a more valuable commodity than money.  Since time is valuable to consider this –email marketing, is the best, quickest and most direct way to reach those potential supporters and volunteers without taking up too much of their time – but how do you connect to them? Visual Aids!  Don’t just tell people what’s so great about your organization show them. There a plethora of common visual aids available on the Internet, they can be added

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“Do I Want My ESP To Do Everything so I Always Have Successful Email Campaigns”

The foundation of successful email campaigns are made with the ESP you partner with. You depend on your ESP to deliver, both for the email fundamentals you use and the performance you need. Your ESP, one of the most critical parts of your marketing strategy is also one of the most critical parts of your marketing budget. trying to do everything Just what is the core function of an Email Service Provider – the core functionality of an ESP is to send emails.  If your ESP integrates with other applications to do “everything” most likely you are connected to 3rd

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5 Easy Ways To Make Email List Segments

Benefits of creating email list segments – Its a fact, general email campaigns, sent to your entire subscriber base, will not always be as successful as you want them to be. Subscribers prefer a unique tailored email that speaks directly to them. Research shows taking the time to personalize your email messages, not only increase open rates, but also clickthroughs which ultimately results in higher ROI. Personalize and sending the right message at the right time starts with segmenting your email list. 5 easy ways to segment your mailing list, so your email finds the proper inbox. 1. Demographics: Puzzle Pieces

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Nonprofits, Decrease The Cost of New Recruitment and Grow Your Donor Base

Donor attrition is a fact of life, donor retention can be a challenge. Just like any business, it is always costlier to obtain a new customer, or in this case a new donor, than it does to keep one. The cost of obtaining a new interest can really degrade your budget. It is possible to decrease the cost of new recruitment and grow your donor base with supporter engagement driven by email marketing. Nonprofits always have a base of loyal enthusiasts.  As you know not all supporters have made monetary donations to your cause.  These people need to be motivated

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How to be an Effective Email Marketer with call-to-action

The success of a call-to-action email campaign depends on your subscriber following through with that action.   When they click on that link where will it take them? – To your homepage? Linking subscribers to your homepage may not be as effective as you would like: once there, the subscriber is faced with choices that may distract him from your main goal.  You may want him to click on the “Sales” link, but he clicks the “About” link instead: as there are so many more menu items to choose from. The goal of your email: create a subscriber who is attentive

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Should You Decide Between Social Media and Email Marketing

The Nonprofit Advantage with Social Media Free Social Media Sites for Nonprofits – When running a nonprofit organization, don’t you agree that free is always attractive. Especially when you are working with a tight budget.  First of all Social Media, as part of your marketing mix, should complement your virtual ads, website and Facebook presence.  Social Media essentially gives all nonprofit organizations no-cost marketing potential without limits. Here is an article you might consider reading, How to Increase Sales Using Social Media,   However, Social Media does not get the job done alone –  complement your Social presence with email marketing. Statistically, email continues

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Easy Way to Stop Your Mailings: Blacklisted

Your list is Blacklisted! Your legitimate email is blocked by several ISP’s because you picked up a “Spam Trap” address – That address is now part of your subscriber list. What should you do, what can you do?  Where did this Spam Trap come from? Spam traps are used by many different organizations and can originate from anywhere.  They can be created or designed as needed: frequently made from a no longer used email account or an inactive domain.  To be effective, the address in question must be inactive for a considerable amount of time. Frequently spam traps are emails that have been

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