No joke: New email ‘unsubscribe’ laws to be enforced from April 1
Businesses that send commercial electronic messages must make it straightforward for customers to ‘unsubscribe’, or risk faces hefty penalties.
Online retail giant Kogan hit with $310,000 fine over promotional emails
Kogan.com has been fined more than $310,000 by the national communications watchdog for sending millions of promotional emails that breached spam law.
Is your online store dazzling? Here are seven things e-commerce retailers can do to stand out
Sure, your products have to be good, but it really is the small things that matter when it comes to an online store.
Woolworths fined $1 million over spam email snafu: Here’s what SMEs can learn
Woolworths has paid the price after breaching spam laws more than five million times in less than a year, sending emails to unsubscribed customers.
Authenticity pops: Resist the urge to jump on the COVID-19 marketing train
Being just like every other brand and screaming COVID-19 comms isn’t going to inject your brand with the fuel it needs to get through the pandemic unscathed.
Four marketing mistakes that practically guarantee failure
For entrepreneurs and small business owners, getting marketing right can mean the difference between rapid growth and painful failure.
Shopify launches email marketing tool after breaking up with Mailchimp
Shopify has entered the email marketing game — launching Shopify Email — in a move that could make life easier for small Australian e-commerce businesses.
How to (and not to) write an effective email
Do you write annoying emails? Do you receive them? The reality is, a poorly written email irritates both the recipient and the sender.
To personalise or not to personalise? How to increase email engagement
Email campaigns are the bedrock of a digital strategy. But you’re facing stiff competition, with more than 293 billion emails sent every day.
Three reasons small businesses shouldn’t hire a marketing agency
It’s easy to be taken in by the confidence of an agency, but have you considered the benefits of bringing your marketing in-house?
What I learnt after accidentally deleting 40,000 clients from my email database
Yesterday, really did permanently deleted just under 40,000 contacts from a MailChimp audience. Here’s what happened next.
Destined to fail: Spending money without a marketing strategy is like building a house without a blueprint
Marketing your business is much like building a house, because you need an architectural blueprint to ensure long-term success.