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10Jun By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Signup form templates are holding you back (there’s a better way)

By Sean Tinney June 3, 2026 A signup form template sounds like a shortcut. It isn’t. You browse a gallery, pick the closest match, then spend the next hour adjusting fields, rewriting the headline, swapping colors, and rearranging the layout until it looks like something that belongs to your business. You started from someone else’s form and worked backward. AI form builders, like AWeber’s AI Signup Form Builder, change that. Describe what you need, upload a screenshot of a design you like, or answer a few prompts. You get a form built for your specific business from the start. No template hunting. No generic copy to overwrite. What’s wrong with signup form templates Templates are built to work for as many people as possible. That’s exactly what makes them a poor fi...

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25May By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Multi-step forms: why they convert better and how to build one

By Sean Tinney May 22, 2026 A multi-step form breaks one long form into a series of shorter screens. Instead of asking for a name, email, company, and interests all at once, you ask one question per screen. The visitor answers, taps next, and moves forward. Each step feels small. The whole process feels fast. That design choice has a measurable effect on conversions. Research across industries shows that multi-step forms convert at roughly 3x the rate of single-page forms. If your signup form is a single block of fields sitting on a page, you’re likely leaving subscribers behind. Why do multi-step forms convert better than single-step forms? Three psychological principles explain why splitting a form into steps increases completions. Progressive disclosure means ...

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23Apr By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Best Time to Send Emails: What the Data Really Says (Day-by-Day Guide)

By Sean Tinney April 22, 2026 ou open your inbox first thing Monday morning and sigh. A dozen new emails, most of which you’ll ignore until later, if at all. Timing matters. If you’ve ever wondered when is the best time to send emails, you’re not alone. Hitting send at the right moment can make the difference between being read immediately or buried beneath a flood of messages. The best time to send emails isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer, but years of data point to clear trends that can help you reach your audience when they’re most likely to open, read, and act. Below, you’ll find a day-by-day breakdown of the best send windows, plus a section on how to find your own ideal send time using GA4. When is the best time to send emails? For most businesses, the best ti...

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7Apr By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Email Marketing for Small Businesses: The Complete 2026 Guide

By Sean Tinney April 6, 2026 Email marketing is a direct channel between you and your audience. You own it. No algorithm controls who sees it. And when it’s done right, it returns more per dollar than any other channel available to a small business. According to AWeber’s research, 79% of small businesses say email marketing is important to their strategy. Yet only 60% say their strategy is effective. That gap — between knowing email matters and actually making it work — is exactly what this guide closes. Here’s what you’ll find inside: how email marketing works, how to build your list, how to write emails people open, how to choose a platform, the strategies that drive results, how to automate your best sequences, and how to measure what matters. Every section answers the...

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22Mar By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Email Marketing Best Practices for Coaches: Proven Strategies to Fill Your Calendar

By Sean Tinney March 19, 2026 You’re great at transforming lives through coaching, but finding clients who are ready to invest? That’s a different challenge. What if you could wake up to discovery call requests from people who already trust your expertise and understand your value—without spending hours on social media or chasing cold leads? While algorithms hide your social posts and paid ads drain your budget, email puts you directly in front of people who’ve already raised their hands and said they want to hear from you. It’s one of the most cost-effective ways to build a sustainable coaching practice. Here are the email marketing strategies successful coaches use to build waiting lists, nurture prospects, and convert subscribers into high-value clients. You’ll learn e...

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18Feb By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How to Use ChatGPT to Write Better Emails (Without Copy-Pasting)

By Sean Tinney January 26, 2026 Drafting emails takes time. You write. You rewrite. You second-guess your subject line. What if ChatGPT could handle the drafting for you? ChatGPT can analyze your best campaigns and write new emails that match with AWeber’s MCP. It saves drafts directly to an AWeber account. No tab-switching. No copy-pasting. Why This Works Most people write emails, then hope they perform. AWeber MCP does the opposite. ChatGPT looks at your top campaigns—highest opens, most clicks—and uses those patterns for new emails. You get emails that sound like you and match what your audience responds to. Written in minutes, not hours. How to Use ChatGPT to Write Emails 1. Tell ChatGPT what you need Be specific. The clearer your prompt...

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17Jan By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How a Busy Candle Maker Doubled Her Email List Without Learning Email Marketing

By Sean Tinney January 14, 2026 💼 Meet Melissa Williams of Pea Pod Country When you’re making and selling candles and wax melts, your time goes into what you do best—pouring, scenting, and creating products your customers love. For Melissa Williams, founder of Pea Pod Country, most of her business hours are spent in production mode, crafting the candles and wax melts that keep her customers coming back. She knew email marketing would help her business grow. But between production, fulfillment, and running her business alongside full-time commitments, actually setting it up kept getting pushed to tomorrow. 😫 Challenge: Not Enough Time for Email Marketing For Melissa, the biggest challenge was finding the time to do email marketing. “As a maker...

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30Nov By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How to Make Your Emails Look Professional in Under 2 Minutes

By Sean Tinney November 25, 2025 Your email content might be excellent, but if the formatting looks thrown together, subscribers notice. Mismatched fonts, inconsistent button colors, and random link styling make your business look disorganized even when everything else is professional. The problem isn’t your design skills. It’s that most email platforms make you format every element individually. Change your button color? Click through every single button. Update your headline font? Go through every heading one by one. By the time you’re done, you’ve spent 15 minutes on formatting instead of strategy. Here’s the better approach: centralized style controls that let you set formatting once and apply it everywhere. Theme Settings: Format Once, Apply Everywhere In AWebe...

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6Nov By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Connect Facebook Lead Ads to Your Email List in 5 Minutes (No Zapier Required)

By Sean Tinney November 3, 2025 Your Facebook lead just filled out your form. How long until they get your first email? If the answer is “hours” or “when I download the CSV tomorrow,” you’re losing conversions. Speed matters—leads who receive immediate follow-up convert at dramatically higher rates than those who wait. The manual process—downloading CSVs from Facebook Ads Manager, importing to your email platform, triggering your sequence—creates delays that kill conversions. Every hour between signup and first email drops your conversion likelihood. AWeber’s direct Facebook Lead Ads integration eliminates that delay. Connect once, create automation rules that route leads from specific campaigns to specific email sequences, and your Facebook lead ads email notification...

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19Sep By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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What Are the Best Ways to Improve Email Performance for Small Businesses?

By Sean Tinney September 17, 2025 Every day, small businesses send thousands of emails that get ignored, deleted, or lost in spam folders. Meanwhile, other businesses in the same industries are turning their email lists into revenue-generating machines that bring in customers while they sleep. The difference isn’t luck, big budgets, or fancy marketing teams—it’s strategy. Yet 73% of small and medium businesses surveyed lacked confidence in their marketing strategies, missing out on email’s massive potential for driving engagement and revenue. If you’re running a small business and want to maximize your email marketing results without spending a fortune or hiring a marketing team, you’re in the right place. This guide reveals the most effective strategies to boost your ema...

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26Aug By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Does Email Marketing Still Work in 2025? (The Surprising Truth About ROI)

By Sean Tinney August 22, 2025 Here’s what happened when ecommerce platform Sellvia implemented automated email workflows: they now generate $370,000+ per month from their email campaigns alone. Even more impressive? They’ve recovered over 2.1 million lost transactions and re-engaged 120,000+ inactive customers—all on autopilot. If you’re questioning whether email marketing still works in today’s crowded digital landscape, you’re asking the right question. With TikTok ads, Instagram reels, and countless other “shiny new” marketing tactics competing for attention, it’s natural to wonder if email has lost its edge. The reality? Email marketing isn’t just surviving—it’s thriving in ways that might surprise you. Why Email Marketing Still Dominates in 2025 The Numbers Do...

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2Aug By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How to Design a Newsletter: Design Elements That Make Readers Take Action

By Sean Tinney August 1, 2025 Newsletter design directly impacts engagement rates. With most subscribers now opening emails on mobile devices, newsletters must be designed with smaller screens, touch navigation, and varying email client capabilities in mind to ensure readability and usability. The most effective newsletter designs use specific visual elements that psychologically guide readers toward taking action—whether that’s clicking a link, making a purchase, or engaging with content. The average person receives 121 emails daily, making standout design essential for breaking through inbox clutter. Why Newsletter Design Matters Newsletter design affects deliverability and engagement. When learning how to design a newsletter, understanding that emails with poor text...

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9Jul By Kelly ForstNo Comments

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15 Essential types of marketing emails for higher engagement and revenue

By Kelly Forst July 1, 2025 Email marketing remains one of the most effective digital marketing channels, with an average ROI of $42 for every $1 spent. You’ve heard the advice — send personalized, targeted emails, welcome subscribers to your list, recognize customer milestones and celebrations, and so on. But did you know there are different types of emails to help you do each of those things? Email marketing encompasses 15 distinct email types, each serving specific purposes in the customer journey from awareness to retention. You don’t have to use all of them, but let this comprehensive guide help you find the best way to reach your audience. Quick Reference: 15 Essential Marketing Email Types Conversion-Focused Emails Transactional emails – Order confirmatio...

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15Jun By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Event-Based Email Automation: How to Engage Your Audience at Exactly the Right Moment

By Sean Tinney June 12, 2025 Every time someone clicks away from your store, chances are high you’ll never see them again—unless you act in seconds. Event-based email automation flips the script, sending tailored messages the instant a subscriber takes action (or inaction), so you recover lost sales and keep engagement soaring. In today’s inbox-crowded world, timing isn’t just everything—it’s the only thing. By aligning your campaigns with real user behaviors—like browsing products, downloading resources, or leaving items in a cart—you’ll deliver the right message to the right person at precisely the moment they’re most receptive. No more generic blasts. No more missed opportunities. In this guide, you’ll discover exactly how event-based email automation works, why it out...

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22May By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How to Start a Newsletter: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

By Sean Tinney May 22, 2025 Ever felt like your great ideas, business updates, or stories vanish into the social media void? Imagine reaching your audience directly, with no algorithms dialing down your message. That’s the power of starting a newsletter. Whether you’re looking to build a community, drive sales, or simply share your passion, a newsletter is your most dependable digital megaphone. If you’re wondering how to start a newsletter, the process is easier (and more affordable) than you might think. You can start a newsletter for free, learn the steps in under 10 minutes, and launch even if you have zero technical experience. Here’s everything you need to know to get started today—including the essential tools, best practices, and real-world advice to grow your subscriber ...

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7Aug By James WestfieldNo Comments

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Email automation best practices for highly engaging campaigns

By James Westfield July 25, 2024 Creating an automated email campaign can seem daunting. You have to consider multiple factors that can make or break your conversions. At the same time, you have to do this while balancing your customers’ needs. Then there’s the need to ensure your automated email series addresses every stage of the buyer’s journey. To make the process easier, we’ve put together this guide. Follow these email automation workflow best practices for optimal results.: 6 email automation best practices to follow Ready to jump on the email automation bandwagon? Follow these six email automation best practices to reach your subscribers with the right emails at the right time: 1. Set goals and map your automated workflow  Setting up an automated email wo...

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14Jul By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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15 Landing page best practices to get more conversions

By Sean Tinney July 9, 2024 You sit down at your desk fired up and ready to create a killer landing page. No doubt, this page is the thing that will make your email list sprout faster than flowers in May. You stare at a blank canvas, willing the words flow through your keyboard. But all you see is a blank screen. You know a landing page can be a powerful marketing tool, but getting started from scratch can feel daunting.  Thankfully, having some tried-and-true landing page best practices to follow will help you overcome the blank screen to create a landing page that converts visitors to subscribers without hesitation. Read on for 15 tips, tricks and landing page best practices to help you create a high-converting landing page. 1 – Write a benefit-focused headl...

