In an age where a first impression may be made without meeting someone first, it's crucial you're aware of email marketing etiquette. If you want to make the most of your efforts, you need to be sure you're not committing a faux pas that could have you end up in the...
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Customer Follow-Up Templates You Can Cut and Paste
You finally have a few minutes to spare and you’re all set to reach out to a few customers, but the cursor is just blinking back at you. You know you need to touch base, but you can’t think of what to say. We’ve all been there, and that's why we created these easy...
Building an Email List From Scratch (10-Step Guide)
Email marketing is still the best way to increase brand awareness and acquire, convert and retain new customers. But your email marketing is only as good as the list you have to send to. From one business to the next, the recipe for building an email list is never...
How to Solve 3 Common Contact List Challenges
Within your contact database lies your next repeat customer or referral. As a business owner, it's one of your most valuable assets. So, is your contact database up to date and easily accessible? For many business owners, the answer to that question is no. But there’s...
Email Marketing Software 101: What’s Right for Your Business?
Let’s make something clear: email is not dead. Thinkpiece authors and marketing thought leaders have been predicting email’s death for a decade or more, but the data shows that email is just as ubiquitous as ever. And not only is it an all-but-universal marketing...
Mortgage Refinance Applications are Booming: How Loan Officers Can Make the Most of It
There’s no shortage of breaking news right now. Among all the information coming at us every hour (or every few minutes, it seems) is the news that mortgage rates are low and refinance volume is up. That's no surprise to people who work in the mortgage industry, but...
Power Your Marketing Automation With These 4 Tips
When a business owner watches a long-time customer take their business to a competitor, it hurts. When it happens repeatedly, it not only damages the ego but the bottom line. Around this time a business owner begins to wonder what they could be doing to keep this from...
5 Marketing Ideas for Auto Repair Shops to Increase Word of Mouth
The best marketing ideas for auto repair shops are the ones that increase your referral business through word of mouth. You can spend money on TV ads, SEO and PPC campaigns, and even direct mail, but investing a small fortune on marketing channels that don’t grow your...
6 Reasons Why Email List Buying Is a Bad Investment
If you’re thinking about purchasing an email list, think again! Building a successful email list with long-term value is a quality-over-quantity proposition that takes patience and persistence. Companies using email to nurture leads generate 50 percent more...
2019 Email Marketing Roadmap for Business Owners
The 2019 Email Marketing Roadmap for Small Business We all write and send emails. Most of us do this every day without a lot of thought because we know we have to send them. But when email marketing is part of your business (and it should be!), there is more pressure...
9 Steps on How to Make an Email Marketing Calendar
What goes into building an email marketing calendar? Each year, our team of professional writers and editors plan an email and social media campaign calendar for OutboundEngine's 10,000 customers. The content they plan spans across industries from real estate to...
6 Marketing Ideas for Mortgage Loan Officers in 2019
A new year is here! There's no better time to look at trends and marketing ideas for mortgage loan officers in 2019. Here are seven ideas we think will help you gain traction over the next 12 months. 1. Get Creative with Visual Content Remember, content isn’t just...
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