When sales are slow at Sweet Psalms Florist in Conyers, Georgia, owner LaToya Ferguson deploys a multi-channel digital marketing strategy — which...
4 Ways to Improve Email Open Rates and Response
E-commerce, which has been trending upward for well over a decade, positively exploded in 2020 — growing from a $393 billion to $598 billion...
5 Tips to Get More Sales from Your Email List This Holiday Season
Stay-at-home orders and general unease about going out in public have made e-commerce bigger than ever this year; thus, you’ve likely seen your...
N.Y. Florist to Celebrate Local Heroes for Petal It Forward
Concerns about virus transmission means Nancy White won’t hand out flowers on the streets of Larchmont, New York on October 21, but it won’t cancel...
3 Tactics for Better Emails During the Pandemic
“Hope you are well!” “Hang in there.” “May the force be with you.” If you’re struggling with how to begin and end emails lately, you aren’t alone....
How to Avoid Having Emails Marked as Spam
Cyber Monday (November 26) is mere weeks away. Last year, 81 million Americans participated, accounting for $6.6 billion in sales. Email marketing...
Mass Email Madness Inspires Clever Promotion
Days into the fall semester, chaos ensued at the University of Missouri when someone hacked into a student’s email and sent a spam blast to the...
Why Passive, Impersonal Emails Land in the Trash
By Mackenzie Nichols With nearly 3 billion users, email, the earliest form of online communication, is also one of the best avenues for marketing —...
Don’t Fall for In-Store Pickup Email Scam
‘Tis the season for merry-making, mistletoe and, unfortunately, scammers, who hit up retail florists with an array of seemingly plausible scenarios...
A Quirky Marketing Campaign Reaches 334 Million People
A cheeky marketing campaign specifically created to generate raves and groans — and nothing in between — has already reached 334 million consumers...
Improve Your Email Marketing Approach in Two Steps
Consider the following scenario: You connect online with the manager of an exclusive wedding venue and then quickly add her to your shop mailing...
“Express Yourself” Flirts with Personal Style
Promote your ability to accentuate individual styles with the Society of American Florists’ “Express Yourself” materials. The materials feature a...
Steal These Email Ideas from 4 Brands
Email marketing fetches a 4,300 percent return on investment for U.S. businesses, according to the Direct Marketing association, and marketers...
Higher Open Rates through Better Subject Lines
That’s curiosity, urgency, relevancy, value and emotion. It’s a system Alex Williams, vice president and creative director of Trendline Interactive,...