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20Jun By Pam NeelyNo Comments

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10 easy steps to creating an online course to sell

By Pam Neely June 19, 2024 More than half of all aspiring creators want to go into content creation. That’s more than those hoping to sell products and services. Consider that alongside the fact that most people prefer educational content to entertainment content. One of the most popular forms of sellable educational content is the online course. A key reason for this is how easy it can be to create one. But don’t you need a huge following to sell a course? Not necessarily. In 2021, about 62% of online students were taking courses created by people with fewer than 10,000 social media followers.   You may not need a huge audience to have a successful course, but you need to get a few things right. Today, we’re going to share exactly how to create an online course to sel...

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27May By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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Grow your email list quickly: 43 strategies to add high-quality subscribers

By Rhonda Bradley May 24, 2024 Have you hit a speed bump when it comes to growing your email list? If you want to quickly grow your list without compromising its quality,  this guide is for you. There are countless ways to add new people to your email list. However, effective email marketing means building a list of subscribers who will open, read, and engage with your emails. When you’re looking to grow fast,  it’s easy to lose sight of aiming for quality subscribers. We’ve got you covered. This guide shows you 43 strategies to help you rapidly grow your email list without compromising on the quality of your subscribers. Let’s jump in. 8 Multi-channel strategies to add subscribers to your email list fast Here are eight strategies to help you grow you...

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3May By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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The 8 best ways to promote affiliate links in 2024

By Phil Norris May 2, 2024 Affiliate marketing has grown from a niche pursuit into one of the most popular ways for content creators to monetize their online audience. Indeed, one in three publishers say affiliate marketing is in their top three revenue sources, while one in 10 say it’s their #1 revenue stream. But you’re not going to make any money as an affiliate if you can’t find an effective way to get your affiliate links in front of as many people as possible. So what’s the best way to promote affiliate links? To answer that question, we’re going to round up eight of our favorite promotional strategies, each backed by real-world examples from successful affiliate publishers. Let’s get into it… How affiliate links work Before we start discussing where to ...

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15Apr By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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How to increase brand awareness on social media

By Rhonda Bradley April 11, 2024 Social media brand awareness can deliver huge advantages to businesses.  A successful brand awareness strategy can expand your reach, improve your credibility, and dramatically increase your conversions, web traffic, and sales. With the right approach, all those benefits can translate to big profits and a healthy ROI for your business. But in a world where nearly 5 billion people upload 2 billion photographs and videos to social media daily, finding a way to stand out can be challenging. Fortunately, you don’t have to wonder how to get noticed on social media because we’ve got answers for you in the guide below. I reached out to several industry experts who shared first-hand experience and creative tips for building brand awarenes...

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10Apr By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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Interactive Posts: Steal these ideas and say goodbye to boring social media

By Rhonda Bradley April 9, 2024 Have you ever dreamed about waking up to discover that your brand’s social media page went viral overnight? Or that, within a few months, you were able to build a highly engaged audience that feels like a real community?Social media success happens on different timelines, but there’s one thing you can count on: Interactive content is one of the most reliable ways to get there. Whether you’re looking to expand reach and awareness, grow your audience, or drive traffic and conversions, engagement is the key to making it happen on social media.  Keep reading for creative and popular ideas on how to create interactive content for your brand. You’ll find ideas and suggestions, plus insights, stories, and tips from people with first-hand experie...

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6Apr By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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17 Powerful strategies to increase click-through rate in email marketing

By Sean Tinney April 4, 2024 Are you frustrated with crafting what you think is the perfect email, only to see it fall short when it comes to getting clicks? You’re not alone.  Picture this: You’ve nailed the subject line, you’ve hooked your readers with enticing content, and you’ve hit send with high hopes. But then, crickets. Your open rate looks good, but where are the clicks?If you’ve ever found yourself scratching your head over this conundrum, you’re in the right place. We’re going to dive deep into the world of email marketing to uncover the secrets to boosting your click-through rate.  Get ready to learn how to turn those opened emails into action-packed click-throughs that drive results. How to improve email click through rates 1. Stick to one main call to a...

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3Apr By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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17 of the most common email marketing mistakes to avoid

By Sean Tinney April 2, 2024 We’ve all messed up with email marketing at some point. You hit send, and then that sinking feeling hits you. You’ve goofed up, and now it’s out there for everyone to see. It’s like sending a message in a bottle into the vast sea of the internet, and you can’t reel it back in. Some email marketing mistakes are obvious and can undo all the hard work you’ve poured into your campaign. But there are other blunders that are equally damaging, yet you might not have even realized you were making them. You might be oblivious to some of the mistakes you’ve made until it’s too late.And when those mistakes get sent out to thousands of people in an instant, the fallout can be huge. Knowing what email marketing mistakes to watch out for, can help you avoid ...

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29Mar By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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How to be a successful affiliate marketer: Growth strategies & tips

By Phil Norris March 28, 2024 Did you know the average affiliate marketer makes just over $8,000 a month? Not bad for a job that lets you work anywhere, set your own hours, and earn passive income.But, as always, there’s a catch: That figure is massively skewed by affiliate marketers with 10+ years of experience, who bring in an average monthly income of $44,000+. Meanwhile, if you’re in your first year of affiliate marketing, you can expect a slightly more humble return of $636 a month. Which probably won’t even cover your bills, let alone fast-track you toward a life of luxury. Still, if you can get through those tricky first two years, the rewards are there for the taking. And we can help you get there by sharing our top tips on how to be a successful affiliate...

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24Mar By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Spring GIFs: Add Some Attention-Grabbing Fun to Your Emails

By Sean Tinney March 21, 2024 Spring is a time for new beginnings, fresh starts, and warmer weather. And what better way to welcome the season than with some fun and colorful spring GIFs?  GIFs have become a popular way to add some animation and personality to email campaigns. To help you enhance your email, and even your landing pages, our designers have created an amazing collection of spring GIFs. Plus GIFs for holidays and events that take place in the spring. Just scroll down to check them out for yourself. So go ahead, find your favorite spring GIF and use it in your next email or landing page. Download your spring GIFs Downloading your GIFs are really easy: Step 1: Find the animated spring GIF below that you want to use in your email. Step 2: Save it by ...

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19Mar By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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Lead generation for coaches: Strategies to supercharge your coaching business

By Phil Norris March 19, 2024 Coaching is all about helping people achieve their goals — whether in business, relationships, health, or anything else. But if you’re going to build a successful online coaching business, you need a constant stream of new leads. People who are interested in your advice and support, and who could be tempted to pay for your services with a little gentle persuasion. That’s why the best coaches also have the best marketing strategies.Want to find out how they do it? You’re in the right place. In this article, we’ve rounded up our top strategies on lead generation for coaches, backed up by a bunch of real-world examples. Let’s get into it… Key elements of lead generation for coaches As you’ll see from this article, there’s no shortage of ...

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13Mar By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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How to start a food blog: Recipe for success

By Rhonda Bradley March 12, 2024 You have a passion for food and want to share it with the world. Blogging can give you a way to express your love for all things culinary and connect you with a global network of like-minded people.It also boosts your credibility as a chef or author.  And it gives you another way to earn income and promote your books and products to a wider audience. Plus, there’s all the food. But getting started as a food blogger might sound complicated, especially if you’ve never launched a website before. There are a lot of steps and decisions involved, and you may find yourself wondering “Where do I begin?” If you want to start your own food blog but need a bit of guidance on how to do it, you’re in the right place. This recipe for food blo...

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8Mar By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Email Preheaders: Tips to Increasing Your Open Rates

By Sean Tinney March 6, 2024 Less than three seconds. That’s the average amount of time you have to capture a subscriber’s attention in his or her crowded inbox. Talk about a short window.So what’s an easy way to make an impact and stand out? Include an email preheader in each message you send.  When viewing a message in your inbox, an email preheader — also known as the Johnson Box or preview text — is a snippet of text shown next to or underneath the subject line. The email preheader length will vary by device and which Internet Service Provider (ISP) like Gmail or Yahoo! subscribers use. However they are typically between 50 to 100 characters or about 6 to 11 words.  Below, you can see an email preheader example on a desktop inbox, and another on a mobile ...

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3Mar By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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How to create a single-page website that leads to a conversion

By Phil Norris February 29, 2024 When you think of a website, you probably imagine a homepage with a menu linking to various categories and sub-pages. But not every business or creator needs a classic multi-page website. For many, a long-scrolling, single-page website could be the perfect solution.Which approach is right for you? And if you decide to create a one-page website, what crucial elements do you need to include? Read on to answer those questions (and more)… What is a one-page website? A one-page website is exactly what it sounds like: a site containing a single HTML page, with no links to additional pages (like a blog, contact page, or About Us page). These clutter-free, easy-to-navigate websites are designed to provide just the right amount of detail to...

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28Feb By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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Best blogging platforms for every type of blog

By Rhonda Bradley February 27, 2024 If you’ve ever had a blog before, you probably know what a hassle it can be to decide which blogging platform to choose. Each boasts a long list of tools and features that can start to sound alike after you’ve browsed five or six of them. If you’re looking to start your first blog, choosing the right blogging platform can be even more difficult. Especially when (and we all know this happens) everyone you know has a different, and often passionate, opinion on which one is best.In this guide to the best blogging platforms, we make it easy for you to choose the best blogging platform for your business or personal blogging needs. You’ll discover which are easy or difficult to use, how much they cost, why people do and don’t like them, and who e...

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25Feb By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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Instagram SEO best practices to increase your reach

By Rhonda Bradley February 20, 2024 If you’ve ever wondered whether your small Instagram account can compete with giant brands on Instagram, this article is for you. Building an audience on Instagram can feel intimidating. Fortunately, understanding Instagram search engine optimization (SEO) can put the power of brand reach in your hands, no matter how small your business or how limited your budget. However, if it seems tougher than ever to gain new followers and engage your audience on Instagram, you’re not imagining things. Instagram, now used by 45% of the world’s population, brings more than 2.4 billion viewers to the platform each month – along with a lot of competition for their attention. And, if you’re still banking on compelling content and hashtags to expand y...

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20Feb By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Facebook Lead Ads: Questions, answers, and how to get started

By Kaleigh Moore February 15, 2024 Prices are going up.  But it’s not gasoline or eggs at the grocery store that’s the problem. Call it “digital lead inflation.” The cost of finding potential customers is going up fast. And if you’re not careful, you could be priced out of the market. The cost of leads increased 19% year-over-year in one study. Competition is fierce. With leads at a premium, having a lead-generation machine in place is more important than ever. For many businesses, the answer is easy: Facebook Lead Ads. Businesses love Facebook Lead Ads because it makes targeting such a specific audience easy. That may be why the average conversion rate on Facebook ads is over 9%. But not every business is on Facebook. And there are so many options to choose from ...

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15Feb By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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What is microblogging? A comprehensive guide with expert insights, tips, and examples

By Rhonda Bradley February 13, 2024 You’ve probably heard about people who have built massive and highly-engaged social media audiences from scratch, without spending a dime on advertising. Perhaps you wrote them off as “lucky unicorns,” or figured they just have some type of charisma that ordinary people lack. What if you stumbled on a method that nearly anyone can use to grow a large, engaged social media audience? And what if that strategy didn’t only make your brand popular, but also drove significant traffic, engagement, and conversions for your business? If you’re looking for a way to get your business off the ground with marketing that doesn’t require a lot of time or money, microblogging may be the answer. Microblogging offers a solid path to building a loyal an...

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10Feb By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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14 Super Easy to Implement Email Marketing Best Practices

By Sean Tinney February 7, 2024 Sending emails can feel intimidating at first. It may even cause some “email anxiety” (yeah that’s a thing). But sending emails doesn’t have to be complicated or scary if you follow some basic email marketing best practices. As you go through this list of best practices for email marketing, you won’t see guidelines about how many emails you should send, or how long your email needs to be, or the optimal length of a subject line. The truth is, that while these are all great and important questions, the answer to these questions is different for every company. You can only answer these with email testing (which by the way IS a best practice). No matter what your business is or what industry you’re in, some tried-and-true best email marketing b...

