If you’re a successful marketer, chances are you know by now that buying email lists is a bad idea. Not only can they be expensive, but they’re usually not effective in reaching potential customers and often put you at risk of being labelled as spam. We’ve even heard stories of purchased email lists leading to …
We get it – being an email marketer is a tough gig. Compiling an extensive email list is hard enough work, but so is sending bulk emails without setting off those dreaded spam filters. Even if you’re not spamming – and I’m going to hope that if you’re reading this, you’re not – small mistakes …
As your email list grows, you will notice a few things regarding your subscribers. First of all, people who signed up to your list initially may no longer wish to receive your emails. They may not open your emails (“unopens”), but they also have not unsubscribed from your list. This is one example of how …
If you have a tough time answering when asked to “define email hygiene” you’re not alone. Email hygiene is one of those important aspects of any email campaign that is often overlooked by marketers. If you survey the best email marketing campaigns, you’ll notice that each one is defined by spotless email lists and painstaking …
To email marketers, email hygiene means everything. To those of you just starting as email marketers, your opinions are soon to follow. Email hygiene is the act of regularly “scrubbing” your email lists to make sure you’re sending to valid and engaged email addresses. Why is that important? Because sending to bad addresses is typical …