In the past, we have reviewed how to use the concepts of Six Sigma in subscription marketing and testing and then creative offer testing for subscription pricing.
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In the world of email marketing, testing is king. The subject line is your first chance to get your subscribers to read your message. It may be the deciding factor
The best email marketing practices encourage responsive design, endless testing, and customer retention strategies
If you didn't already know, the Mequoda Method is a compilation of best practices derived from publishers
What should your email marketing service provide?
Email is technology’s gift to marketers. For good or bad, it allows companies to send word of their products and services into the inboxes
When an article publishes on your website, how do you go about promoting it in social media?
When I pose this question to a room full of magazine editors from different
People don't just like getting gifts for the holidays, they like them all year round. Maybe that's why our "You've Been Gifted" email subject line and template works so well.
The
If you could, you'd hire a professional email subject line writer. You would, because you depend on your email list to sell magazine subscriptions or ads to advertisers, so smashing
At Mequoda, we call any promotional email that features a single product or membership a Spotlight. When you're designing a promotional email, it's best to ask yourself: "how can I
If you’re experienced in online copywriting, you know that “you” is generally considered to be one of the most effective copywriting power words, ranking right up there with free, new
Email subject lines are just one part of the email delivery equation. Emails are delivered to inboxes based on subject lines, content, and reputation. In some cases, engagement is even
Everything we've read as observers of social media and publishing communities tells us that most marketers don't get a click rate on a Tweet of more than one percent, and
“Hello, sailor. Can I buy you a drink?”
“Do you come here often?”
Of course these silly pick-up lines are good for a laugh, but do you know how to really introduce
When website users are asked whether they like pop-ups, they say no. They'll say they hate them. They'll tell you they're the most annoying things on the Internet. They might
It’s been reported that the average email users spends at average of 51 seconds on each email newsletter they read. If this average pertains to your market, you need to
Words matter. Imagery matters, too. But, the purpose of imagery in direct marketing is not to please or entertain—the purpose of graphics in direct marketing is to get your audience
Do you know how to get people to open email? In a presentation called The Science of Email Marketing that we attended a while back, analytics nerd Dan Zarella said
Twitter isn't just about the here and now. In social media, you could post the same article ten times a day, but your traffic would only be driving traffic to
The best email subject lines provoke open rates and persuade subscribers to read your email newsletters
There are dozens of methods, tricks and tips for writing great headlines. Unfortunately, this isn't
Unlike most other marketers, those in subscription marketing can sell the same product at different prices each time it’s purchased. Our customers buy a new subscription from us at one
There are a few places you can make really good, or really bad first and last impressions in your email copywriting. Get these right and you’ll build loyalty from the
An important tool for growing your email subscriber list is the often-overlooked Email Confirmation Message Series. We’ve all seen instances when a user comes to your site, enters a valid
An important tool for growing your email subscriber list is the often-overlooked Confirmation Series. We’ve all seen instances when a user comes to your site, enters a valid email address,
Your average email open rate can only get better (with these tips)
The thing about metrics and the KPIs you track is that everyone needs a baseline. So while you can
One cornerstone of the Six Sigma marketing plan is having a Library Preview that converts users to paid subscribers. The Library Preview is a content-driven marketing piece that focuses on
What makes you open an email? Urgency? Benefit? Brevity? What we've found is that the most attention-grabbing subject lines rarely have a lot in common at first glance.
If you search
It’s amazing to see the evolution of the email newsletter – how brands use it to communicate, how the designs have changed over the years, and how the strategies of
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Our top-read audience development posts of 2017 give valuable insight into email and copywriting best practice methods.
We've put together our most-read audience development posts from 2017 on the Mequoda Daily.
Have you been seeing emojis in subject lines lately? They're not just the earrings of the inbox, they actually serve a purpose— increasing open rates! And since several of our
Although a text ad could refer to any ad consisting of text, we’re currently referring to those that are part of your conversion architecture. These ads are placed in the
Have you been seeing emojis in subject lines lately? They're not just the earrings of an inbox, they actually serve a purpose— increasing open rates! And since several of our
A few tests to prove which subject lines make for great open rates
Studies show that most people decide whether to open and read an email message based entirely on a
Email copywriting is a fine art. You can spend hours writing an elaborate salesletter or in-depth article that never gets read, simply because someone threw a half-thought-out subject line on
Improve open, click-through, and conversion rates with these email template testing ideas
Even our best-performing emails tend to drop in engagement rates over time. In fact, every time we change email
Our top-read audience development posts of last year show an interest in subject lines and the power of email newsletters.
Despite the rise of social networks, most publishers we know still
If people aren't opening, maybe they're worried they might "have trouble viewing this email."
Some marketers have noticed that the first thing a reader usually sees when their email shows up
It’s a simple thing, but it can have a huge impact.
Some marketers have noticed that the first thing a reader usually sees when their email shows up in the preview
No publisher can hope to have a successful subscription based website without getting the marketing right. So if you have, or plan to launch, one of our three subscription website
Like the best email subject lines, report titles should be short and sweet
In today’s multiplatform publishing world, there’s no such thing as standing still. So when data starts whispering “change”
Getting your emails opened is the most crucial part of email copywriting
A couple of weeks ago, we recieved tons of great feedback, retweets and love for an article we wrote
Working with the fantastic Mary Van Doren, our lead copywriter, has turned me into a marketing words geek. I cheerfully admit it. Words that can sell products are constantly in
Our most-read audience development posts of 2015 reveal a desire for better understanding of email marketing, search optimization and social media best practices
This year we've tackled everything from email marketing
Convert more website visitors into email subscribers by perfecting the art of writing and positioning your text ads
About 100 words into every article we write, and into every article our
Google quick answers are being featured at the top of their search results pages—here's how to nail that prime spot.
Are you publishing high-quality content? If you're one of the many
Is there still anyone out there maligning email as a has-been component of publishing? We sure hope not. Newsletters are hotter than ever, for starters, and emails operate as a
What copywriters don’t want you to know about writing the best email subject lines
Be a thief.
If you need to write professional email subject lines that deliver high open rates, one
Many publishers believe in single-topic email newsletter templates in which every article of content is aligned around the same theme, in order to promote a related product. The exception to
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