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People like to orient themselves on what other people have already done or said. This also applies to purchasing decisions. So if a customer states that he has already noticed an offer, then the other can tempt him to do so. This phenomenon is called Social Proof and has become…
Microsoft’s Cortana, Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa or the Google Assistant: language assistants have long since found their way into our everyday lives. And, of course, the voice assistants also read out emails. For marketers in email marketing, this generally means that mailings can reach users more easily and quickly. However,…
The smartphone is our everyday companion, which we always carry with us. 23 percent of users between the ages of 18 and 34 would rather abandon one of their senses than their smartphone (tappable). For companies the smartphone offers invaluable access to their customers’ lives. On the one hand customers…
First impressions count. And this definitely applies to the subject lines of mailings as well. 47% of users state the subject line as the reason for opening an e-mail (source: Chadwick Martin Bailey). The subject line, being the first impression or teaser of an e-mail, lets the reader decide whether…
A self-service center is a personal area of a user on the website of a company where he can manage his profile. With the help of a self-service center, users of digital services can, for example, add and change personal data themselves, transmit enquiries, obtain new services, or change existing…
Did you know that an average of 39% of online-shop users don’t even take a look at any products and that only 12% put something in their cart? (source: freshrelevance) Most shop visitors browse, take a look around and do some research. Purchase decisions are (perhaps) made later on. Many…
In a time of impressions and information flooding the internet it gets harder to focus a user’s attention on just one single thing for a moment. This is a challenge marketers all over the world face every day. The visual design of mailings can be the key to successful marketing…
Email marketing is and remains one of the most efficient and promising channels through which companies communicate with prospects and customers. The email landscape is constantly changing: new clients and operating systems are emerging, existing ones are changing and expanding, others are disappearing. The fluctuation on the market and the…
Twitter is an extraordinary marketing tool. Marketers have always found new ways to use it to their advantage over the last years. What’s special about twitter is the real time factor in communicating. You type a tweet within seconds and send it out into the world. That isn’t the case…
With the passing of GDPR in May 2018, the technical requirements for digital dialogue marketing have increased as well. Those requirements that marketers try to meet are, amongst others, higher standards for the encryption of communication. Now the comissioner for data protection (Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (LDI)) in the…