Email marketing that gets opened and acted on.

Once your emails arrive, they have to earn the open and the click. These guides cover the writing, timing, segmentation and testing behind campaigns that convert. It is the day to day of what we run for clients: emails in your voice, sent on a plan, measured on what they make.

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how to write a welcome email sequence

How to write a high-converting welcome email sequence

A welcome email sequence that converts is three to five emails over the first one to two weeks, with the first arriving within minutes of sign-up and the rest spaced one to three days apart.

how to segment an email list

Email list segmentation: 5 smart ways to categorise subscribers

Segment your list by the one or two things that change what you should send, not by building fifty tiny lists.

how to write email subject lines

How to write engaging subject lines (with 50 examples)

Catchy subject lines do one thing well: open a specific curiosity gap, promise a concrete benefit, or feel personal, and they read like a person wrote them rather than marketing copy.

best time to send marketing emails

The best time to send marketing emails (based on fresh data)

The best time to send marketing emails is a weekday morning between 9 and 11am in the subscriber's local time, or early afternoon between 1 and 3pm, with Tuesday to Thursday outperforming Monday and Friday.

how to ab test emails

How to use A/B testing to double your email click-through rates

To A/B test emails properly, split your list randomly into two groups, change exactly one thing, and compare the result.

how to re-engage cold email subscribers

How to re-engage cold subscribers: the 9-word email and beyond

Send cold subscribers a win-back sequence, starting with the 9-word email: a plain one-line question like 'Are you still looking for [what they signed up for]?' with no links or images, built to get a reply.

what is a good email open rate

What is a good email open rate? (by industry benchmarks)

A good email open rate in 2026 is roughly 20 to 30% for a clean, engaged list, though it varies by industry: media and publishing run 20 to 35%, ecommerce 15 to 25%, B2B and SaaS 20 to 30%, and nonprofits 25 to 35%.

plain text vs html email

Plain text vs HTML emails: which performs better in the inbox?

Neither format is better at getting opened, since opens depend on sender reputation and subject line.

how to make emails look good on mobile

7 essential rules for writing mobile-friendly marketing emails

Design every marketing email for phones first, because roughly 60 to 70 percent of opens happen on mobile.

b2b email marketing strategy

B2B email marketing strategy: how to sell to decision makers

Selling to decision makers by email means writing for a committee, not one impulsive buyer, so plan a sequence of touches over weeks or months rather than one persuasive email.

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