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Chris Donald

Co-Founder and Advisor

Company

InboxArmy LLC

Expertise

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

About Author

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

Articles

How to design aesthetically attractive emails?

Emails happen to be the most effective medium of communication with your customers. Whether you want them to know about your new venture or, want to update them with your new services, sending an email always works. Imagine receiving an email from your favourite e-commerce store, declaring a Winter sale. Wouldn’t that make you want […]

How startups can propel sales with emails

Startups are all about confidently launching a company and witnessing your dreams getting transformed into a commercialized product, service, or business. Thinking big and acting bigger are the keys to advance past competitors and empower themselves to tie their visions to reality. With Internet taking over everything, direct mail marketing has become digital marketing. Emails, […]

Implementing Live Twitter and Instagram Feed in Your Email Campaigns

Even though businesses might have a robust email marketing plan to drive conversions, the importance of social media marketing cannot be disregarded. Email and social media both are equally important for the effective implementation of omnichannel marketing. At the outset of ‘email marketing’, it was pretty unimaginable to integrate live social media feed into emails. […]

How To Improve Email Click-Through Rate (+8 Actionable ideas)

Email click-through rate is one of the most powerful metrics to measure the effectiveness of an email campaign. This implies that the higher your click-through rate is, higher is the chance for conversion. For an email marketer who has worked day in and day out for the perfect email campaign, nothing can get as heart-breaking […]

Awesome Email Examples for Independence Day Marketing

Independence Day, the 4th of July is celebrated with great pomp and parade, bonfires and fireworks, barbeques and illuminations throughout the United States. As much as it is about freedom, martyrhood and liberty, it equally means celebrating this important day of the country’s existence. For marketers, it is another opportunity to drive sales – an […]

Father’s Day Email Inspirations to Perk Up Your Strategy

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

How to Amp Up Your Email Marketing CTAs

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

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

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