By Jessica Wade 06 Oct 2017 Users now demand more from emojis and more variety Chart of the day: Heavy users of messaging apps are extremely likely to want to use different emojis and have more variety Emojis are one of the fastest growing languages worldwide. With more than 60 million emojis sent each day and 2,666 …..
By Expert commentator 06 Oct 2017 How and why does timing matter to Email Marketing? When is the best day and time to send an email to suit your target audience? When most email marketers consider how time relates to their efforts, they’re quick to focus on what hour is best to blast their communications. …..
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By Expert commentator 06 Oct 2017 3 ways brands can recruit and manage effective affiliates Affiliate marketing is a fairly straightforward concept: Brands use other people to promote their products by offering financial incentives for leads or sales. Despite its conceptual simplicity, affiliate marketing as a whole is still misunderstood — just 22 percent of CMOs feel …..
By Dave Chaffey 05 Oct 2017 Improving the quality of marketing data Chart of the day: How data give opportunities to grow a business I think it’s fair to say that improving the quality of marketing data isn’t a fashionable or sexy topic. Indeed in a recent article by Keith Weed, Chief …..
By Carolanne Mangles 05 Oct 2017 GDPR – are you ready? If not, why not? The implications of GDPR are looming, but is your company ready for the European change? With new GDPR regulations to be effective from May 2018 – it’s a topic on every email marketer’s mind. But what is your company doing to …..
By Jessica Wade 05 Oct 2017 Vimeo go live and Instagram introduce some exciting updates Social Media Essentials: 8 updates to inform your social media strategy In this week’s Social Media round-up we reflect on Twitter expanding to 280 characters, Vimeo going live and Instagram Stories finally letting you cross-post to Facebook Stories. Spotlight Story: Twitter …..
By Carolanne Mangles 05 Oct 2017 These are the most popular marketing blogs for keeping up to date Econsultancy and Harvard Business Review are amongst the most popular Last month we asked our members and readers what sites they use to keep their marketing knowledge up to date. Respondents were worldwide, many from the UK, US, Canada and …..
By Kim Greenop-Gadsby 04 Oct 2017 What makes customers mark your email as Spam? Chart of the Day: Why subscribers flag email as spam If consumers mark your email as spam, then this is clearly unwelcome since not only has your brand been tarnished in their eyes, but even worse your delivery rates to existing …..
By Jessica Wade 04 Oct 2017 Emoji Campaign Marketing for beginners How to use emojis for social and email marketing success With more than 60 million emojis sent each day and 2,666 emojis in the Unicode Standard to choose from it’s hard not to notice the popularity of these small icons. Emojis are no …..