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<strong>35% of recipients open emails</strong> based solely on the subject line, according to Omnisend. How can you make the most of yours? <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/email-marketing-rules-regarding-relevant-subject-1442145386" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Image by bearsky23</em></a>

3 steps to better subject lines

Keep your email out of the sp@m filter! Reach more email recipients with this three-step process for writing subject lines:...
<strong>Beyond the subject line</strong> Your subject line is only one of four elements recipients on your email lists consider before deciding whether to open or delete. Are you ignoring the other 75%? <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/75-off-on-sale-gold-percent-1845747322" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Image by 3D character</em></a>

Get recipients to open the email envelope

It takes 4 elements to boost open rates Call it the envelope. Before they’ll open your email, your recipient considers...
<strong>Try a little cleverness</strong> Entertainment is the No. 1 reason people share email, according to Chadwick Martin Bailey. <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/man-holding-yellow-balloon-smile-face-519480580" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Image by Sasin Paraksa</em></a>

How to write clever email subject lines

Try wordplay, humor, creative techniques Among the most popular subject lines for my e-zine Wylie’s Writing Tips: Try a little cleverness...
<strong>It’s all about the reader</strong> Want to get opened? Write about the reader’s favorite topic. <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/female-hand-hold-open-envelope-post-515072374" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Image by AngieYeoh</em></a>

How to write email subject lines that get opened

Target the recipient to boost email analytics Useful information is among the top three reasons people share information via email...
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How to write an email preview pane

Give readers a peek at your contents Eight out of 10 businesspeople and more than half of consumers use preview...
How would you like to cut and paste 10-line URLs into a browser? Department of Defense employees don’t like to either. <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/fighter-jet-plane-isolated-on-white-1350744410" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Image by aappp</em></a>

Create email newsletters for the DoD

Uncle Sam wants you to write emails his employees can read By Diane Owens Did you know that the Department...
<strong>Measure up</strong> What’s the optimal subject line length? 60 characters? 40? 25 to 30? More? Less? <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/tape-measure-isolated-on-white-280202324" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Image by goir</em></a>

How long should email subject lines be?

Do shorter ones get higher open rates? Call it the Goldilocks Conundrum: What character count is “just right” for subject...
<strong>Take these 3 keys to e-zine success</strong> 1) Focus. 2) Focus. 3) Focus. <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-photo/two-hands-holding-fingers-like-frame-44233081" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Image by Robert Kneschke</em></a>

To shorten email, find your focus

Expand on, but don't exceed, the subject line When a Toyota dealership wrapped up its car-maintenance-and-new-models e-zine with information about...
<strong>How long is too long for your email newsletter?</strong> 600 words? 400? 200? <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/measuring-tape-9252256" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Image by Teresa Azevedo</em></a>

What’s the best email newsletter length?

People average 51 seconds on newsletters The No. 1 advice email newsletter subscribers have for e-zine senders? Keep it short....
<strong>Just for you</strong> Segment lists, then use meaningful pieces of data — your recipient’s dog’s name, maybe — to nanotarget readers. <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/fr/image-photo/close-woman-hand-throwing-red-arrow-1748915333" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Image by Anucha Tiemsom</em></a>

Email personalization techniques: Go beyond targeting

Segment lists to customize email newsletters, campaigns Email receivers have a new definition of spam. They now use the word...

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