The Oatmeal provides us with a very comical perspective on email netiquette, absolutely love it. From the slow uptake of technology, via ugly signatures, to 30Gb attachments… These guys have done a great job at stereotyping several common email nuisances and poor netiquette.
WARNING – VERY FUNNY! (more…)
Your organisation has worked hard to develop a corporate image – Your logos, signage, website, brochures and business cards. Everything you do should say who you are and what you stand for. Emails have become an expected and necessary element of business communications, being one of the most direct forms of contact with your customer. Don’t let your company’s brand suffer through an ignorance of branding those emails! (more…)
Most people give little thought to their email signatures, yet it is one of the most versatile marketing tools around. When well used, it can be an effortless way to promote yourself and your business easily. Companies spend countless hours and money to build their corporate image and it is such a shame when email signatures are unprofessional, unorganised, and plain ugly.
There are no set guidelines to what an email signature should look like. The rule of thumb is to provide very basic information about who you are, what you do, and how you can be reached. (more…)
As we all know, there is a new kid in town and his (or her) name is Social Media. Is social media killing email marketing? Some tips to integrate rather than eliminate…
According to a study by GetResponse – Emails containing social media sharing options such as Facebook or Twitter generated a 30% higher ClickThrough Rate (CTR) than emails without them. What is even more interesting is that emails including at least three different sharing options had a 55% higher CTR, however the study found that only 11.2% of emails currently offer three or more sharing options.
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