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5Feb By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Event email marketing: How to build excitement for your next event

By Kaleigh Moore November 21, 2023 Event email marketing is a key strategy for building anticipation for your next event—whether online or offline. This post explores key event email marketing examples and strategies to help. When a survey asked event marketers their most effective strategy for getting the word out, the results were interesting:The best strategy wasn’t word-of-mouth. It wasn’t social media. It was email. Over 75% of the event marketers polled said email marketing was their preference. They reported 45% of their total event ticket sales came from email marketing campaigns. That makes event marketing simple, right? Sign up for an email platform, tie in an event marketing platform like Eventbrite, and you’re good to go. But just because one medium is...

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2Feb By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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BIMI Logo: How to get your brand logo to appear in the inbox

By Phil Norris February 1, 2024 The email inbox is a warzone. With the average person receiving dozens of emails per day, it’s hardly surprising that only about one in three marketing emails are opened.All of which means that brands are constantly battling to win the open. Typically, they focus on the parts of an email that impact open rates:  Subject line Pre-header “From” name But there’s another, often overlooked, element that can have a huge impact on your email open rate: the identifying logo. It’s possible to display your brand’s logo within the main inbox thanks to an email standard known as Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI). Read on to learn what BIMI is, how it works, why it’s important, and how to set it up. What is BIMI? BIM...

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30Jan By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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The best ecommerce tools to boost profits and save time

By Rhonda Bradley January 30, 2024 If you run an ecommerce business, you’re probably investing a lot of time trying to keep up with a never-ending list of responsibilities.  From managing inventory to fulfilling and shipping orders, dealing with refunds and returns, directly communicating with customers, or optimizing your content for SEO, there’s a lot to juggle.Fortunately, the right ecommerce tools can help you get it all done with ease. From putting your marketing on autopilot to exceeding your quarterly sales goals while reducing returns fraud, ecommerce tools can simultaneously save time and increase your profits. The right ecommerce tools are a game-changer for any ecommerce business. But they can also slow you down if you choose tools that don’t work well. Or if...

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27Jan By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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19 Best fonts for blogs: How to create eye-catching, readable content

By Phil Norris January 25, 2024 Online audiences have short attention spans, so it’s vital you make it easy for them to consume and retain the most content in the shortest possible time. That’s why it pays to nail your choice of blog fonts.Your chosen font should be stylish and align with your branding, while also being easy and enjoyable to read. In this article, we’ll explain the importance of fonts, discuss key considerations for choosing the right font, and round up the 19 best fonts for blogs (plus which size to use).  And, as an added bonus, we’ll analyze the fonts used by some of the world’s top blogs. Let’s get into it… Why fonts for blogs matter Fonts play a key role in the readability of your blog posts. One study found that adjusting font style an...

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24Jan By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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9 Best newsletter software tools (and how to choose)

By Phil Norris January 23, 2024 Sending email newsletters is widely recognized as one of the most effective ways to reach, engage, and convert your audience, with over 90% of marketing professionals describing email marketing as at least somewhat critical to business success. So it’s no surprise that the vast majority of brands send email campaigns at least once per week:To keep your audience engaged and make your content memorable, you need to choose a newsletter software tool that makes it easy to design beautiful, high-engagement emails that land where you want them to: in the main inbox. But with hundreds of newsletter platforms to choose from, it’s hard to know where to start. That’s why we’ve done the research for you and compiled our list of the nine best newslet...

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21Jan By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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10 Best life coach certifications to launch your coaching career

By Rhonda Bradley January 18, 2024 As a life coach or aspiring life coach, you’re deeply committed to transforming lives for the better. Chances are, you go above and beyond for your clients on a daily basis. With so much time invested in helping others, it’s easy to let your own passions slide. So how can you feed the love you have for coaching while sustaining your motivation to change lives?A good life coaching certification program helps you develop a network of mentors, peers, and educators who support you for life.  In many cases, earning a certification means that you’re never alone on your coaching journey because you have an entire community of professionals who will support and inspire you for years to come. Life coaching certifications also boost your credibi...

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17Jan By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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Mastering email nurture campaigns: A guide to boosting customer engagement

By Rhonda Bradley January 9, 2024 Are you looking for a ridiculously effective way to generate engagement and boost sales without investing a lot of time or money? Email nurture campaigns are the answer! We all know it’s important to keep our email subscribers engaged, send them personalized content, and nurture them through the sales funnel. But if you’re running a small business, that all sounds like a whole lot of work. That’s where email nurture campaigns step in.  Using simple automation tools, an email nurture campaign pays attention to how people interact with your brand. Then it sends a relevant series of emails to cultivate their interest and guide them toward making a purchase or commitment to your service. The best part? You can put multiple nurture campai...

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8Jan By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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13 Parts of an email you need to boost opens, clicks & sales

By Phil Norris January 4, 2024 Struggling to bring your email ideas to life? You’re not alone, with two in five email marketers admitting they find it hard creating effective content. But it doesn’t need to be a challenge.Once you understand the anatomy of an email, content creation becomes a repeatable process: nail each section and you’re guaranteed to build something that feels seamless and engaging. Read on to learn about the different parts of an email (plus examples of how each should look), broken down into three sections: Inbox: These elements help recipients decide whether or not to open an email. Email body: Comprising the bulk of your email, these components are your opportunity to build your brand, engage your audience, and drive action. Footer: Contai...

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3Jan By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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How to start your Etsy shop: A step-by-step guide

By Kaleigh Moore January 2, 2024 If you’re daydreaming about starting your own business and you love crafts, you’ve probably heard about Etsy—one of the biggest online marketplaces for handmade or vintage items and craft supplies.  Whether you want to earn extra bucks on the side or you want to invest your entire focus on starting an online business, with almost 500 million visits monthly, Etsy can be the perfect opportunity to get in front of an audience looking for unique items. Etsy had 96.2 million buyers in 2023; over two million more than it did in 2022. To top it off, Etsy has a significant mass of loyal customers—40% of Etsy buyers are repeat customers, and 8.9% are “habitual buyers,” meaning consumers who make repeat purchases several times without the process of hig...

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29Dec By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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18 Email marketing ideas to boost opens, clicks and sales

By Phil Norris November 28, 2023 You know email marketing is a super effective way to nurture leads, turn them into paying customers, and retain existing customers. But achieving your goals requires sending emails consistently and frequently — likely at least once per week. And coming up with that many email marketing campaign ideas is tough.Maybe you’ve hit a creative dead-end. Maybe your previous activity hasn’t delivered the desired results. Maybe you’re new to email and just don’t know where to start. Either way, you’re experiencing a major case of writer’s (or emailer’s) block. Don’t worry, because we’ve rounded up 18 email marketing ideas to inspire your next campaign, backed up with real-world examples and segmented across the following common goals: Generatin...

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20Dec By Dave StysNo Comments

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How to design a newsletter in 5 quick and easy sections

By Dave Stys December 19, 2023 I don’t have a creative bone in my body. So when I first started creating newsletters, I would always second guess myself, which usually left me just giving up and going with a plain white background, black text newsletter. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to start writing only to quickly get discouraged that my newsletter doesn’t look all that great. It looks plain. It looks average. I am not afraid to admit – It would look boring and I wouldn’t read it myself.So I made it my mission to find out what makes a great looking newsletter that people could not wait to read. After countless hours of research I’ve listed the sections that appear most often in the most popular newsletters.  Section of a newsletter How to design a newslet...

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17Dec By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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Product landing pages: a step-by-step guide to boosting sales

By Rhonda Bradley December 13, 2023 Product landing pages are a budget-friendly marketing tool that can help increase product sales and provide valuable data and insights on customer behavior.  Landing pages also provide a smooth customer experience that guides people through the most critical part of your marketing funnel: making the sale.So why don’t more small companies use landing pages? If you’re a small business owner, you may struggle with the idea of creating your own design elements. Or maybe you’re unsure how to write the content and choose the best images. You might even think you don’t have the technical know-how to create a successful landing page. Sound familiar? No problem! This guide shows you how to write and create a professional landing page in minute...

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12Dec By Phil NorrisNo Comments

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Landing page SEO best practices: A step-by-step guide

By Phil Norris December 5, 2023 Landing pages are fantastic at driving leads and sales, but they’re often not so good at bringing in organic traffic. Why? Because the very factors that help landing pages convert visitors — minimal content, few links, and highly promotional messaging — are pretty much the opposite of what search engines like Google are looking for.But, if you follow some tried-and-trusted methodologies, it’s totally possible to build landing pages that rank well, bring in tons of traffic, and achieve sky-high conversion rates. Learn how in our guide to landing page SEO… What is an SEO landing page? SEO landing pages are web pages optimized to: Rank well in search Drive lots of leads or sales Landing pages serve a single purpose or goal. Most oft...

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7Dec By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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Best coaching platforms and tools to help you do more in less time

By Rhonda Bradley December 7, 2023 As a coach, you enjoy the rare honor of transforming people’s lives on a daily basis.  Behind the scenes, though, you’re probably juggling a to-do list that would give most people nightmares.If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone. This is where the best coaching platforms step in to ease your workload and improve your efficiency. Imagine delivering courses with ease, effortlessly managing invoicing, collections, and taxes, and seamlessly managing appointments.  Or creating a month’s worth of social media posts in a single morning and scheduling them to auto-publish at ideal times throughout the month. Then nurturing and converting those leads to paying clients without lifting a finger, thanks to automated email marketing. ...

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2Dec By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How to avoid emails going to the spam folder – words to avoid and more

By Sean Tinney November 30, 2023 Let’s face it, nothing feels more frustrating than pouring your heart into a carefully crafted email, only to discover it’s taken an unexpected detour to your subscriber’s spam folder. It’s not as if you can send an email to your subscribers asking them to safelist you, because those emails will just end up in spam. It’s a vicious cycle.But what can you do to avoid your emails from going to spam? To increase your chances that your emails make it safely into your subscribers inbox, there are some basic steps you can take to avoid spam filters. In this blog we’ll highlight those simple and easy to implement steps to avoid emails going to spam.  Plus we’ll share a well documented tip for staying out of the spam folder that, in actuality,...

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28Nov By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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How to market your coaching business: a guide to increasing clients and sales

By Rhonda Bradley November 22, 2023 Imagine successfully marketing your coaching services across several platforms with so many leads flowing your way that your waiting list is getting out of hand. Then imagine you did it all on a shoestring budget in just a small amount of time each day. 🏆 There’s a lot to do when starting a coaching business, and you don’t want to spend the majority of your time on marketing.But new marketers often spend so much time promoting their services that they can’t keep up with the workload. As the unfinished projects pile up, the small amount of marketing success they achieve can’t be maintained because there are too many other things to do. Pro marketers struggle with the same thing, but successful ones have learned a few secrets along...

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20Oct By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Black Friday Marketing Ideas: How to Stand Out During the Holiday Noise

By Kaleigh Moore October 17, 2023 Black Friday is the kickoff to the holiday season, the time of year when every customer is rubbing their palms together and ready to shop.  This makes it the perfect time to launch a marketing campaign, right?Well, kind of. The thing is, you’re not the only business to have heard of Black Friday.  In 2022, shoppers poured out $9.12 billion on Black Friday alone. That creates an intense level of competition for every customer dollar. What the Superbowl is to advertisers—that’s what Black Friday is to marketers. If you want to make more sales, you’ll need to stand out. But there’s no silver bullet here, no single miraculous strategy. You should choose a seasonal, brand-appropriate strategy that fits your customer base without being ...

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16Oct By Rhonda BradleyNo Comments

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How to Sell Digital Downloads on Etsy to Grow Your Passive Income

By Rhonda Bradley October 10, 2023 Are you a creator, small business owner, or side hustler looking for a way to generate passive income? Selling digital downloads on Etsy may be a great option for you! Selling digital products is an easy, low-cost way to generate income without the demands of selling physical products. Say goodbye to inventory, storage, and shipping hassles, and hello to a low-maintenance business that leaves you the time and freedom to do other things.In this article, we’ll show you how to set up your Etsy store for success from day one.  Find out how much money you can earn (and how much the platform keeps), decide which products to sell, and open an Etsy shop that builds trust, generates interest, and makes profits even as you sleep. In this article...

