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Email creative best practice 2011 style

Author's avatar By Dave Chaffey 22 Jun, 2011
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For the past couple of years I've enjoyed checking out the annual Email Marketing Look book from Chad White of the Retail Email Marketing blog. This year it's part of Responsys, but still looks great and I think will inspire email marketers at different levels, for example, how to use Email marketing to...

  • Build a brand and develop relationships
  • Personalise through contextual or behavioural emails
  • Support different devices and platforms - support for mobile and tablet devices are to the fore in this years examples - important given the evidence of the increased importance of mobile email reading/scanning.

The only disappointment was examples of social media integration were a bit thin.

You can download the LookBook for the full-set, here is my selection of what inspired me most:

Nike UK Enewsletter which gets the Sell-Inform-Entertain balance right

Volvo UK email with responsive design for mobile in a campaign to download an app

Best Buy Personalised post-purchase triggered email

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By Dave Chaffey

Digital strategist Dr Dave Chaffey is co-founder and Content Director of online marketing training platform and publisher Smart Insights. 'Dr Dave' is known for his strategic, but practical, data-driven advice. He has trained and consulted with many business of all sizes in most sectors. These include large international B2B and B2C brands including 3M, BP, Barclaycard, Dell, Confused.com, HSBC, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, M&G Investment, Rentokil Initial, O2, Royal Canin (Mars Group) plus many smaller businesses. Dave is editor of the templates, guides and courses in our digital marketing resource library used by our Business members to plan, manage and optimize their marketing. Free members can access our free sample templates here. Dave is also keynote speaker, trainer and consultant who is author of 5 bestselling books on digital marketing including Digital Marketing Excellence and Digital Marketing: Strategy, Implementation and Practice. In 2004 he was recognised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing as one of 50 marketing ‘gurus’ worldwide who have helped shape the future of marketing. My personal site, DaveChaffey.com, lists my latest Digital marketing and E-commerce books and support materials including a digital marketing glossary. Please connect on LinkedIn to receive updates or ask me a question.

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