Just received a “What’s Brewing” this month type email from Tim Hortons. In the end, it was a pretty weak email because with images turned off, almost nothing came through. If we ignore this and turn the images on, it’s a great single column email template
Learn MoreI’m reading an article by Andrew Careaga called “Why researchers should blog” and thought I would note some of the best points for you.
Andrew’s blog starts with the case of Peter Janiszewski, a health sciences researcher, who released one of his publications as a five part blog series and went from unknown to being read by 12,000 people and covered by MSNBC.
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Just got this email from Bootlegger – it caught my eye for two reasons. First, it uses a Custom FBML tab that displays differently depending on whether or not the visitor is a fan. Second, I really like the way that the display images uses white spacing.
Above: The Bootlegger Fan Page if you aren’t a fan …
Take a look at the display picture. It is very simple, but the spacing between the photo of the models, and the brand creative below the photo, makes it seem like Bootlegger has managed to earn themselves two display images instead of one. Because Facebook has a white background – all you’ve got to do is throw in some white spacing and fake it.
Below: The Bootlegger Fan Page if you are a fan …
Here’s what’s going on: Facebook is checking to see whether each visitor is a Facebook Fan of Bootlegger. If they are a fan, then they are shown specific content. If they are not a fan, they are shown completely different content.
I think this is really effective! What could be more clear than the giant LIKE with a big blue arrow. It is also very easy to do …
A few more screenshots:
Above: The contest landing page for Bootlegger’s become a fan and win a $500 shopping spree contest.
Below: The email campaign sent out to Bootlegger’s customer database, promoting the shopping spree contest.
You would think that I have a passion for email, what with how often I drop examples from my inbox into this blog!
Here’s another one – nothing much to say, but I wanted to capture the treatment/push to Facebook in the bottom corner. What do you think?