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11Oct By Liz WillitsNo Comments

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Why businesses need a professional email address

By Liz Willits October 11, 2023 When I started my own business, I jotted down a list of administrative and setup tasks that I needed to complete right away.  One of the first tasks I tackled: Getting a professional email address. I didn’t want to send from a free email address — an amateurish move. Which is why I prioritized setting up my professional address.  If you run a side hustle, business, or nonprofit, I also recommend that you send emails from a professional email address. They come with many perks. They boost credibility, trust, and brand recognition. And they can also improve email deliverability and subscriber engagement.  But how exactly?  In this blog post, I’ll explain everything you need to know about professional email addresses. You’ll learn: ...

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6Oct By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Free Holiday GIFs to Spice Up Your Email Marketing Campaigns

By Sean Tinney October 5, 2023 Everything deserves a little extra sparkle during the holidays, so as a free gift to you, AWeber’s design elves created these 33 holiday-themed animated GIFs. Use any of the animated GIFs below for your emails, your website, or your social media accounts. But especially use them in your emails, as GIFs can increase click-through rates, conversions rates, and revenue. Place them in a Black Friday or Cyber Monday email, a holiday newsletter, or a New Year’s sale message to your subscribers.Check out our GIF categories: Christmas GIFs Holiday GIFs Hanukkah GIFs Kwanzaa GIF Holiday Sale GIFs Black Friday GIFs Cyber Monday GIFs Small Business Saturday GIFs Giving Tuesday GIFs Seasonal...

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1Oct By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Learn how Etsy’s Share & Save program can earn you more revenue

By Sean Tinney September 28, 2023 Cha-Ching – that’s the sound of success after each sale you make on your Etsy shop. Then soon after that excitement a little sadness kicks in when you now see the fees you have to pay for that sale. An Etsy transaction fee of 6.5%, a payment processing fee of 3% + $0.25. The costs are reasonable considering you are using Etsy’s platform and benefit from the traffic they generate through their brand recognition.But what if you get that traffic to your store? Shouldn’t your cost be reduced? It is your audience after all. Well, it looks like Etsy agrees. That’s why in September 2023 they launched their Share & Save program. So what is Etsy’s Share & Save program? How does it work? And most importantly, what are the savings? We’l...

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27Sep By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Halloween email marketing: 10 ideas and examples to scary good sales

By Sean Tinney September 26, 2023 Tis’ the season for pumpkin spice coffee, college football, and overuse of the pumpkin emoji. But did you know that it’s also a time for some of the biggest business holidays of the year? Cyber Monday, Black Friday, even the majority of Christmas shopping. (That’s right, fall doesn’t end until December 20th!)So take a small break from your Black Friday/Cyber Monday planning. Why would you do that you may ask? Well consider this: Halloween spending is projected to reach $12.2 billion this year.. Now that’s a lot of candy corn. The most frightening holiday of the year is more than just child’s play, it’s Americans’ third favorite holiday and a chance to connect with your email audience in a fun and effective way. Ready to create a spookta...

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22Sep By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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How to start an online store: 7 steps to success

By Kaleigh Moore September 19, 2023 Starting an online store has never been so easy. That may be why there are 26 million of them out there. People around the world have taken modern digital platforms like Etsy and Amazon and turned them into businesses they can run from the comfort of their homes. Yet even with all of the advantages possible in the digital age, building a digital store can get tricky.Why? Building an online store can be overwhelming, especially if you don’t have a lot of experience.  For example, should you build your own website, or “rent” a platform like Amazon? Or both? And how should you build your customer list once the store’s up and running? The further down the rabbit hole you go, the more questions there are. Maybe you haven’t built a digit...

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17Sep By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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10 Step Holiday Email Marketing Guide for Boosting Sales

By Sean Tinney September 14, 2023 I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “the early bird catches the worm”. This saying is never more true than when talking about your holiday email marketing, especially for the Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa shopping season. According to a recent consumer survey, 50% of people expect to begin holiday shopping before November.And once they start, consumers really open up their wallets. Last season alone saw record sales of $936 billion. And with people willing to spend, creators and businesses (both big and small) are trying to get a piece. So if you were thinking of getting those holiday emails out in mid November, you could miss out on weeks of easy sales. To stand out with your audience you need to have a strategy in place because more em...

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14Sep By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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Create Neon Style Buttons Using CSS

CSS truly is a remarkable tool in a web designer’s toolkit, capable of bringing even the most vibrant creative visions to life. Today, we’re immersing ourselves in the radiant world of neon style buttons, showcasing the impressive spectrum of CSS capabilities. Ready to set your CSS knowledge aglow? Let’s get started! Your Web Designer Toolbox Unlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design Assets Starting at only $16.50/month! DOWNLOAD NOW HTML: Building the Neon Button Our HTML structure for the neon button is quite straightforward: <button class="neon-button">NEON</button> We’ve just set up a button with the class “neon-button” which we’ll use to apply our CSS styles. CSS: Crafting the Neon Glow Let’s now dive into the CSS code to giv...

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12Sep By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Top 8 ways to monetize Instagram while building a sustainable audience

By Kaleigh Moore September 12, 2023 It’s been a journey of long days and extra time on weekends, but you’ve finally done it. Your Instagram account has more followers than you ever dreamed.  There’s only one problem.You’ve been so preoccupied with building your audience that you’ve forgotten about the other end of building a business on Instagram. Monetization. You have an ever-expanding cadre of loyal, engaged followers. You know there’s a market for what you offer. But before you go for a quick money grab, you should slow down and consider the best way to convert your audience into customers. Do it the wrong way and you risk turning those followers away. That’s why monetization should be more than a quick generator of cash. It should feel like a natural extension o...

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8Sep By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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The 12 most impactful types of landing pages for outstanding results

By Sean Tinney June 27, 2023 Landing pages play a pivotal role in driving successful campaigns, they let you simplify your message while keeping your customer focused on a desired action. In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, where capturing attention and driving conversions is more challenging than ever, the strategic use of landing pages has become a necessity for businesses and marketers alike. But there are different types of landing pages for different situations. We’ve highlighted the top 12 most impactful landing pages including when to use them. Webinar landing page In-person or virtual events — like webinars — are a great way to educate your audience and to get them engaged with your brand. These are no small tasks to put together. A lot of your time and ene...

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5Sep By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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How to Animate Gradient Text Using CSS

Web design takes a captivating turn when CSS comes into play. It enables a world of transformations, such as taking static text elements and infusing them with life. Our focus today is one such engaging transformation – animate gradient text using CSS. So, let’s demonstrate how a seemingly complex effect can be achieved with a few lines of code. UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS: 400,000+ Fonts & Design Assets Starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW Setting Up the Text in the HTML We begin by defining our text element in HTML, which in this case is a simple heading: <h1 class="animated-gradient">1stWebDesigner</h1> Here, we create an <h1> element with a class called “animated-gradient”. This class becomes our anchor for creating the gradient animation in CSS...

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4Sep By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Etsy SEO: How To Rank Higher and Increase Your Store’s Revenue

By Kaleigh Moore July 11, 2023 Etsy is one of the prettiest marketplaces on the Internet, and your store is part of it. You’ve set up fantastic products for sale, captured them with eye-catching photographs, and you’re open for business. There’s just one critical element missing from this pretty picture.Customers. Here’s the dirty little secret about Etsy: 50% of the traffic comes from direct links outside the website. People with popular shops are drawing all the attention. This has a cascade effect: the rich are getting richer. That leaves fierce competition for the other 50%—and SEO that’s tough to crack. Etsy isn’t Google; it’s got its own set of rules to follow. Fortunately, Etsy’s SEO policies aren’t only intuitive and customer-friendly: they’re also transpare...

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1Sep By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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20 Exceptional ways to increase your sales on Etsy like a power seller

By Sean Tinney August 29, 2023 If you’ve ever wondered how top Etsy sellers like CaitlynMinimalist or TwistStationery stand out and excel in a very competitive Etsy marketplace, it ranges from mastering keywords to crafting compelling product descriptions. Increasing your sales on Etsy takes more than hitting publish on your products. You need to structure your products in a way that makes them stand out from those other Etsy sellers trying to sell their products and establish themselves as a reliable brand. To establish the kind of consistency that top sellers reach, you also need to start building and engaging with everyone who buys your products. It’s no secret that this audience is more likely to buy from you again. Here are the top 20 ways to increase your sales on Et...

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29Aug By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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Ripple Button Effect Using Pure CSS

Google’s Material Design guidelines introduced the ripple effect, a subtle animation that indicates user action. The ripple effect rapidly gained popularity in web design as a sophisticated visual feedback form that refines user interaction, particularly on buttons. Today, we’ll show you how to create a ripple button effect using nothing but pure CSS. Your Web Designer ToolboxUnlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design AssetsDOWNLOAD NOW Building the Button The basic structure of our button is quite simple. It’s a single line of HTML: <button class="btn-ripple">CLICK ME</button> This is a standard button element with a class btn-ripple attached to it, which will be our reference when we define the ripple effect in CSS. Casting Ripples...

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29Aug By Chandal Nolasco da SilvaNo Comments

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How to create landing pages that convert (plus top examples & templates)

By Chandal Nolasco da Silva August 4, 2023 Whether you’re looking to drive sales, sign ups, or downloads, a highly optimized landing page can provide real value by bringing your visitors to a page targeted directly to their needs.  This is important because a landing page tailored to the needs of your customer can increase conversion by 300%.Now we all want to increase conversion by a couple hundred percent but you can’t just throw up a landing page and like magic, you immediately get conversions. It actually takes a few essential tips. Follow these tips to give yourself the best chance for success. In this blog we’ll go over what it takes to create a landing page that converts. Establish your USP Define a strong, value-driven USP (Unique Selling Point) and build your l...

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26Aug By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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2023 free fall GIF guide

By Sean Tinney August 15, 2023 GIFs are more than just fun images to look at — they can drastically increase your marketing results, too. That’s because eye-catching visuals always boost engagement, but when those visual move, engagement goes up even more. So whether you’re using animated gifs in social media posts, in blog posts, on thank you pages or in your emails, gifs can attract the attention you want and have a positive effect on revenue. So adding GIFs to your upcoming fall newsletters or promotional emails is a smart move. It’s just that sometimes it takes a while to create a great GIF, or to find just the right GIF. To create awesome GIFs, you can tinker around with GIF-making websites and apps (but that’ll eat up a lot of your time). Or you can hire a designer to m...

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23Aug By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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18 Best Content Creation Tools That Will Make Creating Content a Breeze

By Kaleigh Moore August 22, 2023 Want to attract people to your business? It only takes two words: create value. Online, we call anything of value “content,” and it comes in all sorts of forms. eBooks, webinars, blog posts, videos, social media threads. If they attract potential customers, we call it content marketing.But while publishing great content can establish your reputation, there’s still one problem. Noise. Everyone else is creating content, too. And that noise is getting louder. 54% of businesses plan on increasing their content marketing budgets in 2023. How do you stand out? By not stretching yourself too thin. You need tools and strategies to make every piece of content count. Even better, you can leverage every possible content creation tool to impro...

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22Aug By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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WordPress Dashboard: Removing Unwanted Widgets

Your website’s command center, the WordPress dashboard, arrives with several widgets that enhance functionality. However, not all of these may be beneficial for every user. As plugins introduce more widgets over time, your dashboard may start to feel crowded and less straightforward to navigate. WordPress offers the ability to remove these unnecessary widgets, either manually or programmatically. We’ll guide you through both of these methods, aiding in decluttering your dashboard and promoting better website management. Understanding Widgets Widgets are elements you can include in your WordPress site’s sidebars or other widget-ready areas. WordPress includes default widgets, and plugins may introduce more. All these widgets can be managed through the Appearance » Widgets screen in your Wo...

