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  February 17, 2005
Listening to Your Prospects and Customers
To Pop-Up or Not to Pop-Up, That is the Question
New Deliverability Challenges Ahead
Welcome
Landing Page Handbook

 

 
The Jennings Report
Dear Jeanne,

Do you have a love/hate with pop-ups? Wonder if your landing pages could be improved? Want to know what's ahead for e-mail? We've got articles covering these and other pressing topics in this issue. Dive in!

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Jeanne
Listening to Your Prospects and Customers
Jeanne Jennings, February 17, 2005

I've just come off a national focus group tour, nice if your company can afford it. Even if they can't, here are some cost-effective ways to get customer feedback that can help you better market your products and services.

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To Pop-Up or Not to Pop-Up, That is the Question
Douglas K. van Duyne, E-Commerce Times, February 11, 2005

Personally, I'm not a fan of pop-ups. But in testing with multiple clients I've found that pop-ups are the most effective way to drive Web site visitors to your e-mail sign-up page. So we use them. Here's a great article on pop-ups, pop-up blockers and when and how to use pop-ups responsibly.

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New Deliverability Challenges Ahead
Jordan Cohen, DMNews, February 9, 2005

If you're like most e-mail marketers, deliverability is what's now keeping you up at night. This article covers CAN-SPAM one year later, with statistics and predictions. I'm not sure how cloudy his crystal ball is, but well worth a read to get on person's vision of the future.

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Welcome
Bill McCloskey, emailInsider, February 16, 2005

How would your e-mail program stand up? Bill outlines the results of his attempt to sign-up for e-mail from 246 different brands. Welcome letters? Sometimes. Double opt-in? Rarely. In many cases the brand didn't even have it's own e-mail program -- he was added to the parent company's list promoting all their brands.

Needless to say, not the way to use e-mail effectively. A good read -- and then you'll run to make sure your program is in better shape than most of these.

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Landing Page Handbook
MarketingSherpa, February 2005

Another great report from MarketingSherpa. This one has practical advice on raising conversions by optimizing the data and design of your landing page.

You get:
> 59 samples from real-life campaigns
> 13 heatmaps, showing you how eyes see landing pages
> 190 pages of actionable information, including 16 tables and charts

Bonus! Jennings Report subscribers save $50 by ordering before February 28, 2005

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