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Chris Donald

Co-Founder and Advisor

Company

InboxArmy LLC

Expertise

Email Marketing
Lifecycle Marketing
SMS Marketing
Retention Marketing
Ecommerce
Multi-Channel Marketing

About

Chris sent his first email campaign in 1995. He’s worked directly with Fortune 500 companies, retail giants, nonprofits, SMBs and government agencies in all facets of their email marketing and marketing automation programs. He’s also a BIG baseball fan, loves a good steak, and is mildly obsessed with zombie movies.

Articles

Father’s Day Email Inspirations to Perk Up Your Strategy

Email marketers rely heavily on holiday email campaigns to help them drive greater revenue and build better brand visibility. Father’s Day, done right, can fetch big bucks for marketers—and it’s just around the corner. Are you ready? If you’re still looking for ideas, here are some inspirations for you as you develop and finalize your […]

Email Capture Forms: Best Practices for Feeding Your Marketing Funnel

According to the Wolfgang Digital 2017 KPI Benchmark Study, only 1.56% of all web traffic converts on average. So, what about the other 98.44% of traffic? Traditional retargeted ads will get you an average click-through of about 0.7%. With that, let’s be honest here: If you’re not leveraging email capture forms to identify and engage that […]

Email Marketing Benchmarks and Testing – Setting the Foundation for Improving Your Email Marketing

One of the not-really-secret benefits of email marketing is the ability to test just about any component or data point you desire. With so many possibilities at our fingerprints, the majority of email marketers (okay, companies sending email) don’t test. And those who do test tend to have better-performing email marketing programs (we hope). Testing […]

Maintaining List Hygiene to Enhance Email Marketing Strategy

If Harry Potter had reached platform 9 or 10 instead of platform 9 ¾, would he have been able to catch the Hogwarts Express? In other terms, if your email campaign does not reach the right email addresses, you miss “catching the right train” to effective engagement and conversions. List hygiene is a simplistic way […]

How to Amp Up Your Email Marketing CTAs

Every email you send has a specific purpose. Is that purpose obvious to your recipients? Whether your email’s purpose is to drive an eBook download or a specific product purchase, the question remains: How do you get recipients take your desired action? While there are many factors—like the subject line, copy and design–which help to […]

The Dos & Don’ts of Persuasive Email Marketing

Persuasive email marketing is all about convincing your leads to purchase from you. You only have a few seconds for your email campaign to create an impression on your subscribers.  If done right, though, email marketing campaigns can successfully drive conversions. Let’s take a quick look at the dos and don’ts of persuasive email marketing. […]

How Email Marketers Tackle Their Cart Abandonment Woes This Holiday Season

Hopefully, you started your holiday marketing preparation months ago. Yet, no matter how well you plan your holiday marketing campaigns, there’s still one big fear: Cart Abandonment. No More Hustle ! Get all email marketing agency services under one roof. Unfortunately, those moments where site visitors put items in their online shopping carts and abandon […]

Images vs. Plain-Text Emails: What Works Better?

Email marketers are constantly looking for ways to boost their email metrics—in particular, open rates and click-through rates. They do this by testing variables like subject lines, From Name, and calls to action, among others. Learn more about how image based emails can be a good idea for email marketing. One test you may not […]