In this episode, Scott Cohen and Garin Hobbs welcome George Pettigrew, InboxArmy's Creative Director, to discuss the challenges and demands of great email design. The conversation covers the importance of a strong understanding of design fundamentals, the importance of the user experience in creating effective email communications, and how design systems can address these needs. Come for the learnings on how to be creative within a design system and leave with an understanding of why you shouldn't use image-only emails, how to avoid the common mistakes of email design, and more.

03:21 - Understanding Email Design Systems
06:16 - Creativity Within Design Systems
09:41 - The Importance of Accessibility in Email Design
17:01 - The Case Against Image-Only Emails
20:35 - Designing for Dark Mode
24:20 - Common Mistakes in Email Design
28:52 - Brands Excelling in Email Design
30:46 - Balancing Creativity and Best Practices
35:33 - B2B vs B2C Email Design Strategies

In this on-location episode from MediaPost's Email Insider Summit, InboxArmy's Scott Cohen and Garin Hobbs are joined by Ryan Phelan, CEO at RPE Origin, and Chris Marriott, CEO at Email Connect, to discuss the challenges of navigating the decision process around choosing and fully utilizing an email service provider. The conversation dives into great detail around the common mistakes and pitfalls marketers make when making these kinds of decisions as well as what's necessary to make these complicated decisions.

Come for the banter around the limitations of AI, stay for the 2025 predictions made by email marketing experts with more than 100 combined years of experience.

00:00 - Introduction to Email Platform Utilization
06:47 - Understanding Email Service Provider Utilization Rates
16:54 - Navigating ESP Changes and Decision Points
25:03 - Common Mistakes in ESP Migration
35:56 - The Shift in Power Dynamics with New Platforms
41:40 - Underinvestment in Email Marketing
49:41 - The Role of AI in Marketing
58:19 - Predictions for 2025: The Future of Marketing Channels

In this episode of That InboxArmy Podcast, Scott Cohen and Garin Hobbs welcome back LB Blair, Chief Strategy Officer of Email Industries, to catch up on the latest updates and trends in email deliverability. The conversation focuses on numerous topics, including email authentication requirements, content filtering, the importance of email hygiene, and even branch out into the evolving landscape of email security, the implications of cybersecurity threats, and the risks associated with cold emailing. You'll learn about the need for businesses to build a sustainable brand identity and engage in ethical email practices to ensure deliverability and security.

02:47 - Changes in Email Authentication and Filtering
05:59 - Content Filtering and Image Usage
09:11 - Spam Traps and Email Hygiene
11:57 - The Shift in Email Best Practices
14:53 - Cybersecurity and Email Links
18:12 - Understanding Spam Traps
20:57 - The Importance of Email Compliance
27:12 - Understanding Email Security and Cyber Threats
38:15 - The Risks of Cold Emailing
52:01 - The Future of Email Marketing and Security

In this episode of That InboxArmy Podcast, Scott Cohen and Garin Hobbs welcome marketing psychology expert Sarah Levinger to explore the intersection of psychology and marketing. The fascinating conversation covered the importance of understanding human behavior, the emotional drivers behind purchasing decisions, and how generational influences shape behavior and marketing strategies. Come for the strategies and leave with some valuable book recommendations for marketers looking to deeper their understanding of consumer psychology.

01:20 - Sarah's Journey to Marketing
04:54 - Why Psychology is Important in Marketing
09:16 - The Critical Drivers of Consumer Behavior
15:36 - How History and World Events Drive Consumer Behavior
19:05 - Conscious vs. Subconscious Decision Making
25:12 - How Emotion Breaks Through Commodity
29:12 - What to Avoid When Using Emotions in Marketing
35:25 - Customer Loyalty and Brand Obsession
41:47 - Who is Doing Emotion in Marketing Right?
47:25 - Book Recommendations for Marketing Psychology

Hank Hoffmeier, Senior Manager of Marketing Operations at Kickbox, joins the podcast to discuss the integral role of email in the broader marketing ecosystem. The conversation touches on the interplay between email, social media, and SMS, the impact of AI on marketing strategies, and the future of email marketing innovations.