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18Aug By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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10 Innovative ways to repurpose your content + real-life examples

By Sean Tinney August 17, 2023 Anyone who writes regularly, can relate to this – It takes a lot of time and effort just coming up with the right topics. Then on top of that you have to actually write it, and rewrite it, and rewrite it some more. As a content creator, you don’t just write for one channel, most likely you write for multiple channels – like a blog, newsletter, social media.There are a few goals you should try to achieve with anything you write: 1 – Don’t be boring  2 – Teach the reader something they may not know 3 – Leave an impression that causes readers to feel like they have to respond or react Because of these goals (really, they’re my rules for writing engaging content), there are days where you may struggle to come up with content ideas. Then whe...

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14Aug By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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How to Optimize UX Design for Screen Readers

Achieving digital accessibility and optimizing your platform for screen readers, can be a strategic decision with multifaceted benefits. Not only does it reflect empathy and inclusivity for visually impaired users, but it also potentially expands your audience and the reach of your message. Let’s delve into the importance of UX design for screen readers, practical adaptation strategies, and the continuing commitment toward digital accessibility. The UX Designer Toolbox Unlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Wireframe & UX Templates, UI Kits & Design Assets Starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW Screen Readers: Essential Instruments for Digital Accessibility Screen readers act as interpreters between the digital content and the visually impaired users, transforming visual data int...

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13Aug By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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The best Labor Day email examples to inspire your next great campaign

By Sean Tinney August 10, 2023 Labor Day is just around the corner.  Even though people won’t be in the office, they’ll still be in their inbox: People check their email on holidays just as frequently as any other Monday. So what better way to increase your sales than with a Labor Day email. To help you get those creative juices flowing we’ve compiled some of our favorite Labor Day email and subject line examples to give inspiration for creating your own campaigns this holiday. Let’s dive in and make this Labor Day weekend one to remember! Brit & Co. Why it works: This Labor Day email is balanced and organized. The animation is eye-catching, content centered and straight to the point. This email has all the right elements to get readers to click. (Lik...

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8Aug By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Where to sell digital products: The best platforms for creators

By Kaleigh Moore August 8, 2023 People are flocking to the digital economy for more freedom, flexibility, and, ideally, more dollars. And it’s working. According to Goldman Sachs Research, “the increase in digital media consumption and the advent of technology…has lowered barriers to content creation.” By 2027, the creator economy could be worth half a trillion dollars. Content creators are taking advantage. Many of them have already abandoned the nine-to-five grind. They’re now working for themselves. But what if you sell a service instead of a product? Suddenly you find yourself facing a bottleneck. Your work still requires effort, time, and your personal presence. That’s why it feels like you gave up the nine-to-five…just to start a new nine-to-five. The solution ...

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5Aug By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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How to Limit Post Revisions in WordPress

Optimizing your WordPress workflow often involves tweaking a few settings and functions. One of these features is post revisions. This built-in functionality can be a lifesaver, especially when you want to revert changes or restore an earlier version of a post. However, having an excessive number of revisions can be overwhelming and may clutter your database. We’ll guide you through the steps to limit post revisions in WordPress, without turning to specific plugins. Understanding WordPress Post Revisions Post revisions, a core feature of WordPress, allows you to undo changes and revert to previous versions of your posts or pages. For every draft in progress, WordPress automatically generates a temporary revision (known as an auto-save) every 60 seconds. It supersedes older versions with t...

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30Jul By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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How to Promote a Blog (with strategies & examples from established bloggers)

By Kaleigh Moore July 18, 2023 A lot goes into writing a valuable blog post. Hours of research. Drafting and drafting and re-drafting.  Editing, grammar checks, search engine optimization.The work piles up until the point you hit publish. Then, the worst sound in the world: Crickets.  No one’s reading your post.  What went wrong? It’s not that your blog isn’t valuable to your readers. It’s that if people can’t see that value, no amount of work is going to draw your audience. There are reportedly 600 million blogs worldwide. The moths-to-a-flame strategy doesn’t work when readers see nothing but flames everywhere they look. How do you get your blog to make noise? Here’s how to address your readers’ pain points, where to push your latest posts, and a few steps to bu...

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28Jul By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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Making an Underwater CSS Text Effect

Web design can serve as a playful exploration ground for learning new techniques. In today’s guide, we’ll dive into the creation of an underwater CSS text effect, not just for the visual outcome, but to deepen our understanding of how different CSS properties harmonize to create dynamic text effects. Your Web Designer Toolbox Unlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design Assets Starting at only $16.50/month! DOWNLOAD NOW Setting up the Structure Our journey into the deep sea starts with a simple HTML structure: a div element with the class underwater, wrapping around an h1 tag. <div class="underwater"> <h1>1stWebDesigner</h1> </div> Achieving the Underwater Effect For our underwater CSS text effect, we introduce...

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25Jul By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How to Email During a Disaster or Pandemic

By Sean Tinney July 24, 2023 Still seems like yesterday, but it’s actually been a few years since a pandemic swept the world and brought just about every small business to a halt. If the lessons of the Coronavirus Pandemic taught us anything, it’s that in today’s world disasters — or even pandemics — can happen when we least expect it.As business owners, you need to be prepared. The ways in which you communicate with your customers has to be adjusted when these life altering situations occur. And the best way to communicate with your audience during these disasters or pandemics is with email.Whether it’s a hurricane, earthquake, wildfire, or pandemic, email is an important tool to use. Especially if you don’t want to alienate your customers. So let’s get into how you sh...

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20Jul By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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20+ Ways to Segmentation Your Emails to Boost Your Marketing Efforts

By Sean Tinney July 20, 2023 Inboxes are constantly bombarded with emails vying for attention, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to make your message stand out.  We’ve all been there, scrolling through countless generic emails that barely resonate with our interests. But what if there was a way to break through the noise and deliver emails that feel like they were crafted specifically for us? That’s where the power of email segmentation comes in. By understanding the unique needs and preferences of your subscribers and tailoring your messages accordingly, you can create a truly personalized experience that captivates and engages.  Just look at your inbox and you’ll find segmented emails everywhere. YouTube and Netflix suggest videos or shows based on your past viewing...

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19Jul By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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Conducting UX Surveys: A Practical Guide

UX surveys can be pivotal tools for designers seeking to understand user preferences, opinions, and behaviors. They foster alignment between design strategies and user expectations and can improve product or service usability. Our overview unravels the process of conducting UX surveys, highlighting how both quantitative and qualitative approaches can yield essential user insights. The UX Designer Toolbox Unlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Wireframe & UX Templates, UI Kits & Design Assets Starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW Conducting UX Surveys: Their Role and Execution UX surveys serve as channels to collect insights directly from users about a product or service. They come in various forms, from online questionnaires to in-person discussions. These surveys aim to acquire...

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15Jul By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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From stuck to sent: 7 Strategies to overcome email writer’s block

By Kaleigh Moore July 13, 2023 Have you ever sat down to write something and felt…totally stumped?  Ah, yes. It’s the dreaded writer’s block.I know the feeling all too well. Just a few weeks ago, I was sitting at my desk, staring at a blinking cursor, desperately willing it to conjure up the words that seemed to have escaped me. My mind was blank. After hours of torturing myself, I realized I needed a break and decided to do something productive. So I threw on my comfiest sweats, cranked up my Spotify playlist, and decided to tackle reorganizing my kitchen pantry. This unrelated, mindless task allowed me to step away from the task and cleared some brain space so that when I sat back down at the computer, the words just flowed. It was as if the simple act of decluttering...

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12Jul By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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Retro CSS Text Effect: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

CSS offers an array of tools that, when used correctly, can improve the visual experience on your website. In this tutorial, we’ll explore a straightforward way to design a retro text effect with pure CSS. The approach, while not overly complex, yields a visually appealing result and serves as a foundation for further customization. Your Web Designer ToolboxUnlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design AssetsDOWNLOAD NOW The HTML Setup We’ll begin with our markup, containing the text we’ll be styling – “1stWebDesigner“. <div class="retro-text"> 1stWebDesigner</div> The div class .retro-text will be the hook for our CSS styling. Designing the Retro Style with CSS Next, let’s move on to our CSS file to create the retro text effect. ...

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11Jul By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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12 Creative Ways Video Email Marketing Can Increase Your Engagement

By Sean Tinney July 6, 2023 Are you looking for a game-changing strategy to captivate your email subscribers and boost your marketing efforts? Look no further than video email marketing!  Incorporating a video in your emails has the power to mesmerize and engage your subscribers in ways that traditional text-based emails simply can’t match. As humans, we are naturally drawn to visuals, and videos provide a visually compelling and immersive experience that can leave a lasting impression. The data supports this, viewers say they retain more information (95% of a message) after watching a video.  So are you ready to embark on this exciting journey of video email marketing?  Then it’s time to unlock the power of videos to connect, engage, and convert your email subscribers ...

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6Jul By Val RazoNo Comments

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How to Create Content for Instagram that Drives Engagement

By Val Razo July 5, 2023 The idea of using social media for small businesses isn’t new.  According to the State of Small Business Digital Marketing Report, 72% of small businesses invest in social media marketing, and they find social media platforms most valuable when it comes to business promotion and building relationships with customers.But when you run your own business and you have a lot on your plate, it’s nearly impossible to show up on every social media platform. With 2 billion active users, 90% of whom follow at least one business account on the platform, it’s no wonder that small business owners opt for Instagram. When done right, Instagram helps small businesses boost brand awareness, increase trust, create a strong connection with potential customers, and eve...

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1Jul By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Optimize Your Blog Post for SEO & Go From Zero Traffic to Monthly Growth

By Sean Tinney June 29, 2023 Have you ever written content for your blog and thought “this is the best content I’ve ever written?” You publish it, promote it on social media and send an email to your audience. And people seem to love it initially; but after the first day or two of attention… nothing.How can this be? The answer is pretty simple, your post was never optimized for organic search. You’re not alone. We had a blog post “Here’s How Email Color Can Impact Subscriber Behavior” that fell into this category – amazing content, no traffic. Here were sessions from Google Analytics for the past couple of years for this blog post. When I dug a little deeper, I noticed that we weren’t targeting any keywords that people actually search for. No one is searching for ...

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26Jun By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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From Viral Videos to Profit: How to Monetize Facebook Reels

By Kaleigh Moore June 22, 2023 If you’re struggling to build an audience online, prepare for a forehead-slap moment.  You’ve been ignoring Facebook.Many of us think of Facebook as a place to catch up with distant relatives. But this means we forget Facebook is one of the most potent audience-building tools in the world.  With nearly 3 billion users, Facebook’s raw traffic potential rivals anything in the social media scene.  For many marketers, the solution is simple: build a Facebook audience. Then move that audience somewhere else, like a newsletter or a YouTube page. But what if there were more you could do on the Facebook platform itself?  Enter Facebook Reels. Facebook Reels are the platform’s answer to the short-form videos that are springing up everywher...

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23Jun By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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How to Create a CSS-Only Toggle Button

With the growing eco-system of CSS, designers, and developers are continually seeking ways to leverage its power for interactive UI elements. One such element is the toggle button, an essential interactive component. While more complex features might require JavaScript or additional libraries, this guide focuses on how to create a CSS-only toggle button, providing you with the fundamental understanding that serves as the stepping stone to more advanced concepts. Your Designer Toolbox Unlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design Assets DOWNLOAD NOW Setting the HTML Structure for Our Toggle Button The first step towards creating a CSS-only toggle button is setting up a suitable HTML structure. We’ll use the following code: <label class="toggle-switch...

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22Jun By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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How To Get More YouTube Views: A Guide To Video Success

By Kaleigh Moore June 20, 2023 Somewhere out there, someone is logging onto YouTube. They’re clicking on a video that looks perfect for them. And when they do, YouTube’s algorithm delivers a perfectly-placed ad, generating a tiny bit of revenue for the uploader. In fact, it’s not happening just once. It’s happening to the tune of 2 billion active users on YouTube every month.All the while, someone’s YouTube channel earns them money while they sleep. It’s the ultimate form of digital leverage. With a well-viewed YouTube channel, a one-time upload can earn you money for years. But none of that happens unless you can carve out your piece of the YouTube advertising revenue pie. And on YouTube’s algorithms, that comes down to one thing: Getting more views. How do you do i...

