Retention insights

Partner dancing tip to get emails to the inbox

Seth Godin describes a problem familiar to any email marketer:  getting into the inbox. A problem solver like any good entrepreneur, he created a solution specific to Gmail. But Google blocked it. Here's an excerpt from the...

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Brands versus Ads: it’s more than an SEO dilemma

This essay originally appeared in our ebusiness coach newsletter. Authored by SEO Book founder Aaron Wall, this important piece titled Brands versus Ads describes the contortions businesses endure when Google grows ad revenues at...

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The hidden cost of mistaking customers for fans

In an online environment mediated by digital screens, where there’s no limit to the email automations or photos we publish, that’s when we ignore what would otherwise be obvious in an off-line context: we’re giving what’s not wanted. We think because it’s digital there’s no cost, but there is. Some customers neither care nor want this kind of communication. They are not fans, not yet. They’ll tune you out. Watch this video to understand about the timing in relationships, the level of attachment, and what you need to do before moving to the next level.

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