Before I dig into what is a very dynamic topic for email marketing, I want to
talk about mailboxes. In 1775, when Benjamin Franklin became the first
postmaster general of the U.S., mailboxes looked something like this:
If you’re still worried exclusively about what your website looks like on a
desktop, you are falling behind the curve at a faster and faster clip. Some
companies are even starting to eschew a desktop strategy completely in favor
of mobile – think Instagram.
Usually, when I’m writing on the topic of turning visitors into leads, I share
tips and tricks for how we think about raising conversion rate i.e. getting
more people who visit your site to fill out a form.
For certain emails, the main purpose is branding. The goal of these emails is
very high distribution and are traditionally evaluated using open rate as the
primary metric.