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17Jun By Chris VasquezNo Comments

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The pros and cons of artificial intelligence: Using AI to your advantage

By Chris Vasquez June 15, 2023 Reviewing portfolios from design students or other artists getting started in their career is important to me. I often have calls with these students to provide feedback on their work. Mentors made a huge impact on me when I was trying to become a working designer, so this is an opportunity to give back. I know I was an absolute pain who always thought he was right about everything.Thanks to my mentors, now I just usually think I’m right about everything. Me as a young designer. You can tell by my ironic flip up glasses.Normally in these calls there’s a healthy back and forth of critique and response; but lately there’s been one topic looming over every conversation. Is AI going to take my job? These students are worried that junior des...

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17Jun By 1WD CrewNo Comments

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How to Toggle Between Classes with JavaScript

Today, we’re exploring a simple yet effective technique for toggling CSS classes on an HTML element using JavaScript. We’ll demonstrate this on a button element, and highlight the control of the visual appearance and state with just a few lines of code. Your Web Designer ToolboxUnlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design AssetsDOWNLOAD NOW Creating the HTML Button <button id="button" class="red">STOP</button> We initiate our demo with a button element identified by the id “button” and carrying an initial class of red. Styling the Button with CSS body { height: 100vh; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background-color: grey; } button { padd...

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12Jun By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Cool 4th of July Email Ideas & Creative Design Inspiration

By Sean Tinney June 8, 2023 As the U.S. prepares to celebrate Independence Day, there’s another holiday trend Americans can expect to look forward to: July 4th promotional emails. Whether you plan to host a huge sale, offer exclusive discounts or simply take a holiday spin on your typical content, getting your emails to stand out in the inbox can be a doozy – especially when there are hundreds of other businesses tying the holiday to their emails too.So what can you do? 8 cool ideas for your 4th of July email campaigns My goal is to help you stand out in crowded inboxes by giving you some different (and slightly out of the box) ideas for your independence day emails. 1 – Fireworks picture contest Fuel the excitement of Independence Day by inviting your audience to...

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7Jun By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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AI Marketing Tools Creators Can Use—Without Losing Your Personality

By Kaleigh Moore June 6, 2023 What if you could do twice the work in half the time? It’s not always the best-case scenario. Case in point: artificial intelligence. AI is starting to get so spooky-good, 38% of employees expect their job will be automated by the end of this year.But that doesn’t mean AI has to be something to fear. In many cases, AI simply means letting technology handle some of your workload.  If you’ve ever used an AI voice assistant on your phone, for example—and 97% of people with phones have done this—then you’ve used AI. These days, however, artificial intelligence tools can do more than the occasional voice-activated search. It can also help you craft original content, optimize your emails, and edit videos for the web. If you’re a content creato...

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1Jun By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Summer GIF guide — New GIFs for 2023

By Sean Tinney June 1, 2023 Want a quick way to increase your email marketing results? Add a GIF to your emails. GIFs can increase click-through rates by 42 percent and conversion rates by 103 percent. Plus, they’re fun to send and receive!Unfortunately, creating your own high-quality GIFs can be frustrating and time consuming. That’s why we want to make it super simple for you. Our AWeber designers made these brand new, FREE summer GIFs. Download one, two, or all of them, and use them in your summer email campaigns. You may remember some of these from past GIF guides. We’re always adding and updating GIFs to give you tons of options and fun images to include in your emails. How to Download Your Summer GIFs Step 1: Find the summer GIF below that you want to use in...

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27May By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Sign Up Page Strategies Proven To Increase Your Email Audience

By Kaleigh Moore May 25, 2023 The true measure of a website isn’t how flashy it looks. When you’re trying to build an email list, success comes down to one thing: how well can you turn web visitors into subscribers? New sign ups to your newsletter are called conversions. They’ll be your true goal here. And when it comes down to it, the most potent tool for converting viewers into email subscribers is your sign up page.If someone finds you on social media, for example, they may eventually land on your sign up page. If someone finds one of your posts through Google or Bing, they should eventually find your sign up page.  Your sign up page is the point of decision where a new potential subscriber becomes a real subscriber. So make it count. If you want a great signup page,...

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22May By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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How To Get More Views On Etsy: Time-Tested Strategies

By Kaleigh Moore May 18, 2023 If you were trying to start a business online, you face two choices. One, you could try to do it all from scratch. Two, you could start off on a platform that already has 80 million active buyers. If “80 million” sounds suspiciously specific, it’s because we have something in mind. That’s roughly the customer base of Etsy. The U.S.-based eCommerce company is something of a worldwide crafts store. On Etsy, you can find handmade merchandise from jewelry to custom wood prints. People from all over the world have turned their Etsy presence into full-fledged businesses. Yet Etsy success isn’t as simple as hanging a “we’re open” sign at the front of your digital store. You’re going to need one more ingredient: eyeballs. On Etsy, it’s all about getti...

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18May By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Stop Guessing and Start Testing: Improve Your Emails with A/B Split Testing

By Kaleigh Moore May 16, 2023 In a world where people are bombarded with countless emails on a regular basis, it’s more important than ever to craft emails with purpose. In 2022, over 333 billion emails were sent and that figure is expected to rise to a staggering 376 billion by 2025.These days it’s not enough to assume you know what type of email your audience will want to open — let alone read through it entirely. Creating great emails requires a lot of hard work, researching, and strategizing. The best emails are crafted not only with goals in mind, but also with the target audience at the forefront. So how can you be sure which email will be more successful than others? You’re not the first person to ask that question. What if there was a way to be sure that o...

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15May By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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How To Use CSS To Maintain Aspect Ratio For Responsive Design

Maintaining the aspect ratio of a div is a common requirement when creating responsive web designs. In this article, we’ll explore how to use CSS to maintain the aspect ratio of a div as the window’s width changes. To achieve this, we’ll use the padding hack. The padding hack is a technique that uses a percentage value for padding-top or padding-bottom to maintain the aspect ratio of an element. The percentage value is calculated based on the width of the parent element. As the width of the parent element changes, the padding value will adjust to maintain the aspect ratio of the child element. Your Web Designer ToolboxUnlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design AssetsDOWNLOAD NOW   Let’s start by creating a div element with a background color. <div ...

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13May By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Selling Digital Music Online: Platforms, Tips, and Strategies

By Kaleigh Moore May 11, 2023 Once upon a time, pursuing music was the stuff of pipe dreams. Moving to L.A. to hit it big, signing a record deal, and maybe—with lottery-ticket odds—striking it big as a pop star. But is that necessary anymore? Today’s digital music environment has a major benefit for artists of any type: you can find distribution just about anywhere.Do you make Norwegian death metal? If you have a willing customer in New Zealand, you can sell them your album with a click. However, one challenge remains. You’ll still need to find where the music lovers are, even if there are over 82 million people paying for music streaming services. Here are some tips for cutting out the middleman and selling your music online: How to sell music online People used to ...

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8May By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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7 Best Practices for Your Memorial Day Email Campaign

By Kaleigh Moore May 4, 2023 Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States that occurs on the same day each year—the last Monday in May. It’s also one of the most popular in the United States, along with Thanksgiving and Veterans Day: According to Statista, Memorial Day has a popularity rating of 80%. But the question is: why is Memorial Day so important for marketers? Well, here is the thing: Memorial Day is also considered an unofficial starting point for summer, and with time, it became known for some of the biggest sales of the year. Moreover, consumers tend to shop more during holidays, especially online.  If you’re looking for ways to enhance your Memorial Day email marketing campaigns, this post is for you. We’re sharing best practices, ideas, and examples ...

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6May By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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Mastering CSS Variables and Unlocking Their Full Potential

CSS Variables, also known as Custom Properties, have revolutionized the way we manage styles and build maintainable, flexible stylesheets. They enable developers to store and reuse values throughout a stylesheet, making it easier to change themes, colors, fonts, and more with just a few updates. In this article, we’ll explore the best practices for using CSS variables, along with some helpful code examples. Your Designer Toolbox Unlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design Assets DOWNLOAD NOW 1. Defining and Using CSS Variables To define a CSS variable, you must use the double hyphen (–) syntax. Typically, you’ll want to create your variables within the :root pseudo-class, which refers to the highest-level parent element in the DOM tree. This ensures that y...

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3May By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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From Vanilla to Wow: Using Personalized Emails to Speak to Your Audience

By Sean Tinney May 2, 2023 Let’s play a role-playing game. In this game you’re a fitness coach who’s trying to increase revenue through a virtual fitness class. To increase your class registrations you naturally use email marketing because that’s your most effective and profitable way to communicate with your audience.You send two emails to identical twins, Melissa and Jessica. These twins share the same likes, dislikes, and attend about 50% of your classes. They both most recently attended your class “Pop Diva Pilates”, a Pilates-inspired workout set to the tunes of pop stars like Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift. You send Melissa an email with subject line: “Melissa, Join me for a fitness class tonight” And Jessica gets this subject line: “Let’s work out with the beats...

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30Apr By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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The Importance of Color Contrast in Web Design

One of the most important aspects of web design is color contrast, which refers to the difference in brightness and/or color between two elements on a page. In this article, we’ll explore why color contrast is important for accessibility, and provide some code examples to help you improve the color contrast on your own website. Your Designer ToolboxUnlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design AssetsDOWNLOAD NOW Why is color contrast important for accessibility? Color contrast is important for accessibility because it allows users with visual impairments to easily distinguish between different elements on a page. For example, a user with color blindness may have difficulty differentiating between text and background colors that are too similar. Similarly, a us...

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24Apr By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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Implementing Adaptive Dark Mode Based on User’s OS Settings

More and more users prefer browsing websites in dark mode to reduce eye strain and save battery life. To provide the best user experience, it’s helpful to implement an automatic dark mode on your website that adjusts according to a user’s operating system settings. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps to achieve this. Your Web Designer ToolboxUnlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design AssetsDOWNLOAD NOW   1. Create a CSS file for dark mode First, create a separate CSS file called “darkmode.css” that contains the styles for your website’s dark mode. This file should include the color palette, font styles, and other design elements that cater to dark mode. For example: body { background-color: #121212; color: #ffffff; } &...

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24Apr By Kelly ForstNo Comments

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100+ Amazing Subject Line Examples

By Kelly Forst April 20, 2023 They say don’t judge an email by its subject line, but let’s be honest: We’re always keeping an eye out for the best of the best. After all, the subject line is the first impression your message has on its recipients and can help you improve your opens and clicks. That’s a lot of pressure for a seemingly short line of text.So you may be wondering, what to put in the subject line of an email? While there is no secret to the perfect subject line, there are a few words and phrases that can help get more eyes on your emails. Create a sense of urgency Getting people to take action from your email can be difficult. There’s a lot that goes into getting more opens and clicks. Creating a sense of urgency is one of those things that can have a big im...

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19Apr By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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6 essential tips to get the most out of Mother’s Day email marketing this year

By Kaleigh Moore April 18, 2023 Psst. Hey. Did you forget Mother’s Day is coming up? If your heart just jumped up into your throat, you know the power of the Mother’s Day season. It’s the day on the calendar no one wants to forget.And people aren’t forgetting it. Mother’s Day saw a record $31.6 billion in extra spending in 2022. It’s one of the most underrated sales seasons of the year. Want to make the most of the Mother’s Day email season, but don’t know how? You don’t need to be in a niche market to do it. Here are our ideas for imbuing your newsletter with that heart-into-the-throat urgency we just gave you: Play into the limited timeframe Mother’s Day sneaks up on many of us. Then, just as quickly, it’s gone. There’s no “Black Friday” for Mother’s Day, no “Cyber...

