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Oops

Email Marketing Formula: Oops + Oops = ?

Early last week our Creative Director, Missy Bergen, received this email from Esquire. Here’s what she had to say along with our thoughts. 1. I don’t know why I get this email, this is the first time I’ve ever seen it. Uh oh, Esquire. Don’t you know that the FIRST rule of email marketing is [...]

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Fail Stamp

Email Marketing that Fails Everytime

Recently some pretty major email marketing fails have landed in Swiftpage inboxes. When emails like this arrive in our inboxes, our hearts hurt a little. So, learn a lesson the easy way from these guys and stay away from our fail list in the future. Fail #1 – Sending one big image.Like most email recipients, [...]

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Scoutmob Logo

3 Reasons to Finally Open that Scoutmob App and Why I Finally Did

Daily Deal site, Scoutmob, is in beta testing in the Denver area. I learned about them from a friend in San Fran and downloaded the app, but never really did much with it — until I received the email below. Their subject line, “3 Reasons to Finally Open that Scoutmob App,” totally drew me in. I [...]

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Email Design

What You Need to Know: 8 Simple Rules for Great Email Design

Email marketing has been and will continue to be one of the most  central components to most companies marketing strategies. The potential ROI is  just too good to ignore. The difference between successful email marketing and  trips to the junk bin hinge on one main component: email design. Here are eight  tips to take your [...]

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Work Every Time

Email Marketing that Works Every Time

Our Director of Marketing, Lindsey Weinig, recently passed along this simple email inspiration sent to her from La Crosse Floral Co., Inc. She said, “I always send my mom flowers for her birthday and they always remind me when it’s coming up. Awesome email marketing, works every time.” So, how can you do it? Save [...]

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Drip Marketing

Purposeful Automation Saves Big Time, Even if You’re Small

Do you think that automated marketing, or Drip Marketing, is too complicated for your small business? Or maybe you’re unsure of what Drip Marketing really is, or what it means for you. If so, you’re in the majority, and many automated communication systems are too convoluted for small businesses. However if you start with the [...]

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Jack Box

Sign Me Up for the Secret Society of Cool People

Recently I stopped to grab a bite to eat with my famished 3-year-old (hence the stains on the paper). We grabbed burgers at our local Jack in the Box. As I was eating I noticed the tray paper below my meal. “Emails from me. Awesome deals for you.” I was immediately drawn in and read the [...]

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Spontaneous

The Art of Spontaneity: Email Marketing on the Fly

Some of us seem to be born with a naturally spontaneous disposition while others of us can’t eat lunch or take a bathroom break unless it is on our calendar. Whether we were born with innate spontaneity or not, we marketers need to learn to be spontaneous once in a while and to be prepared [...]

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