If email marketing and social media battled it out, who would win? Social media allows businesses to meet the consumer where they are but engagement and reach are quickly dwindling. Email marketing, however, has the reach, but only if you have a large, loyal list. The truth of the matter is, combining the two provides businesses with optimal results. Here’s how to combine email marketing and social media in 2018.
92% of the online population has used an emoji at least once, and if you’re a marketer, that means you need our emoji tips. While some marketers may view the emoji as slang or unprofessional, brands using Appboy’s services and saw an increase of 777% when using emojis in branded campaigns. If you’re on the fence, do me a favor and read this post all the way through. We’ve got a boatload of examples of great emoji marketing and even more emoji tips. 👍
Ping, pang, POOM! What’s that? The sound of some exotic Vegas slot machine? No. Sadly, that’s the sound of the gah-bah-gillions (made up number that’s REALLY BIG) of emails hitting my inbox. I spend way too much time dealing with emails. And even though I may moan over the many messages that hit my account on the daily, when I’m doing the sending they’d better be on point. So I’m sharing my awesome-sauce secret (and not-so-secret) tools to help you write better business emails. Ready, set, WRITE!
The numbers have been in for quite some time now – email is the most-opened, most-preferred and highest-ROI way of communicating with your customers and prospects. It comes as no wonder that 51% of marketers surveyed recently by SmartInsights and TFM&A pronounced email marketing as the top digital channel for 2015: Source But email marketing is not “Fill it, shut it, forget it.” It has to work off a high-quality, active list of leads who want to hear from you.
Who doesn’t love a loyal community? Online or offline, they make your business bustle. And being that community is the 2nd ‘C’ in the 5 Cs of Social Media, it’s super important to the fundamental success of your online marketing. Lucky for you last week’s Ready, Set, Podcast episodes cover both community, and how to capture a community worth having. Let’s go!