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14Apr By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Start an email list: A guide to getting your first 100 subscribers

By Kaleigh Moore April 13, 2023 A thousand subscribers. It’s a heck of a goal. We’ve even outlined a plan to get to a thousand subscribers before. But a round number like a thousand can also be overwhelming. What if you only have 50 combined followers on Twitter and LinkedIn? What if you’re having enough trouble just getting started with this whole newsletter thing?Then it will help if we can break it down even more. The most important subscribers you’ll ever have, after all, are your first ones. They’re the subscribers that gush about your newsletter, tell their friends, and represent the community that new subscribers can join. Let’s tackle the smallest (and most important) step in your newsletter community journey: how to start an email list that attracts your first 100 su...

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12Apr By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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A Guide to Choosing the Best Color Method for Web Design

When it comes to web design, color is a crucial element that can make or break the overall user experience. While there are several ways to define colors in web design, three of the most popular methods are HSL, RGBA, and hex codes. In this article, we will compare the pros and cons of each color method and provide code examples to help you make an informed decision when choosing which method to use. UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS: 400,000+ Fonts & Design Assets Starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW HSL Color HSL stands for Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. This color model is based on the color wheel and allows you to define colors by their hue (color), saturation (intensity), and lightness (brightness). HSL colors are defined in CSS using the following syntax: hsl(hue, sat...

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10Apr By Chris VasquezNo Comments

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Survey success: How I increased my response rate by 116% and you can too!

By Chris Vasquez April 7, 2023 One of the best things about having an audience in email is how easy it can be to get feedback. People have the expectation that email is a two way street and I’ll routinely get folks replying to my newsletters when they read something interesting (or when I mess something up!). It’s no surprise that many people survey their audience to learn more about them, what they like and dislike, and how to better serve them. Heck, we survey our own audience – you may have gotten one of those survey emails from us in the past.One of the questions I always ask before sending a survey is, “how can we make it as easy as possible for someone to respond to this survey?” Recently, I ran an experiment that completely blew me away and doubled the response rate to...

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7Apr By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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How AI Can Be Used For Web Development

AI, or artificial intelligence, has brought about significant improvements in the world of web development recently. By automating repetitive and mundane tasks, as well as finding solutions more efficiently, AI can help developers save time and effort, allowing them to focus on more creative and complex aspects of web development. Overall, AI has the potential to transform web development and make it faster, more efficient, and more user-friendly. As the technology continues to evolve, we can expect to see even more innovative use cases of AI in web development. However, it’s important to note that AI is not a substitute for human creativity and expertise. While AI can automate or speed up many tasks, it cannot replace the creativity and insight that human developers bring to the table. AI...

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5Apr By Kaleigh MooreNo Comments

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Boost Your Email Engagement with 8 Impactful Copywriting Techniques

By Kaleigh Moore April 4, 2023 Anyone who’s ever written a marketing email has asked themselves these questions: How do I get my subscribers to open this? How do I get them to take action? Did they even *see* me in their inbox? Not getting the results you’re after might make you want to visit your subscribers one-by-one and personally remind them to read your emails and click your links.Fortunately, you don’t have to do anything so drastic. By following some basic rules of email marketing copywriting, you can dramatically increase your email engagement and get subscribers to take action. Here are a few email copywriting best practices you can start using right away. Use a conversational tone Your goal is to communicate. This starts with everyday language, short...

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2Apr By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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Quick Tip: How To Disable Autocomplete on Form Inputs

Autocomplete is a feature that can save users’ time by suggesting previously entered information when filling out forms. Although it can be a helpful feature, sometimes it can be a privacy concern, especially when users share devices or work on public computers. In this case, users may want to disable the autocomplete feature for specific input fields or forms. In this article, we will discuss how to disable autocomplete for input elements. UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS: 1,500,000+ Icons & Design Assets DOWNLOAD NOW   The autocomplete attribute The autocomplete attribute is used to control this feature. This attribute can be applied to different form elements, including input tags. It takes two values: “on” and “off.” By default, the browser sets the value to “on” for input tags. When set to ...

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31Mar By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Email automation for beginners: See how to get better results in less time

By Sean Tinney March 28, 2023 Imagine this: Your best email content is delivered automatically to your audience at the perfect time. You don’t need to lift a finger. You watch revenue flow into your bank account. Your business grows. You optimize your automation. More revenue flows into your bank account each month.Now, you’re saving hours and making more money . . . and it’s automatic. That’s the power of email automation. However, there’s one hurdle which often prevents people from using automation –– the fear that it’ll be too difficult to get started. So, to help you get a better grasp on email automation, why it’s important and how it can help you get the incredible results you want, here’s a quick guide to email automation and how to use it. What is email au...

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28Mar By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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How To Get X and Y Position of Elements in JavaScript and jQuery

When developing web applications, it may be necessary to get the X and Y position of HTML elements on the page for a variety of purposes, such as positioning other elements relative to the target element or triggering events based on the element’s location. In this article, we will explore how to get the X and Y position of HTML elements in JavaScript and jQuery. The Freelance Designer Toolbox Unlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design Assets All starting at only $16.50 per month DOWNLOAD NOW   Getting the X and Y Position in JavaScript To get the X and Y position of an HTML element in JavaScript, we can use the getBoundingClientRect() method. This method returns an object with properties that describe the position of the element relative to the viewport....

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22Mar By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Spring Email Inspirations You Can Use Today To Create Amazing Campaigns

By Sean Tinney March 21, 2023 Use the change of season to your advantage, and add spring-related topics and themes to your emails. The reason: Seasonal emails tend to have higher open rates because they create a sense of urgency among readers. (If they don’t open it now, they’ll miss out!) 5 spring email ideas Here are five creative email ideas to try this spring in order to drive more opens, clicks, and sales.1 – Change up your subject lines Add the word “spring” or spring-related topics to your subject line so your subscribers know the content inside is timely and relevant. Or if you send out a monthly newsletter, add the month — March, April, or May — to the subject line. That way your readers understand that the info is seasonal, and won’t be pertinent the follow...

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20Mar By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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CSS Basics: Visibility: Hidden vs. Display: None

visibility: hidden and display: none are two CSS properties that can be used to hide elements. While they may seem similar at first glance, there are some significant differences between them. In this article, we’ll explore these differences and provide some examples to illustrate their use. The UX Designer Toolbox Unlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Wireframe & UX Templates, UI Kits & Design Assets Starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW   visibility: hidden The visibility property in CSS determines whether or not an element is visible on the web page. If set to hidden, the element will be hidden from view, but it will still occupy space on the page. This means that any other elements that would normally be positioned after it will still be positioned as if the hidden element ...

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17Mar By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How An Email Marketing Funnel Works From Prospect To Loyal Customer

By Sean Tinney March 16, 2023 You could spend hours designing and writing a compelling email series that explains the amazing benefits of your product. But if you don’t have a start-to-finish plan for connecting with your prospects at every stage of their customer journey, you’re wasting your time.Thankfully, there’s a marketing tool that can help you figure out how to communicate with your prospects and customers whether they’ve just joined your list, or they’ve been long-time customers. It’s called the marketing funnel. What is the Marketing Funnel? The marketing funnel is a tool that helps you visualize the customer journey, or the path a prospect takes as they become familiar with your company, from introduction to conversion (and hopefully beyond).Your marketing fu...

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13Mar By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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How To Align Checkboxes and Their Labels Across Browsers

While checkboxes are relatively straightforward to implement, aligning them with their labels can be a challenge, as each browser renders them differently. In this article, we will explain how to align checkboxes and their labels consistently across all browsers using CSS. UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS: 500,000+ WordPress & Design Assets Sign up for Envato Elements and get unlimited downloads starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW   Wrap the Checkbox and Label in a Container The first step is to wrap the elements in a container so we can use it to apply styling to both the checkbox and the label. <div class="checkbox-container"> <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox1"> <label for="checkbox1">Checkbox Label</label> </div> Style the...

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7Mar By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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7 tips to creating your first sign up form for faster email list growth

By Sean Tinney February 28, 2023 Your sign up form is one of the most important things to consider when planning your email strategy. After all, it’s one of the key steps to growing your email list and generating more leads. The key to email marketing success is to grow a healthy, permission-based list. This means that your subscribers are opting in to your list because they want to hear from you. And when a subscriber opts in to your list, they’re more likely to be engaged with your emails.But you can’t just throw up a sign up form and expect to see your subscribers grow from day one. There are a few best practices that you need to follow to ensure your email sign up form grabs the attention of a potential subscriber and leads to a subscribers for life. Tips for cre...

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6Mar By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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The Difference Between the :where() and :is() CSS Selectors

The CSS selectors :where() and :is() are two pseudo-classes that allow you to select elements based on their relationship with other elements. Although they sound similar, they are different in terms of functionality and syntax. Your Web Designer ToolboxUnlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design AssetsDOWNLOAD NOW The :where() pseudo-class was introduced as part of the CSS Selectors Level 4 specification and allows you to select elements based on the presence of other elements that match a specific condition. In other words, you can select elements based on the relationship between elements in a DOM tree. For example, you can use the :where() selector to select a list item li only if it is the first child of an unordered list ul: li:where(:first-child of ul...

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2Mar By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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From awareness to action: how to raise money for nonprofits

By Sean Tinney March 2, 2023 Whether you’re a nonprofit or someone looking to support them, learn how to raise money for nonprofits and build donor relationships that stand the test of time. Donations are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. But to secure them, you need a solid fundraising strategy. Maybe you’re looking to start a nonprofit. Or perhaps you’re an established organization or business looking to raise funds on their behalf. Whatever your situation, there are many ways you can encourage people to donate. In this post, we’ll show you how to raise money for nonprofits while building lasting donor relationships.First, let’s look at what nonprofit fundraising is and why it’s so important. What is nonprofit fundraising? Nonprofit fundraising is the process...

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26Feb By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Does human-written or AI-generated content perform better?

By Sean Tinney February 22, 2023 We tested an email written by a human versus one written by artificial intelligence, discover which is better for your emails. Artificial intelligence (also referred to as AI) is taking over. It is everywhere from social media, digital assistants, chat bots, to the transportation industry. It’s even in food services. Have you seen these AI-robot fast food restaurants? As the use of artificial intelligence continues to expand, it’s no surprise that it has made its way into email marketing. One area in particular where AI has been gaining attention is in the creation of email content. While human-written emails are what we all know and have written for years, many marketers are turning to AI-generated content. But is this better? Surely people ...

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25Feb By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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What Is the JavaScript Equivalent To The PHP sleep() Function?

JavaScript does not have a direct equivalent to the PHP sleep() function, which pauses the execution of a script for a specified number of seconds. However, there are a few ways to achieve similar functionality in JavaScript. UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS: Email, admin, landing page & website templates Starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW   Using setTimeout() The setTimeout() function is a built-in JavaScript function that allows you to run a piece of code after a specified amount of time. You can use it to create a delay in your script. Here’s an example: console.log('Before Sleep'); setTimeout(() => { console.log('After Sleep'); }, 3000); In the example above, the console.log('Before Sleep') statement will be executed immediately, followed by a 3-second...

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21Feb By Chris VasquezNo Comments

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Write better email in less time using Link Previews.

By Chris Vasquez February 15, 2023 Link previews in the AWeber message editor make your emails better while saving you time. Picture this: you’re rushing to meet a deadline to send your newsletter. You’ve got your content written and your audience is waiting to hear from you but the thought of manually dragging-and-dropping multiple images, buttons, and text elements is making your head spin. You need help, and fast. Look no further. With Link Previews, you have the ability to turn a simple URL into a block of well-designed, linked-up content, a video thumbnail, a cta button, or hyperlinked text, with just a single click.How Link Previews can help you right now Save a meaningful amount of time writing your curated newsletter. Curated newsletters are an effective, relative...

