We Want You! Call for Customer Submissions
If you’re a frequent reader of this blog, you may have noticed some new recurring features over the last few weeks. In VerticalResponse Customers We Admire, we take a look at VR customers who are getting it...
Effective Tests We Should All be Conducting – But Probably Aren’t!
Imagine that Dorothy, Tin Man and Scarecrow are sitting in on your next email or website marketing meeting. “I don’t like this website, it’s dark and creepy!” exclaims Dorothy, “Do you think we’ll see any wild...
Clicking Send is Just the Beginning – Put Your Reporting to Work
Your email deadline is looming. You’ve written engaging content, found great images and used your VerticalResponse template to put it all together. Next, you send out your tests, your manager asks for a...
A Simple Email “cc” Could Lose You Business
If you’ve got internal people on an email and you’re cc-ing a few, that’s one thing. But when you start to “import a list” of outside people, you could find yourself in deep trouble.
Do Your Email Lists Deliver?
2011 has come and gone and it’s time to take a look at your mailing lists and give them a refresh for 2012. Mailing lists perform differently over time; some addresses become invalid, some recipients change...
Holidays You Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
How sharp would you say your memory is? I’d compare mine to that of a spoon. I never remember birthdays (sorry Dad), my grocery store list (I write it out, but forget to bring it with me), and I constantly...
CAN-SPAM, Canadian-style!
Last October, the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Bill (aka Bill C-28), the Canadian equivalent of the US CAN-SPAM act of 2003, came under fire as it faced strong lobbying from local businesses, who are looking...
Email Marketing Tips from a VR Insider
Pssst! Wanna hear the low-down on VerticalResponse? As the newest VR Marketing Coordinator, and your personal VR insider, I have some fresh-faced findings I think you might find interesting. I took what I learned...
Growing Your Email List Can Be a Piece of Cake
Last Friday morning I stopped in my neighborhood bakery, Noe Valley Bakery, on the way to work. The first thing I noticed – besides the mouth watering pastries – were the signs by the front door and on...