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To steal a mantra from our friends in journalism: don’t bury the lede. The idea might have started in newspaper offices
It doesn’t matter if you’re writing an email, a blog post, or a tweet—the full gamut of attention-seeking and attention-keeping tactics apply. Social
Imagine you’ve been asked to have an important conversation with ... ‘someone’. Chances are, you’ll be much happier to have that conversation if
Great action pages will attract people via social media, search, traditional media, and even word of mouth. This means they’re ideal for list-building.
The General Data Protection Regulation (commonly, GDPR) came into effect in May 2018. It impacts all businesses and organizations, everywhere in the world,
The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that leads us to overestimate the knowledge of our audience. If you allow this curse
Imagine you’re seeing a 25% open rate on your emails. That means whenever you send a broadcast, 3 in every 4 recipients will
What draws people to your cause? What motivated your supporters to take their first action? What did they feel when they first donated?
Whether you’re seeking donations or actions, the formula for writing an effective CTA is pretty simple. To persuade your supporter to drop
Your reader trusts their own mind way more than they trust yours. No offense but it’s true. Knowing this, try to avoid
Inboxes aren’t often exciting places. Neither are the majority of web pages, if we’re honest. This can work to your advantage. Your
Well-designed email templates are greeeat. But even the best layouts can lull readers into complacency over time. Consider mixing up your formatting occasionally
Okay, back up—what’s a ‘value proposition’? Think of your value proposition as the reason your reader should care about investing
If we want to get the most out of email, we need to make it personal. If every message we send sounds
So you’ve cracked the code to writing a great email. The next step is to push it out to as many people
A token is a little snippet of encoded data that identifies a supporter and can be attached to links in your email broadcasts. When someone clicks on a tokenized link from an email to your website, your website can re-discover who that supporter is and continue to deliver a seamless, personalized experience. Your email broadcast system, website, and CRM will need the ability to ‘talk’ to each other to pull this off.
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