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Introduction:

This part 1 of a 4-part Email Marketing Masterclass series covering the four essential areas of email marketing management: copy and design; deliverability; data and personalization, and optimizing content and offers through the customer journey. All of the workshops in this series provide strategies, examples, and checklists you can implement immediately in your company, no matter what email-sending platform (ESP) you are using.  The series is led by Komal Helyer, a passionate email marketer, who is also Chair of the DMA Email Council. As a key industry thought leader and events speaker, Komal is sub Editor @ The Modern Retail and writes for many other publications including Forbes.

You can take these courses à la carte, individually, or as a 4-part Email Marketing Masterclass series bundle for a significant discount.

(Can’t attend a live workshop? No problem. These workshops are recorded, and we’ll send you the recording, workbook, and any supplementary materials within a day of completion after we’ve had time to edit recordings.)

Description:

Email marketing is the foundation of any good multi-channel marketing strategy.

But if you’re finding that your current campaigns are stagnating, results are declining, or you just need a fresh approach to optimizing what you’re currently doing, this class will give you all the core principles you need to start maximizing your current email marketing strategy for acquiring and retaining customers, in a world of crowded email inboxes and mobile viewers.

We’ll talk about best practices for both B2B and B2C businesses around email copy, design, and implementation including designing emails for engagement (and different devices), writing winning subject lines and email copy, when to send and how often, understanding your campaign metrics, and successfully conducting testing that gets results.

Key Takeaways:

What you’ll learn:

  • Optimizing your email design and structure: Key design considerations to ensure your emails maximize your audience engagement:
    • Creating open-worthy subject lines.
    • The anatomy of an email—key sections every email has and needs to be optimized, regardless of design.
    • Optimizing for mobile and responsive design to enhance engagement across multiple devices.
    • Optimizing the email for preview pane and blocked images to ensure your message always gets across and is actionable.
    • Design techniques to draw the eye to your Call-to-Action (CTA).
    • Optimizing your CTA color, placement, and wording to maximize clicks.
    • Advanced email design: Interactive email to bring your message to life and help subscribers engage there and then:
      • Video in email—key do’s and don’ts.
      • GIFs—the right and wrong way to use them.
      • What are AMP and Creative HTML and how can you use them to better deliver your content to subscribers and generate engagement?
    • Techniques to create copy that converts and connects with your subscribers.
  • Know your metrics—analyzing your results for trends, issues, and potential future opportunities.
  • Testing as a strategic issue; 5 steps to create tests that get results you can use (across channels!).

How to Convince My Boss Why I Should Take This Course:

According to eConsultancy*, 87% of surveyed senior executives agreed that the events of 2020 and 2021 have rewired customers to be digital-first. But customers don’t just expect rich digital experiences. To make a lasting impression, businesses need to provide personalized content that creates a unified journey across channels.  Email marketing is at the forefront of delivering on customer’s expectations of personalized communications that deliver on their expectations, with the right content and offers at the right time.  This email series prepares marketers to think through how to turn your email marketing program into a customer-centric, high-performing multi-touch digital experience.

*Digital Trends 2022 Experience Index Adobe and eConsultancy

The Presentation:

  • The workshop is hands-on and practical.
  • The workshop is live so that you can ask your questions.
  • Can’t attend the live workshop? No problem. All DMAnc.org workshops are recorded, and we’ll send you the recording, workbook, and any supplementary materials within a day of completion after we’ve had time to edit the recording.
  • Step-by-step instructions in numbered lists with the links so you can do this yourself.
  • Everything is clear with lots of illustrations and examples. You can copy the examples, edit them, and use them in your work.

Download Material:

  • Video of the presentation with slides and audio.
  • PDF of the complete presentation.

Who is this Course For?

Anyone who manages the email marketing and marketing automation strategy for their company, including Email Marketing Managers, Demand Generation Managers, eCommerce Managers, Digital Marketing Managers, and Agency Account Managers who manage the email marketing strategy for their clients.

The Presenter:

Komal Helyer








Komal is an award-winning Fractional CMO and has over 20 years of experience in email, martech, and digital marketing. Previously VP of Marketing at Pure360, Komal now spearheads the Go-to-Market, Retention, and Brand strategies for many B2B, eCommerce, and Travel businesses and agencies.

A passionate email marketer, Komal is also Chair of the DMA Email Council. As a key industry thought leader and events speaker, Komal is sub Editor @ The Modern Retail and writes for many other publications including Forbes. She is also the judge at many prestigious awards including the DMA Awards & eCommerce Awards. She’s proud to be a Tutor for the IDM, teaching numerous marketing courses including B2B Marketing, Digital CRM, and Email Marketing.

