Subject line: 3,2,‘1 go! PANDORA on sale up to 70% off, hurry! Plus, Rituals gift sets, BODUM electricals, Snuggledown duvets & pillows, Copenhagen Candles & more

Now that the dust has settled on the Christmas rush and marketers are looking forward to 2014, we thought it was time to take a look back at 2013 and recap some of the key themes that emerged in email marketing.

Keeping your email subscribers engaged over the long-haul is one of the biggest challenges for email marketers. Inevitably opens, clicks and transactions tail off over time as the initial novelty of joining your list starts to wane, and acquiring new subscribers can be costly. That’s why reactivation programs have long been employed to try and reduce long-term subscriber apathy and ultimately, list churn.

Mobile optimization in email has become a hot topic in 2013, with 43% of marketers highlighting it as the year’€™s key digital opportunity1. Here we take a concise look at the some of the key numbers and potential solutions before offering our own view.

Welcome to The Alchemy Worx Subscriber’€™s Choice Award Q2 2013. Last quarter, Boden’s beautifully executed 3-tier sale scooped an impressive 60% of the vote. We shall be blogging soon about our own take on their strategy behind that particular email campaign, so keep your eyes peeled. As usual, the format is simple -€“ we’€™ve selected three of our favorite emails in terms of creative, copy and subject line. Just select a winner. Simple!

It’s that time again – The Alchemy Worx Subscriber’s Choice Award Q1 2013. We choose three of our favorite emails from Q1 for creative, copy and subject line and ask you to select a winner.

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!