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6 Clever Newsletter Tips To Get More People To Open Your Emails
“REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.” Deleted.
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“Circling back to see if you wanted to share my infographic?” Blocked.
I’m scrolling through my inbox deleting and blocking, my mind honed to a sharp, judgmental edge. Is there the slightest hint of spam or unsolicited pitching? YOU ARE DEAD TO ME.
And there, tucked between the Nigerian princes and the penis pills, is this subject line:
?? I’m so excited for you! ??
Whaaaat? Why are you excited for me? What’s happening with these celebration horns? Is something awesome happening in my inbox right now? Did I win something? Let me just fall all over myself to open this email right now!
Getting your subscribers to actually open your emails is both a science and an art. According to Mailchimp, email open rates range from 19 – 25%. My open rates are 38% – 65% <- that’s an un-humble brag in case you were wondering. Here are all my best newsletter tips!
6 Clever Newsletter Tips To Get More People To Open Your Emails
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New Things: Try Miracle Berries
Ever one to embrace to the theme party, last Friday I decided to kill two very fun birds with one stone, combining my house-warming party with a Miracle Berry 'flavor tripping' party. (Go ahead an roll your eyes over that 'flavor tripping' bit. I certainly did.)Miracle Berries are gorgeous little numbers that produce a protein that makes sour food taste sweet for an hour or so. Crazy, right? I...
30 New Things: Make Sweet corn Ice cream
credit Professional Minnesotan Garrison Keillor is credited with saying sweet corn is better than sex. Sooooo, sweet corn ice cream? That must be your own personal passport into heaven, right?Right. Last weekend my lovely friends Shaun and Erin helped me brave the waters of culinary exploration to create this version of summer in a bowl. We used this recipe. And while it was a bit fussy (my...
11 Ways To Make Your Home Feel Happier + More Like You
Many years ago, I went through A Very Bad Breakup. When my three-year relationship ended, I moved into an adorable little shoe box of an apartment and decided that this little place was going to be a bastion of joy and silliness and positivity. Slowly but surely, I happy-fied my apartment, making it impossible to feel anything other than glee while hanging there. Here's how I made my home feel...
30 New Things: Go out For Breakfast Before Work
creditNow. I will grant you that going out to eat before work isn't quite as challenging as cycling 88 miles with no training or braving a Scientology lair, but it's hard to resist the siren song of pancakes, yo. So it was with visions of giant muffins dancing in our heads that my friend Jess and I braved drizzle, fog and 6 am eye goobers to dine at our local Perkins. I ordered my usual stomach...
30 New Things: Go To a Scientology ‘Church’
A girl has pretty high expectations when she works up the nerve to enter a church of Scientology. Anything that makes Tom Cruise jump on couches must be pretty intriguing, right? When my friend Emily and I braved the doors of Minneapolis's very own Scientology church, this is what we knew about Hollywood's favorite religion: It was created by a 1950s Sci-Fi author who wrote short stories with...
30 New Things: Take a Belly Dancing Class
credit I like to think I can dance. Really, it is probably more accurate to say that I'm not afraid of trying to dance. Or perhaps that I'm not afraid of moving my body in an enthusiastic manner. In any case, I'm pretty constantly shimmying around my apartment/fake tap dancing/singing karaoke with jazz hands. So obviously one of my 30 New Things had to be dance related. And have you ever seen...