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17Feb By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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How To Get a User’s IP Address With PHP

In PHP, there are several methods to retrieve a user’s IP address. We will explore two of those ways in this article. UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS: 500,000+ WordPress & Design Assets Sign up for Envato Elements and get unlimited downloads starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW   The most reliable way to get a user’s IP address in PHP is to use the $_SERVER superglobal variable. The $_SERVER superglobal variable contains information about the server environment, including the user’s IP address. Here’s an example: <?php $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; echo $ip; ?> The $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] element returns the IP address of the client (i.e., the user’s device) that is making the request to the server. This method works well for most cases, but there are a f...

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16Feb By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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20 Easy ways to get email addresses for your marketing

By Sean Tinney February 16, 2023 Wondering how you can get email addresses to build your email marketing campaign? Try these easy email marketing tips from AWeber. Email is an incredible digital marketing tool. With its widespread reach and viral potential, it allows your business to connect with prospects in ways that no other marketing medium can. But first you need a list of subscribers to send emails to. Whether you lack the time or the know-how to create quality emails, there are plenty of challenges that can prevent you from developing a healthy email list.How to get emails for marketing Fortunately, there are lots of easy ways to collect email addresses so that you reap the benefits of email marketing. We’ve gathered the best email list building tactics to grow sub...

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11Feb By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How to Make Money with Email Marketing

By Sean Tinney February 9, 2023 Here are 10 proven ways to cash in on the emails you’re sending out. When it comes to making money online, the most powerful tool in your arsenal isn’t social media or SEO or paid search ads . . .   It’s email.Email marketing has the highest conversion rates of any marketing channel. In fact, transactions from email are three times more profitable than those made on social media, according to management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Want to start earning money from your email list? Then follow these 10 proven ways to make money with email marketing. Sell a product or service Offer a paid newsletter Sell other people’s products Upsell premium or exclusive products Cross-sell related products Get repeat purchases ...

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10Feb By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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Quick Tip: How to Disable Text Selection Highlighting in CSS

There are two main CSS properties that control text selection highlighting: user-select and -webkit-user-select. These properties are used to specify whether or not users are able to select text on the web page. UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS: Email, admin, landing page & website templates Starting at only $16.50 per month! DOWNLOAD NOW To disable text selection highlighting in CSS, you can set the value of the user-select property to none: body { -webkit-user-select: none; /* for Safari */ -moz-user-select: none; /* for Firefox */ -ms-user-select: none; /* for Internet Explorer */ user-select: none; /* for modern browsers */ } In this example, the user-select property is applied to the body element, which means that text selection...

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7Feb By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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8 Best Email Subject Line Generators

By Sean Tinney February 1, 2023 Get our pick for the top 8 best email subject line generators. Now increasing your open rates has never been easier (and smarter). Writing a good subject line is a fine art that could mean the difference between your email being opened or ignored. In fact, some of the most impactful split tests we run at AWeber are subject line tests. Why? Because the more people that open your email, equals more people reading your content which eventually equals more clicks. It can be tough to write a subject line that captures enough attention to get someone to open, especially when you first start building an audience. Heck, even seasoned email marketers struggle creating the perfect subject lines.As a result, lots of subject line generators have been buil...

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3Feb By Editorial TeamNo Comments

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Introduction to the CSS :has() selector

Yes, we know we’re a bit late to the party, what with the :has() selector making the rounds of web design and development headlines. But better late than never, right? So let’s dive into this new feature of CSS and see what it’s all about! Your Web Designer ToolboxUnlimited Downloads: 500,000+ Web Templates, Icon Sets, Themes & Design AssetsDOWNLOAD NOW   The CSS :has() selector is a type of complex selector that allows you to select an element based on whether it contains a certain other element. This selector is a powerful tool that can be used in a variety of ways to create advanced styles for your website. Here are some examples of the advanced uses of the :has() selector: Selecting Parent Elements with a Specific Child Element One of the most common uses of the :has() selector is ...

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2Feb By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Presidents Day marketing, email and social media ideas to boost your sales and engagement

By Sean Tinney February 2, 2023 Get all the inspiration and tips you need to have a successful Presidents Day marketing campaign. Presidents Day is a golden opportunity for your business to boost sales and connect with your customers. Whether you’re a nonprofit, personal coach, sell music online, or sell through Etsy, there are many ways to capitalize on this holiday and make the most of the increased consumer spending that comes with it.  According to a study conducted by the National Retail Federation, shoppers spent an average of $139 on Presidents Day which is about 25% more than on an average day. This is likely due to the popularity of the holiday, which encourages shoppers to take advantage of the sales and discounts offered by retailers.To help you thrive this holid...

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28Jan By Kelsey JohnsonNo Comments

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8 creative Valentine’s Day marketing ideas to boost sales

By Kelsey Johnson January 26, 2023 How to delight your customers (and make more sales) this Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is the time to show some love to your customers and give them a little pick-me-up after the long, cold winter. Six weeks have passed since the holiday season, and everyone is ready to celebrate something again. It’s time to give your customers the chance to treat themselves and those they love this Valentine’s Day. But let’s face it, as an ecommerce business, the competition can be fierce. That’s why we’ve put together a list of 8 unique and inspired Valentine’s Day marketing ideas to help you stand out from the crowd.From personalized gift sets to Valentine’s Day themed giveaways, we’ve got your back. These ideas will help you increase sales, create b...

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14Jan By Pam NeelyNo Comments

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10 ways AWeber beats Revue

By Pam Neely January 10, 2023 Revue is shutting down soon. See why AWeber is the best new home for your newsletter. The email newsletter service Revue is sunsetting. Their latest announcement about it says “from January 18, 2023, it will no longer be possible to access your Revue account. On that date, Revue will shut down and all data will be deleted.” In these last days before Revue shuts down, you need to find a new home for your newsletter.AWeber is the best choice.  Here are the three biggest reasons why: Our expert team can migrate you from Revue and have you ready to send your next newsletter. Test drive it for free: AWeber has one of the most generous free plans in the industry, letting you send emails and newsletters to up to 500 subscribers. Our free plan al...

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4Jan By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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Birthday emails: How to boost subscriber loyalty and make more sales

By Sean Tinney January 3, 2023 Not sending birthday emails to your subscribers? You could be missing out on an opportunity for better subscriber loyalty, more engagement, and more sales. Imagine it’s your birthday… You roll over in bed and grab your phone, sifting through texts and emails wishing you well on your special day. In your inbox, there’s a message waiting for you with a free offer, just for you, to help you celebrate.Now, how do you feel? Appreciated? Special? Well, that’s the point of a birthday email: to make your subscribers feel special. Birthday emails are a great experience for your subscribers, but as a marketer, you’ll get plenty of benefits from them as well. According to Experian, birthday email campaigns have a: 342% higher revenue per message ...

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31Dec By Pam NeelyNo Comments

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Everything you need to send the perfect Happy New Year email

By Pam Neely December 30, 2022 A Happy New Year email campaign is the perfect opportunity to connect with your audience, offer the right product at the right time, or share how grateful you are for their support. New Year’s email campaigns deserve as much fanfare as any other holiday email campaigns. And yet, so much time and energy goes into planning and executing Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas email promotions that poor New Year’s often gets forgotten. Don’t let that happen this year. New Year’s is a great opportunity to connect with your subscribers and kick 2023 sales off with a bang.  You don’t have to start from scratch to do it, either. To help you save time, AWeber has made several New Year’s-themed email templates. They’re mobile-friendly, easy to edit, a...

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26Dec By Kelsey JohnsonNo Comments

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10 New Year’s marketing campaigns to boost early sales in 2023

By Kelsey Johnson December 22, 2022 Get a jump start on 2023 revenue with easy, effective marketing campaigns for your small business. Every holiday is an opportunity to make more sales — and New Year’s is one of the best. In the new year, your customers and prospects prioritize new beginnings and life improvements. And no matter what you sell, there’s an opportunity for you to make a splash, especially after you’ve got proven ideas for New Year’s marketing campaigns. No matter what you sell, or how you want to promote your work, at least a few of these New Year’s marketing campaigns can work for you. Highlight the best of 2022 Run a New Year’s challenge Sell product bundles Survey your customers Share your own New Year’s resolutions Offer a yearly subscriptio...

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21Dec By Kelsey JohnsonNo Comments

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2023 Email Marketing Trends: Predictions from 20 Experts

By Kelsey Johnson December 19, 2022 Learn the 11 email marketing trends experts believe are going to be big in 2023. 2022 was a good year for email, what with all the disruptions on social media platforms, the rise of AI-generated content, and ongoing improvements in email technologies like AMP for email. We’re expecting 2023 email marketing trends to be even more interesting, especially after asking 20 email marketing experts what they think will be the big in 2023. Here are the email marketing trends and technologies they think will matter most:  What: Creators have already been moving their audiences to email in 2022 to contend with a fear of temporary social media bans and the drive to build closer connections. But 2023 could very well mark the switch from forward...

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16Dec By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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25 brilliant lead magnet ideas to grow your email list right now

By Sean Tinney December 15, 2022 Looking for inspiration for your next lead magnet? Take a look at these clever examples to help grow your email list. Creating a killer lead magnet is one of the best ways to get more email subscribers. And creating that lead magnet will be easier if you have plenty of lead magnet ideas. What’s a lead magnet? A lead magnet is something you give people when they subscribe to your email list. It can be anything – an ebook, an email series, or access to a webinar recording. It just needs to be something your subscribers are willing to exchange their email address for. The question is, then… what do your ideal subscribers want?  A lot of people struggle with this. Maybe you struggle with it, too. Or maybe you’re worried that creating a good le...

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7Dec By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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How to write irresistible sales emails your customer can’t wait to order from

By Sean Tinney December 5, 2022 Learn how to write a sales email that effectively promotes your product and wins you more business. Email is your most powerful digital tool for sales. Wait, really?Yes! 60% percent of consumers have made a purchase as a result of an email they received from a brand. That beats out sales from social and direct mail, making email your most effective sales tool. But there’s more to it than just sending an email with a product or service you want to sell. There’s a strategy for creating a sales email that actually gets results. Not sure how to create an effective sales email? After reading this post, you’ll know how to write a sales email that gets opened, gets clicks, and gets sales. Jump to a section: Create catchy sales email subj...

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2Dec By Zac GeryNo Comments

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My experience starting a nonprofit

By Zac Gery December 1, 2022 These are the resources and tools I’ve used to launch and grow my nonprofit, Second Wind Bicycles, over the last two years. In 2021, during the pandemic, the used bicycle market was alive as people sought outdoor activities to escape cabin fever. This impacted organizations such as the Milford Advocacy for the Homeless.  After hearing about their struggle to locate bicycles, I started my own hunt. The more success I had the harder it drove me. I reached out to other homeless shelters and organizations and found this was a common unfilled need. My nonprofit, Second Wind Bicycles, was born.With a steady stream of bicycles flowing in, it was time to define our mission and make things official. Our mission is to locate used bicycles, repair them, and...

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21Nov By Brian McDanielNo Comments

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What is Node.js? Your Quick-Start Primer

In today’s world of technology, it is important to stay up-to-date on the latest programming languages. One language that has been growing in popularity over the past few years is Node.js. Node.js is built on the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine for running server applications. According to The Sass Way, Node.js “uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient.” Whether you’re familiar with other programming languages and want to get familiar with this one, or you’re brand new to the world of programming altogether — we’ve got you covered. In this article, we will give you a quick introduction and provide some tips for getting started. Let’s go! What is Node.js? Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that allows you to run server-side code. It is built...

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18Nov By Sean TinneyNo Comments

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The best email marketing tips from today’s top marketers

By Sean Tinney November 17, 2022 More and more emails continue to hit the inbox. To ensure your emails don’t get lost, here are tips from top marketing experts to help you stand out. 319+ billion. That’s the estimated total number of business and consumer emails that are sent per day. Talk about steep competition in the inbox. But there are certain marketers whose messages rise above the rest. They’re the ones with amazing open and click-through rates, ever-growing email lists, and ridiculously high ROI (return on investment).So how do these masters do it? To find out, we reached out to some of the most successful email marketers in the world — many of which are AWeber customers — to get their greatest email marketing tips. Tip 1: Use webinars to grow your list  “We’v...

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