I first used ConvertKit last summer and I have to say I was blown away by it. My client needed multiple landing pages, lead magnets and integration with the WooCommerce shopping cart. She’d been tearing her hair out with Mailchimp, had decided ConvertKit was the way forward and asked me to move her business over … Read more
What are the best email marketing platforms for small business in 2020? It’s a bit of a trick question, because it’s always the one that’s aligned with your business goals. So there’s no definitive best platform out there that I can recommend to you. While that might be the truth, I know it doesn’t help … Read more
“Huh? I thought you did email marketing, Helen? Why are we talking WordPress?” Yes, I do set up and update email marketing systems for clients, but that includes often includes tinkering around with WordPress, too. You don’t have to have a WordPress site as the entry point to your mailing list, but with the small … Read more
So you really need to move from one email marketing service to another. Maybe your business has changed since you signed up and you need more features than your current service has to offer? The email marketing platforms have changed a lot, too. Competition is intense and new features are being added all the time, … Read more
Ever feel awkward about asking people to join your mailing list? As if you’re asking them for a favour or somehow need to persuade them to hand over their email addresses? Let me give you some tips for how to grow your mailing list… It’s true that getting subscribers onto your list has become harder … Read more
In May 2019, Mailchimp announced some major changes to its service. We’re a few weeks down the line, so now that the dust has settled a little I wanted to share some of my observations about where you might go from here. I’m going to draw on some of the best articles I’ve found online … Read more