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How to gear up email for a strong finish to 2024

Martech

If your company isn’t fully committed to email, your budget probably just covers your costs. Maybe there’s a tiny bit of fun money for something innovative, like updated templates or a new marketing automation platform, but that’s it. Dear Boss, Don’t be so hard on your email marketers!

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Is Email Marketing Inbound or Outbound? 10 Examples & Top Differences

Hubspot Marketing

In April 2024, HubSpot asked 537 email marketers across industries in the U.S. if email marketing was inbound or outbound — 51% said it was inbound, while 49% believed it to be outbound. As an experienced marketing leader, I’ve always approached email marketing with a blend of both perspectives.

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Why we care about email marketing: A marketer’s guide

Martech

Email marketing helps organizations acquire and retain customers, build businesses and make more money. That single sentence explains why companies must invest in effective email marketing. Unlike other channels, marketers need to know the mechanics of message delivery, too. Who uses or works with email marketing?

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Why Website Engagement is the New Marketing “Must-Have”

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Your Marketing Efforts Need to Be Where Your Prospects Are. While digital advertising, email marketing, and industry conferences are bastions of the marketing arsenal, it’s time to realize that website engagement is just as crucial for nurturing and lead generation.

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How an email marketing funnel works from prospect to loyal customer

AWeber

The marketing funnel is a tool that helps you visualize the customer journey, or the path a prospect takes as they become familiar with your company, from introduction to conversion (and hopefully beyond). Your marketing funnel should include the following 5 stages: awareness, consideration, conversion, loyalty, and advocacy.

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The 11 Best Free Email Marketing Tools

Sprout Social

No matter what’s hot or if new marketing trends surface, email continues to be one of the most targeted and valuable channels when you know how to use it. But a lot of email marketers sort of stumble into the field, which makes it crucial to know where to find all the help you need for success.

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5 tactics to get the 2023 email marketing funding you deserve

Martech

I was watching the news this morning, as I always do, and a commentator claimed to be surprised that the Christmas/holiday sales had been pulled back so far. Because retail and email marketers on the front lines know that the holiday season is going to happen a lot sooner this year than it has in the past. Why the spit-take?