Inbox Ideas: Email Marketing Tips by AWeber

Inbox Ideas | Email Marketing Tips by AWeber

Archive for September, 2007

Email and the Art of Teaching

by Marc Kline on September 27th, 2007

Do you remember a favorite teacher? I know who mine was from college: my World Literature professor. He was a a big goof ball. I remember him breaking out into a “Socrates” dance for our class when we were assigned Greek Literature and how he’d always crack jokes maybe only half of the class got.

It was an expression not only of his eccentricity but also his passion for literature and teaching. It was infectious, and it may have been the first class I’d ever taken where most people actually did the assigned reading.

What Does Teaching Have To Do With Email Marketing?

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Text and HTML: Why Not Both?

by Justin Premick on September 25th, 2007

Lemon and Lime Just when you think a hotly-debated topic like whether to send messages in plain text or HTML has died down, along comes another angle to look at.

This time, the folks at MarketingSherpa bring us a case study from minor-league baseball where a combination of Text AND HTML messages boosted ticket sales over 260%.

So how do you incorporate this new data into your decision to use Text or HTML?

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Tags: design, examples, usability

Quick How-To: Create a Family Newsletter

by Justin Premick on September 25th, 2007

How else can you use an email newsletter besides marketing your business?

That question might not occur to most of our users — but AWeber user and goal-setting expert Brad Isaac contacted us recently to share how to put a more modern spin on the family newsletter.

Brad sprinkles in helpful hints with screenshots and a step-by-step walkthrough. Plus, he was kind enough to share the following family email newsletter tips:

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Tags: email newsletters

New Web Analytics Videos From Google

by Marc Kline on September 24th, 2007

It’s officially autumn here in Philadelphia (and the rest of the northern hemisphere). So, what does that mean for millions of kids? Back to school! Well, we shouldn’t let them have all of the fun they’ve been waiting all summer for.

So, while they trek off to school to learn reading, writing, and whatever they need to know to become the next digital pioneers, we can focus on how to get better results from our online marketing through a better understanding of how our web visitors find and interact with our websites.

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Even Microsoft Can’t Design For Outlook

by Marc Kline on September 20th, 2007

This morning, I was checking the Windows Live Hotmail address I use for testing. I also receive messages from XBOX Live at this address, since using it made the sign up process for the Microsoft’s gaming service easier.

I was curious to see how Microsoft would communicate with a new gaming customer. Would they try to immediately sell me on a longer billing term or related products? Or, would they provide value, such as information on how I could best use my account.

So, I opened a message I received from them to see what I could find.

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Power User Tips: Save Time Using Bookmarks

by Marc Kline on September 19th, 2007

Power User Tips To begin working on something in your email marketing campaign, you may need complete each of the following steps:

Type the address of AWeber
Click on the link to the login page
Log into your account
Select a list to work in
Navigate to a specific feature

This is fine for the occasional use, but the time you spend repeating manual steps like these can, in the long run, fritter away time you could otherwise spend building your business.

Cut Down on Some Steps

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Test. Retest. Then Do It Again.

by Justin Premick on September 19th, 2007

Test Tube Interesting conversation going on over at Copyblogger where Brian Clark is talking about calls to action.

He points to a MarketingSherpa test that suggests that using the word “click” — as in “click here” or “click to continue” — can boost response.

You can make a lot of arguments for or against using that specific wording (and people appear to be doing so in the comments).

But what stood out to me as the real lesson is…

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Tags: , call to action, testing

Yahoo! Shopping Cart Integration

by Justin Premick on September 18th, 2007

The list of shopping carts that you can integrate with your AWeber account just grew again:

See How to Integrate Yahoo! Shopping Cart With AWeber

Learn more about why you should follow up with customers after the sale.

Comments: 2

Tags: New Features

Can I Trust You?

by Justin Premick on September 18th, 2007

Who do you trust on the Internet? How do you decide who is or isn’t trustworthy when in most cases, all you initially have to go on is a website?

Not long ago, we talked about trust and welcome messages (as part of a larger discussion of urgency in email marketing).

Your welcome message is key to establishing/furthering your credibility and reputation, but today I want to back up to an even earlier point in your email campaigns:

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Tags: list building, strategy, web forms

Live Email Marketing Workshop and Q & A Webinar

by Marc Kline on September 17th, 2007

Every week, our Education Team runs a “How to Get Started” live webinar. If you’re just beginning to work with your first email campaign and haven’t sat in one yet, don’t miss the opportunity to get a quick but complete walk-through.

At the end of this and every webinar, we open the floor for questions in case there’s something we need to clarify or elaborate on. The problem is, if you haven’t had a chance to work on your account just yet, one might not come to you immediately.