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{!firstname}, Think Before You Personalize

by Justin Premick on February 11th, 2009

If you’ve been subscribing to email marketing campaigns for any length of time, you’ve probably experienced personalization several times.

How much of it impresses you? How much of it makes the email feel “personal?”

Yeah… me too.

Lately, I’m wondering whether as email marketers, we’ve allowed ourselves to get lazy with personalization, and whether we can do better.

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Example of How to Use Global Fields: Our New Phone #

by Justin Premick on May 8th, 2008

We recently set up an easy-to-remember phone number for you to contact us: 1-877-AWEBER-1

In addition to making remembering how to get in touch with our Customer Solutions Team easier, this presents an opportunity to answer a question that I never really was able to demonstrate very well when customers asked:

What good are Global Fields? How would I use them?

In this instance, using Global Fields saved me a lot of time updating our various customer, affiliate and prospect newsletters. Here’s how:

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Personalization Trick: Insert Past and Future Dates

by Justin Premick on September 17th, 2007

CalendarOne of the most-used email marketing “tricks” out there is personalization.

Used sparingly and in the right context, personalization can significantly boost your response. But as personalization shows up in more email marketing campaigns, used in the same ways by so many businesses, its effects can diminish.

Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t still use personalization to write more effective email campaigns! You just need to use it creatively.

Here’s one personalization trick that might not have occurred to you.

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