Newsletter Forms: Best Practice, Analysis and Examples
Most websites will include a newsletter sign up form. The whole point of a sign up form, from a company’s point of view, is to provide content and engage with customers. And from a customer’s point of view, is to receive...
31st May: Top Ten Tweets of the Week
We had a break last week for our Professional Email Templates, but the Top Ten Tweets of the Week is back – have you made the list? As usual, the tweets have been chosen for their informative content, great design, or simply...
Keep your brand relevant in 5 easy steps
All brands would love to be relevant, popular and constantly talked about (in a good way), but unfortunately this doesn’t always happen. Over time brands become stale and irrelevant, unless they reinvent themselves to reflect...
Microsoft brings back the Start button
Microsoft has confirmed it will be re-introducing the Start button to desktops. The Windows 8 operating system, which is currently the most recent software to be installed on Microsoft devices, does not currently feature the...
Welcome Emails: Best Practice, Analysis and Examples
Welcome emails are sent once a user has signed up to your newsletter, or has created an Account on your site. Welcome emails are often the first piece of correspondence your contact has received, and can achieve open rates of...
10 Inspirational Selling Quotes
Who doesn’t love and inspirational quote or 10? Take a look and get motivated. “Respect the customer’s time but give them a compelling reason to speak with you.” Keith Rosen “Success in sales is the...
Facebook launches verified accounts
A new Facebook feature has been launched: Verified Pages. This is very similar to verified accounts on Twitter, which display a small blue tick, next to the user’s name. Facebook pages will now display a small blue check mark...
Sender Policy Framework: What’s it all about?
You may be forgiven for thinking that SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor, how we measure the strength of our sun screen, but it’s not what we’re referring to this time I’m afraid. SPF: Sender Policy Framework. This is an email...
Email Marketing and Social Media: The Fight is On
There has been a prize-fight raging for years, and both sides have been down for the count, but the contest continues. However, a time is coming when these two can continue no more: one must survive – right? Well, uh no not...
Confused.com re-launches with new brand characters
Aggregator site Confused.com has dropped their old character and branding, and it relaunching their website and brand. The first advertisement featuring the new brand is due to air on the 1st of June. The new character is Brian...