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Automation is very important for email marketing because it saves a lot of time with just a one-time setup. This is especially useful for businesses with limited staff. Automated emails also provide a better return on investment since they work on their own after being set up. Seeing the value of email automation, we recently [...]

Black Friday is almost here, and it’s one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Since Black Friday’s discounts and atmosphere encourage everyone to buy, most businesses wait for occasions like these to sell their goods and services to a large customer base. They use ads, social media, and email marketing to tell people [...]

Kit, which was formerly called ConvertKit, recently announced a price hike, and for many, it can be a significant amount. Let’s quickly go through the changes and see how this affects you and your email marketing journey. Kit price hike 2025 So the recent price hike mostly affects users who have a list size of [...]

Lately, Reddit has seen a significant surge in visitors from search engines. This isn’t just a coincidence – it’s a reflection of changing user behaviour. Now, instead of just searching for “best perfume for men,” most people search for “best perfume for men Reddit.” People have started adding “Reddit” to their searches to find more [...]

If you subscribe to multiple email newsletters from non-profit organisations, you will notice that most of them still use simple text emails, sent either through mail-merge or by adding all recipients to BCC. This is partly because they do not know about email marketing tools, and also because most of these tools are very expensive. [...]

Customers often forget about a brand, or subscribers lose track of a newsletter if they haven’t interacted with them for a while. This happens a lot in today’s busy world full of distractions and many brands trying to catch their eye. There’s a saying, “Out of sight, out of mind.” If a brand isn’t regularly [...]

Whether you are a new or established business, having a set tone of voice is necessary to ensure your business has a consistent way of communicating. No matter if you’re posting a tweet, writing a blog, or answering customer questions, the way you communicate affects how people see and feel about your brand. In this [...]

While most people think that email marketing is mostly meant for internet-based businesses, like SaaS and e-commerce, the fact is that almost every business can benefit from email marketing. Email marketing has a proven track record with one of the highest ROIs. This is why even offline businesses like KFC and Dunkin’ Donuts still use [...]

We’re making a small change that’ll make a big difference to how you manage your subscribers. In July, we’re beginning rolling out a change to EmailOctopus where the Lists screen, within the dashboard, is replaced with a new Contacts page. This change isn’t just about a new name, it’s about making the platform simpler and [...]

All businesses want to have both new and repeat users, but acquiring new users is hard and always has an acquisition cost. On the other hand, marketing and selling to repeat users is much easier as they already have an established relationship with the business, leading to lower costs and higher conversion rates. Retention marketing [...]

Many businesses that want to start with email marketing but aren’t familiar with marketing campaigns or with tools like EmailOctopus often begin by bulk mailing email addresses by placing them in BCC. While this is not the correct way to send bulk emails, it occasionally works. The more mature way to send bulk marketing emails [...]

If you own an Etsy shop, you may have experienced the challenge of limited features for engaging with past customers and encouraging repeat purchases. This is a frequent issue discussed within the Etsy seller community, and the solution here is to build an audience. While there are several ways to achieve this, like having an [...]