You sent 100,000 emails to the wrong list... You directed people to last year’s action... You addressed everyone as “Jane”... It happens. Stop hyperventilating. It’s time to focus. Here’s your action plan. Assess the damage...
2 minute readYou sent 100,000 emails to the wrong list... You directed people to last year’s action... You addressed everyone as “Jane”... It happens...
Keep readingWhen it comes to targeting the best supporters for specific activities, many of us are using (or have used) the sub-list model. You know—the ‘list within the list’ approach. This involves recruiting supporters onto purpose-designed lists...
5 minute readWhen it comes to targeting the best supporters for specific activities, many of us are using (or have used) the sub-list model...
Learn moreThink of a radio tower. Broadcast signals beaming far and wide. Most people think about email broadcasts this way. Please don’t think about email broadcasts this way. Broadcast communication is, by default, impersonal. Because...
2 minute readThink of a radio tower. Broadcast signals beaming far and wide. Most people think about email broadcasts this way. Please don’t think...
Read thisI’m not saying don’t do heroic things. Keep that up! But when you’re telling your supporters a story of injustice, there’s only space for one hero—and it’s not you. Let me explain... Every story...
3 minute readI’m not saying don’t do heroic things. Keep that up! But when you’re telling your supporters a story of injustice, there’s only...
Read thisBrave souls test for email frequency tolerance. Good for you. The ‘sweet spot’ between sending too few and too many emails is unique to each list. To find your list’s limit, you first have to accept that...
2 minute readBrave souls test for email frequency tolerance. Good for you. The ‘sweet spot’ between sending too few and too many emails is unique...
Find out moreSPOILER: it’s not good. Sure—you know you’re writing an email to 5,000 people. But your task is to make your reader feel like you’re writing only to them. When ‘broadcasting’ language slips into our writing,...
4 minute readSPOILER: it’s not good. Sure—you know you’re writing an email to 5,000 people. But your task is to make your reader feel like...
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