How to use email to its full potential
A panel of attendees at a Marketing Week roundtable event sponsored by Return Path discussed how marketers can help the email channel achieve its full potential.
A panel of attendees at a Marketing Week roundtable event sponsored by Return Path discussed how marketers can help the email channel achieve its full potential.
Marketers continue to see email as a highly effective marketing channel, second only to search in delivering ROI, yet they are dropping their investment in the channel and potentially risking the revenue it brings back.
As the latest figures from the Direct Marketing Association reveal email marketing is becoming more important than ever, the industry is turning to new technology such as programmatic to ensure that email is as personalised and relevant to consumers as the rest of the marketing mix.
New research reveals that although 71% of marketing emails are opened on a mobile device, people are more likely to make a purchase from their desktop. Brands need to think about the post-click experience to help drive sales on mobile.
At the end of every week, we look at the key stories, offering our view on what they mean for you and the industry. From Elon Musk sacking Tesla’s 40-strong marketing team to McDonald’s shining a light on the power of ‘stillness’, it’s been a busy week. Here is my take.
The FMCG giant is looking at “new category opportunities” as it looks to regain market share and tackle the threat of private labels.
Morrisons CMO Rachel Eyre describes loyalty as a two-way street so says the supermarket must be “hyper-personalised” in its offer to get more people “voting with their feet”.
Marketers may like to be believe they can identify with a wide range of people but, in reality, they are as likely to be led by their biases as anyone else.