by Don | May 8, 2017 | E-newsletters
One of the first things on my to-do list when I went full-time self-employed about eight years ago was to launch an e-newsletter. I’d spent my career writing newsletters, both print and electronic, so I knew first-hand how effective they were as a marketing tool....
by Don | Sep 19, 2016 | E-newsletters
The last few months I’ve been talking about ways to improve email marketing results. I believe that great marketing emails start with great writing — which I guess is what you’d expect me to say, since I’m a writer. However, I realize there’s a lot more that goes into...
by Don | Jul 19, 2016 | E-newsletters
In last month’s article, I shared a few tips for writing better emails and got some nice responses with more tips and also some a few email pet peeves. For example, one reader said she hates it when people don’t change the subject line in old email chains to reflect a...
by Don | Jun 7, 2016 | E-newsletters
Do you remember when email first hit the scene? My first exposure to email was around 1988 when the publishing company I was working for installed internal email on our IBM 286 PCs. (Google this old PC and look at the pictures for a real stroll down memory lane!) I...
by Don | Apr 24, 2015 | E-newsletters
Thirty years ago, I graduated from college as an excited 22 year-old, ready to make my mark on the world. While reminiscing about those days recently, I Googled “1985 trivia” to see what was hot in pop culture 30 years ago: #1 TV show: The Cosby Show #1 movie: Back to...
by Don | Mar 13, 2015 | E-newsletters
When you hear the word “newsletter,” what’s the first image that comes to your mind? If I had to guess, I’d say it’s probably not something that’s very exciting or dynamic. Across the wide spectrum of different marketing tools available today, newsletters fall to the...
