• 5 Essential Tips for Creating a Gripping Newsletter

    The best way to find out if a career is right for you is to have a go. That’s why I recently agreed for a client’s daughter to shadow me for a day. At 17, she’s starting to think about life after education and wanted to learn more about copywriting and marketing. To get her […]

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  • When Is The Best Time To Send Your Emails?

      Is there a best time to send emails? When is the worst time to send emails? A quick Google search will deliver umpteen results for articles that claim to give a definitive answer to these questions. The truth is, it depends. Your industry, audience, geographical reach, the temperament of the recipient, their workload etc., […]

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  • Newsletters – How to Make an Impact in an Overcrowded Inbox

      Newsletters provide a great opportunity for you to keep your relationship with your customers alive and kicking. They are relatively cheap to produce and easy to deliver – all it takes is the push of a button. But that means there’s a downside to them as well; everyone’s sending them, which means your customers’ inboxes […]

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  • 6 Tips to Make Your Newsletters Rock (and a bonus tip)

      As a savvy marketer you’re already sending out a monthly newsletter to your customers. Your website has a catchy sign-up box so all your customers – old, new and potential – can keep up to date with what’s going on, find out about your latest offers and glean insights that will help them in […]

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  • Correcting Those Ooops Moments

      There is one thing you and I have in common – we’re human. That means one thing. Things go wrong sometimes. Yes, it happens to everyone, so the next time someone tries to make you feel bad when you make a mistake claiming they would never do something so stupid, smile to yourself because […]

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  • Maximising Your Newsletter Marketing

    Newsletter marketing is a great way to promote your business and add value to your customers – fact. But what happens once you’ve hit send? Is  your carefully crafted copy forgotten about? Did you know you could use your newsletters to help give your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) a boost? Newsletters and SEO Surely, my […]

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  • Email Marketing Tips

      What kind of success rate are you getting with your email marketing at the moment? Pretty good or could do better? Your electronic marketing strategy should be constantly evolving – test, test and test again until you create the optimum format and content strategy for your audience. Just in case you’re looking for inspiration […]

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  • Driving Traffic

      If you’re an online marketer you need traffic – and a lot of it. Why? Because your traffic is your customers and more customers means more money. How do you actually get more traffic though? And, once you’ve started to get it, how do you convince them to buy from you? There are various […]

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  • How Newsletters Can Build Relationships

      Keeping in touch with your customers will set you apart from your competition. All too often businesses take your money and wave goodbye. But they’re missing a trick. Regular contact with your customers (and prospective customers) is vital because it keeps you in their mind when they’re in need of your products or services. […]

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  • How Old is Your Email Marketing List?

      Regular communication with  your customers is a great way to keep them informed and to keep your name firmly etched in their minds. One of the most effective ways of doing this is through email marketing. New subscribers will eagerly await your first email to land in their inbox. They will probably continue to […]

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