How to Grow and Maintain Your Email List as an Ecommerce Brand?

Grow and maintain email list
Published: Oct 3, 2019 | Updated: Oct 7, 2019 by Guest Contributor in Ecommerce

Email marketing for ecommerce is one of the best ways to build personal and lasting relationships with your customers. A well-managed email list can help you send more personalized messages, reengage past buyers, and learn more about your target audience. You may think social media is better for engaging with customers, but the fact is, there are three times more email accounts in the world than Facebook accounts – and due to Facebook’s algorithm, the organic reach can be as low as 6%. In contrast, emails generally have an open rate of 20-30%, meaning your message is five times more

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The Evolution of Ecommerce Email Marketing

Evolution of eCommerce Email Marketing
Published: Dec 21, 2018 | Updated: Nov 17, 2023 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Email marketing has made some notable strides over the past few years to become a major channel for eCommerce. However, the eCommerce email marketing landscape wasn’t always such a seamless, automated process. Once upon a time, companies marketed their brands and products to potential customers by delivering postcards by snail mail, or delivering entire printed catalogs to physical mailboxes. This impersonal method of marketing was destined to morph into email marketing as technology advanced and more and more people adopted email as their main channel of communication with friends, family, and their favorite brands. Drip marketing arises as a strategic

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Email List Segmentation Best Practices for Ecommerce [2024 updated]

eCommerce Segmentation Best Practices 2018
Published: Oct 22, 2018 | Updated: Jan 8, 2024 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Email marketing is a reliable and effective marketing tool that eCommerce companies rely on to grow their business, however, without utilizing segmentation to help your company send more relevant and successful marketing campaigns, you are missing out. This email list segmentation best practices 2023 guide aim to help email marketers to create better newsletters to the intended audience segments. In previous articles, we’ve discussed the benefits of list segmentation sufficiently. We cannot emphasize enough the reasons why segmentation is a vital element of your marketing campaign, as it allows you to split up your potential customers by grouping them together according to

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7 Must-Have eCommerce Follow Up Emails Every eShop Needs

eCommerce Follow Up Emails
Published: Apr 17, 2018 | Updated: Aug 30, 2019 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Follow up emails are a must-do in the digital age whether you’re selling via cold contact, pursuing a job, following up with a prospect or existing customer. In eCommerce, follow up emails are essential for customer activation, retention, and repeat business. Sending effective follow up communications after key actions by customers is essential because it shows you’re listening and catering to their needs. From abandoned shopping carts, to customer reviews, and even complaints, any time a customer interacts with your eShop, reaching out promptly to them is critical to keep the dialog going. This will drives transactions and, ultimately, satisfaction. In this article,

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7 Super Awesome Ho Ho Holiday Marketing Ideas

Holiday marketing ideas
Published: Dec 4, 2017 | Updated: Oct 31, 2023 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Everyone loves a surprise. That’s why we are offering 7 unconventional and super awesome holiday marketing ideas for eCommerce so you get prepared for your Holiday Marketing campaign and hopefully, put a smile on your customer’s face! Who knows, those holiday marketing campaign ideas might even surprise you in the form of year revenue results! Table of Contents > The surprise factor is the game-changer > 7 Out-of-the-box holiday marketing ideas > Holiday marketing idea #1: Run a contest to collect contacts > Holiday marketing idea #2: Be creative with your Instagram stories > Holiday marketing idea #3: Give your customers a

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Black Friday Email Marketing Report 2017 [Infographic]

Black Friday 2017 Email Marketing Report
Published: Nov 28, 2017 | Updated: Oct 1, 2021 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

2018 update: Our new Black Friday report 2018 is out! Read it here! Each year, online retailers make new records during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping period. In 2016, consumers spent a total of $12B online over the Black Friday weekend alone. Black Friday 2017 was no exception, as a growing number of consumers opt for the comfort of their home (office) over the crowded streets and malls when it comes to grabbing the best Black Friday deals. At ContactPigeon, we analyzed millions of transactional records for a sneak peek into how Black Friday 2017 was shaped up. We have wrapped

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