How Not To Write a Subject Line
I was recently on an “email marketing resources” site and found some horrifying information that was being given on how to write a great subject line. We all know that one of THE most important parts of...
Business to Business Marketing – 5 Ideas for Cultivating Leads
If you’re selling to businesses it can be quite a challenge not only getting leads in the door, but what you do with those leads once they’re in. After all, many businesses have a longer lead time to getting a...
How to Use LinkedIn for Your Business
Occasionally I like to write about things other than email marketing … shocker! This time I thought it would be great to talk about LinkedIn, and how small businesses can harness the power of this valuable...
2 Great Restaurant Marketing Ideas
Idea #1: This list building idea comes from Jessica Greene-Pierson, a Marketing Programs Manager here at VerticalResponse. She went out to dinner with her husband at a local Indian restaurant and in the bill holder...
Using the Custom Email History Object
I’m writing this blog post while eating turkey and mashed potatoes, so my apologies in advance if I accidentally drop any food into the article. As noted in my last blog post, VerticalResponse tracks opens, clicks,...
We Want You Back! Winning Back Customers That Have Left You
I got an interesting piece of direct mail the other day from a company we used to do business with. It was in a rather large box that had “Perishable” printed on it. Was I curious? You bet. I dug in. It...
How to Create a Cross Object Report
As advanced as Cross Object Reporting might sound, it’s actually a fairly simple concept. All that’s involved is setting up a custom report type – which I’ll describe how to do later in this post –...
Marketing to Non-Responders
As a Marketing Manager, I’m always looking for new ways to reach out to the folks who are unresponsive to email marketing campaigns, you know the ones who don’t open OR click? Did you know that...
Sharing Content with Email Templates
Here at VerticalResponse, we’re pretty keen on not wasting time and energy by re-inventing the proverbial wheel. I’m sure you already know how great it is to share account information throughout your company using...