Komal’s passion for supporting greater diversity in the workplace is the driving force behind her commitment to mentoring individuals in the industry, she is also a Brand Ambassador for the Women in Tech forum, the co-founder of Email Mentors, and a Mentor @The Girls Network. She has been nominated for many awards and was proud to win Corporate Woman of the Year ’19 at the Business Woman’s Excellence Awards and to be awarded a Top 50 CX Star accolade in 2022.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/komalhelyer/?originalSubdomain=uk

I have many years digital marketing experience and found the workshop useful. It was a good level in the middle of beginners and advanced.

Dawn ChamberlainMarketing Manager, Horsesmouth

The DMANC has expertly identified what the marketing community needs: in-depth training with the flexibility of a multi-day format. I can use the certificate of completion at the end to show my organization that I am committed to my ongoing development and improvement of our customer-facing emails.

Karen LoggiaDirector of Marketing, Tension Corp.

The session was thought-provoking and provided me with testing ideas to implement immediately.

Kelly StimpsonMarketing Manager, Advance Local

Kate was a very well-spoken host with a lot of insight and knowledge. She used real world examples of what works and doesn’t work within an email and used statistics to back up those ideas.

Meredith ChristmanMarketing Manager, Cornerstone Advisors Asset Management, LLC

The first workshop was extremely informative, and I came out of the session with takeaways that I will implement into future email campaigns. I learned more about placing pre-header text and a CTA at the very beginning of the email, and I am interested to see how this performs for us.

Erika WagnerDigital Marketing and Campaigns Specialist, General Electric Credit Union

Direct Marketing Association’s webinars are a must-attend for anyone in marketing! Kate is fantastic and keeps you engaged throughout the entire webinar. She offers greater insight and new ways of thinking about email marketing. Awesome job!

Janice SpiersMarket Insights and Communications Analyst, Synergy Flavors

This workshop was an excellent mix of technical and practical material that was easily absorbed. Excited to start applying the learning as soon as possible.

Craig ChamberlainMarketing Manager, Watlow

The knowledge I gained far exceeded the cost of the workshop. I walked away with a clearer understanding of applying concepts and practices I already know in an effective way around email automation, digital personalization, and omnichannel strategy.

Joseph KellyContent Lead, TE Connectivity

The workshop inspired me to improve my email practices and I can’t wait to implement the suggestions and see what improvements I get.

Maddie KapfhammerGraphic Designer, The Deciding Factor

The workshop moved at a very comfortable pace and had a great balance of concepts and real-life examples that made it easy to grasp the new information. I came away with a list of next steps that I want to tackle as the result of this workshop.

Darin JitchakuCRM Manager, Prince Resorts Hawaii

I thought this workshop was really interesting and relative to what I was hoping to learn more about. I appreciate that it covered all aspects of data, how to gather, analyze and use it properly to make the most of it. Plus it covered how personalization is the way to go from now on. Very well done!

Marwah AfifiPaula’s Choice Europe B.V.

Although this session was more technical in nature, the presenter delivered the information so that it was easy to follow and understand.

Randy CasquejoMarine Marketing - CRM Coordinator, Yamaha Motor USA - M.E.S.

Great content and very skilled presenters.

Cecelia FleishmanGraphic Designer, Truly Nolen of America

Workshop dates and times:

SPRING

Module 1: Improving Your Campaign Results with Better Copy, Design, and Strategy.
Thursday, May 9, 2024
from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.

Module 2: Improving Email Deliverability to get Your Emails in the Inbox.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.

Module 3: Improving Email Engagement with Personalization and Automation.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.

Module 4: Email Marketing Along the 5 Stages of the Customer Journey–Improving Email Results with the Right Content Along the Customer Journey to Drive Engagement.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.

Summary
Event
Email Marketing Masterclass, Module 1: Improving your campaign results with better copy, design, and strategy
Location
Live Online, 15227 Perry Lane,Morgan Hill,California-95037
Starting on
May 9, 2024
Ending on
May 9, 2024
Description
We’ll talk about best practices for both B2B and B2C businesses around email copy, design, and implementation including setting SMART objectives to guide your campaigns, designing emails for engagement (and different devices), writing winning subject lines and email copy, when to send and how often, maximizing the size and quality of your email list, understanding your metrics and successfully conducting testing that gets results.
Offer Price
USD 225