Study: Email is cheap and we like it

This week’s Marketing Sherpa Chart of the Week highlights marketing spend allocated towards email. Here’s the chart, taken from the organization’s Benchmark Survey: A takeaway from the above is that just as many people said email is cheap or free and fine as it is as did those who find it to be a powerful […]

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(Belated) Meet-up recap

I have been terribly remiss in posting a follow-up to an earlier post that mentioned I’d be speaking at an Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs Meet-up last month. For a full review of the event, here’s a recap by Ben Chesnut of MailChimp, who was also a speaker. His take is much wittier than anything I could […]

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Further proof that email is essential

The following is from an article in the Charleston (S.C.) Business Journal: In a May 2008 study of consumer attitudes conducted by the research firm Ipsos for Habeas Inc., 67% preferred e-mail as the primary method of personal and business communication. A majority (88%) said they would like organizations to give them more choice over […]

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Look before hitting reply

Seth Godin blogged today about emails that explicitly say, “Do not reply to this email.  Here’s his take. Email is a unique medium in that it can be personalized and allows for instant feedback.  Seeing that note at the bottom is a pet peeve of mine.  I shared my address with them and indicated that […]

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Want to use email to drive site traffic?

I’ll be speaking this Thursday, July 17, at the next Meet-up event for the Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs group. Here are the details: Event title: Using Email Marketing to Drive Traffic to your WebsiteDay: Thursday, July 17Location: Georgia Tech ATDC, 75 5th Street, NW, Hodges Room, 3rd floor Atlanta, GA 30308 Time: 6: 45 p.m. You […]

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Well, now you know

I’ve been a member of Facebook for over a year. This morning I logged-in to Facebook and was confronted with this at the top of my home page: What gives? Why am I just not being asked that question? Makes me wonder how I been identified in others’ feeds all this time…

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