Email Targeting Tips for Retailers to Break Through Inbox Clutter and Connect Guest | Advanced Email Marketing | | | By guest columnist David A. Steinberg, XL Marketing The holiday season is upon us. It's a time of celebration, family, reflection and a seemingly endless barrage of commercial emails. If it seems like your inbox is stuffed with more "save 50 percent today" and "free shipping" messages than usual, you're right. The four most popular days for major online retailers to email their subscribers are: Cyber Monday, Free Shipping Day (December 17, the last day for free standard shipping),... | What To Do with Long-Term Inactive Email Subscribers? Derek Harding | Email Marketing Optimization | | | Right this minute, I'm sitting in Salt Lake City airport thinking about the excellent conversation we had around long-term inactives at Email Insider Summit. This is such a deep and broad topic that in some areas, we really only scratched the surface. Some truths really came through that I think warrant reiteration. 1. What Constitutes an Inactive Varies Enormously This may seem obvious, yet all too often, marketers are given simple one size fits all recommendations about inactives,... | Maximize Holiday Momentum with Your Email Marketing Program in the New Year Guest | Advanced Email Marketing | | | By guest columnist Scott Cohen, Inbox Group The holiday season is almost over. That's right, I said it. You're no doubt burning the midnight oil, deciding what final discounts and incentives you can offer, poring over A/B subject line tests, and watching feverishly as your opens and clicks add up to conversions. It's the crazy season, after all. Yet, inevitably, the season will end and the calendar will flip over to January. Because you've been so successful with your holiday... | Cart Abandonment Email Insights from Cyber Monday Guest | Advanced Email Marketing | | | By guest columnist Chad White, ExactTarget A good store associate would never let a shopper walk away from a shopping cart full of merchandise and leave the store without asking if they could help. Yet in the world of ecommerce, this happens all the time - even on the busiest online shopping day of the year, Cyber Monday. On Dec. 2, ExactTarget clicked through the promotional emails sent that day by more than 90 major online retailers and filled our shopping carts with more than... | Achieving Right Time, Right Message in Email Marketing and Beyond Guest | Advanced Email Marketing | | | By guest columnist Ida Barrie Right time, right message. We all agree it's the best way to resonate with our potential customers, but that doesn't mean it's easy to accomplish. 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