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3 Tips for Last Chance Holiday Subject Lines

With Christmas upon us and last-minute shopping reaching its peak, it is getting harder for your emails to capture the attention of customers. Get three tips for using “Last Chance” subject lines to cut through the clutter in holiday inboxes so you can achieve your goals.

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Our favorite emails of Q4

What better way to kick off 2013 than a look back at some of the best emails of Q4.There were plenty to choose from at this busy time of year but we’€™ve decided not to include anything seasonal – it can be a little depressing looking back at jolly, full-fat Christmas campaigns in the middle of an abstemious January!

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Are your emails s***?

Welcome to another chapter ofآ Fear and Self-loathing in Email Marketing, Dela Quist’€™s iconoclastic take on the industry he’€™s devoted over 20 years of his career to. Read it now: Are your emails s***?

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Introducing Fear and Self-Loathing in Email Marketing…

Every business – every brand -€“ believes email has a place in its marketing activity. When did you last hear of a company saying, “€œWe’€™ve decided to stop sending email”€? But all the current books on email marketing make the subject seem unnecessarily complex and technical, and they inject a lot of anxiety about inbox overload, over-mailing, wastage and spam.

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Our favorite emails – Q2, 2012

The Alchemy Worx inbox was brimming with excellent examples of email craft this quarter, making the job of picking three category winners tougher than ever. Now it’€™s over to you. Help us choose an overall winner by voting in our Subscriber’€™s Choice Award. And if you’ve seen or sent something you think is impressive, email it to us. You might even find it up for nomination next time. Your Q1, 2012 winner Pizza Express’€™s Valentine’€™s Day mailing scooped the Subscribers’€™ Choice Award for Q1, with an impressive 72% of the vote. For more sparks of email inspiration, check out the Q1 shortlist.

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Olympics marketing: learn the rules before you take the plunge

The London 2012 Olympics is the summer’€™s biggest branding event. Yet the regulations governing brand association with the Games are more restrictive than you might expect -€“ particularly if you’€™re not an official sponsor. So before you dive in, share some of the lessons learned by our Alchemists.

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Our favorite emails – Q1, 2012

We saw some great campaigns during the first three months of 2012, which made the selection process as tricky as ever. But the winners of each category all stood out for a number of reasons… Don’€™t forget to vote for your favourite, and submit any great emails you’€™ve received (or sent!) for consideration in upcoming instalments.

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Industry Update: February 2012

2012 is well under way and we’ve been busy spreading fresh ideas and keeping tabs on exciting new developments in email marketing. In this pick of recent web articles, we’ve highlighted news of an important step forward in email security and some new thoughts on A/B split testing.

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