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Make your Image work for you

Let Your Images Work for You

Images are all around us, in emails, social media, on billboards, webpages, books, everywhere. They bring out an emotion within each of us, and each of these feels these differently. When it comes to email marketing, images can be very powerful when used right, and can reduce your engagement when not, so how can you…

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3 Email Marketing Traps to Avoid

Email marketing is not rocket science, but like anything, you may stumble into a few traps. This increases drastically, especially when you have last minute deadlines or too many things on your plate, a few basic checks can be forgotten which could hurt your brand and email campaigns more than you realise. Here are three easy tips on…

Expectations of Email Marketing and Summer Engagement

Achieving any kind of successful email marketing and summer engagement is difficult. But it’s made even tougher during the summer when most of the population in Sweden, Denmark and Norway take vacation in July and August. Suddenly we find that our readership and engagement statistics drop. But does that mean all is lost? How can we…

[VIDEO] Campaign building: from newsletters to conversion

In this seminar recording we go through some different approaches to campaign building – everything from creating templates right through to measuring conversions. This seminar is designed for Ungapped users and those who are interested in seeing how Ungapped can help take their email marketing to the next level. To watch the video, click through on…

Features of the best email marketing platforms

Best email marketing platforms: what features should you look for?

We all want to be the best at what we do don’t we? No matter what we are working with or how big our business is, it’s always satisfying to know that we are the best at what we do. But in order to be the best we have to use the best tools to help…

how to measure the success of an email

How to measure the success of an email

I don’t know about you but whenever I send a mailing to our current and potential customers, I get this mad rush of adrenaline. No? Just me? Ok so maybe it’s a little nerdy but I’m ok with that. I’m excited to share news, events and updates with our users. I’m excited for the new…

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[PODCAST] Why doesn’t my email subject line work?

If you’ve ever been puzzled as to why one email subject line works over another then this 20 minute podcast is for you. In this podcast, the LiveIntent hosts are joined by CEO and co-founder of Phrasee, Parry Malm. The three talk about why one subject line works over another, how long a subject line…

10 common phrases in viral headlines

10 common phrases in viral headlines

Ever wondered what is the secret sauce that makes some content go viral while other content is simply left behind to be forever lost on page 4 of Google? You’re not alone – finding out the secret ingredients that make a viral headline is a constant challenge for marketers the world over.   What does it mean…

What to do when you’re stumped for newsletter ideas

Have you come back to the office after vacation only to find yourself totally and utterly stumped for newsletter ideas? Or maybe you’ve been working all summer but still suffering from the same thing: total and utter content block. I feel your pain. Sometimes it feels like my brain has been sucked dry of all…

Welcome to your newsletter

Give your new subscriber a warm welcome!

Did you know that the welcome-email that’s automatically sent to the new subscriber after s/he has confirmed their email address is one of the most read transactional emails? Don’t miss this opportunity, and deliver some value to your new subscriber! Here are some tips: Say Thank you! This subscriber has shown an interest in your…

10 ethical ways to build a mailing list

10 ethical ways to build a mailing list

Whenever we host breakfast seminars here at Ungapped HQ we always get asked how businesses can ethically build a mailing list. And I think it’s fantastic that businesses big and small are concerned about how they can obtain email addresses without abusing the rights of the subscriber. Unfortunately we can’t sit down with everyone and brainstorm…

best subject lines for mother's day

The best subject lines for Mother’s Day

If you’re planning on running a special email campaign for Mother’s Day then you’ll want to pair it with a killer subject line! Lucky for marketers, a fantastic report came out recently from Yesmail and Persuade that attempts to pinpoint what exactly makes the best subject lines for Mother’s Day. The report was based on an…

24% of people think marketing emails are never useful

Marketers, we can do better than that can’t we? Towards the end of 2016 a report was released that revealed what consumers really thought of marketing emails in their inbox. Though the report covered an array of questions, today we will be covering three main questions covered in the study;  How often do you find…

How does email list segmentation affect engagement?

For many marketers, a lot of time is spent on email list segmentation. It could be creating cohorts based on geographical location, job title or even shoe size – whatever it is, we spend a lot of time perfecting these segments for email purposes. But does it make any difference? For those of you collecting contact…

18 Valentine’s Day emails that will make you fall in love all over again

While some of us are diehard romantics and others not so much, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Regardless of your stance of such a day dedicated to love, Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to spread some love to your customers with fun and novel email campaigns.   Experienced cupid? If Valentine’s Day is part of your…


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