Segmentation gives digital communicators the power to reach the right people with the right message. The shift from a broadcast communication model to a tailored communication model demands new ways of thinking. This comes with its own...

You’ve sent your action or appeal broadcast. It went okay. But you’re not satisfied that enough supporters noticed it or recognized its urgency. Enter, the chaser email. This is one of the simplest tricks in the book...

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Preview text appears in most email clients in the form of a few words after or below a subject line. While it doesn’t have the same pull as a subject line, it does give you a ‘second...

One of the hardest lessons to learn as a communicator is knowing what not to say. In a medium that forces us to compete for the attention spans of our audience, more is most definitely less...

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If you’ve ever been annoyed by a website that stopped you from watching a video because you’re in the ‘wrong’ country ... you’re probably familiar with geo-fencing. This tactic gets a bad rap. Chances are, you encounter...

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 media takes this to the next level. Not only is the content volume of...

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