01:36 - Hank's TLDR personal history
07:22 - How email marketing and social media play well together
18:16 - Where SMS fits into the marketing channel hierarchy
22:42 - What has more conversions? Push or SMS?
28:51 - The impact of AI on email marketing
46:11 - How email marketers make themselves indispensable

If you've been looking at different ways to test your email campaigns, you've come to the right podcast. In this episode, InboxArmy's Scott Cohen and Garin Hobbs welcome best-selling author Kath Pay, founder of Holistic Email Marketing, to talk all things email testing. We dive into how to effectively use the scientific method as the basis for email testing, why achieving statistical significance is important, and the common mistake marketers make when testing.

We go deeper on the challenges of testing during the holiday season, how to test for engagement and conversion performance, and how testing emotional and motivational drivers can lead to more effective email campaigns.

03:51 - The Scientific Method and A/B testing
06:45 - The importance of statistical significance
15:05 - Testing motivations
18:21 - High impact areas to test besides revenue
25:02 - Testing that's actually meaningful
35:14 - The challenges of testing during the holiday season
46:50 - Leveraging frequency, segmentation, and motivations in holiday testing

In this episode, Dr. Matthew Dunn of Social Signal AI and Campaign Genius join InboxArmy's Scott Cohen and Garin Hobbs to discuss the evolution of AI in email marketing, the challenges and opportunities it presents, and how data powers AI and personalization.

02:05 - The evolution of AI in email marketing
06:04 - The role of data in powering AI
11:29 - The importance of context and emotional drivers
19:16 - The risks of AI in terms of privacy and false information
26:11 - The risks and benefits of AI in personalization and email marketing
29:42 - Defining personalization: Relevance vs. Creepiness
36:05 - The importance of considering user intentions in AI
39:51 - Privacy concerns in the age of AI and personalization

In this episode, InboxArmy's Scott Cohen and Garin Hobbs welcome Sarah Gallardo, lead Email Developer at Oracle, to discuss the intricacies, challenges, and importance of email accessibility. We dive into the details of how accessibility is not just a legal requirement, but a crucial component of creating a great customer experience in email.

Email accessibility can be a business advantage by expanding the addressable audience, building trust, and leading to increased customer loyalty and satisfaction. Dive in, watch or listen, and get some great tips on how to focus on flexibility in design rendering and meeting other accessibility standards.

05:32 - What is email accessibility and why is it important?
08:55 - What is the ADA and what are its requirements?
13:22 - The risks and consequences of non-compliance
21:31 - Why brands should stay away from image-only emails
25:07 - The differences between screen readers and voice assistants
29:39 - Tips for ensuring accessibility in email design and email code
40:55 - The ROI of accessibility and expanding the addressable audience

Video is becoming increasingly dominant in all marketing channels, email included. The crew welcome Lisa Jones, CEO of EyeMail, to the podcast to discuss how EyeMail is overcoming the challenges of delivering video in email. They discuss use cases for video in email, including employee engagement, event invitations, and other key points in the sales and marketing journeys.

In this episode, InboxArmy's Scott Cohen welcomes Carlos Gil, US Brand Evangelist for GetResponse, to discuss how email marketing and social media marketing work together. Carlos discusses the need for brands to humanize and future-proof their marketing by building better relationships with customers. They discuss the need for businesses to listen to their audience, engage with them, and focus on building advocacy.

00:00 - Introduction and the Role of Social Media in Email Marketing
03:18 - Carlos Gil's Journey to GetResponse
10:25 - Email as the Original Social Media and the Importance of Integration
15:18 - Building Relationships and Advocacy Across Channels
21:39 - Focusing on Individual Customers for Long-Term Success
25:03 - Analyzing Data to Identify Loyal Advocates
26:59 - Executing a Unified Brand Voice: Strategies and Challenges
36:46 - Strengths and Limitations of Social Media, Email, and SMS Marketing
43:02 - Listening, Engagement, and Building Advocacy
48:54 - Aligning the Social Media and Email Teams: Collaboration Strategies