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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…
For decades, traditional businesses operated on tried-and-true methods—manual record-keeping, face-to-face transactions, and paper-based communication. While these practices once defined stability and consistency, the rise of digital technology is rewriting the playbook for even the most time-honored industries. Today, legacy businesses—ranging from manufacturing to retail—are undergoing a quiet revolution. They’re integrating digital tools not just to keep up, but to thrive in a landscape shaped by efficiency, data, and rapid innovation. The Shift from Legacy to Agile Old-school businesses were often built on long-standing processes that emphasized repetition and predictability. But in a digital world, these attributes can hinder growth.…
The Love Island USA Season 7 cast just touched down in Fiji and they’re ready for love, drama, and, if they play their cards right, a few brand collabs along the way. While they’re making connections in the Villa, we’re keeping an eye out for the Islanders your brand might want to couple up with. Whose content stands out? Who’s built real rapport with their audience? Who can turn followers into fans—and fans into customers? To find out, we put Gia—GRIN’s Intelligent Assistant—on the case. Her assignment: evaluate the partnership potential of this season’s singles. Want to make influencer vetting…
Before we know it, the winter hues will set in, and with them comes the biggest shopping day of the year: Black Friday. Black Friday 2024 was a goldmine for online businesses, clocking in record-breaking numbers. Online shoppers spent over $10 billion, marking a 10% jump from the previous year, and 2025 is shaping up to be even bigger. In this blog post, we’ll break down the most powerful features of the Yoast SEO for Shopify app and show you how to make the most of them. The goal? Help boost your SEO game, improve your store’s visibility, and stay…
Even though Apple’s Keynote app gives you plenty of tools and options for creating beautiful presentations, it can be tricky to find the time to build a beautiful, custom design. Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered with this collection of the best Keynote templates! With these templates, you don’t have to spend hours designing presentation slides. You can simply edit the slides that have already been crafted by professional designers, customize charts, change colors, and voila! You have your own beautiful, unique Keynote presentation. We picked out…
How can marketers ensure every euro of influencer spend drives maximum impact? What if your quarterly budget could flex and flow in real time—rewarding top-performing creators and pruning underperformers on a weekly cadence?Many creators now manage their income with a disciplined approach—setting aside budgets in dedicated “envelopes,” reviewing progress weekly, and reinvesting in the collaborations that deliver the strongest returns.Brands, too, are embracing trial-rate approaches—starting with low-risk gifting or capped engagements before scaling fees once performance is proven. We also see budgets migrating toward micro and nano influencers, where authentic engagement outpaces costly macro endorsements.These trends point to a single…
You’ve probably seen the headlines like: “AI will kill SEO,” “AI will replace marketing roles,” or the latest panic: “Is your digital marketing job safe?” Well, maybe not those exact headlines, but you get the idea, and I’m sure you have seen something similar. Let’s clear something up: AI is not making SEO irrelevant. It’s making certain tasks obsolete. And yes, some jobs built entirely around those tasks are at risk. A recent Microsoft study analyzed over 200,000 Bing Copilot interactions to measure task overlap between human job functions and AI-generated outputs. Their findings are eye-opening: Translators and Interpreters: 98%…
Working with web design clients means wearing many hats. We’re developers, marketers, and (sometimes) therapists. It’s all about building a great website that meets our clients’ needs. We can’t forget to add the role of a project manager to the list. It might be just as important as anything we do. Why? Consider how many projects become stalled and stagnant. Clients often have big ideas and expect us to expedite our work. However, things get bogged down when it’s their turn to contribute. It could lead to an indefinite hiatus. Months may go by without progress. The site sits there…
Fox News finished primetime with barely 3 million viewers, as the summer doldrums and a slower news cycle affected cable news viewership. MSNBC finished in second place in total viewers and in the primetime Adults 25-54 demo. CNN finished as the No. 2 network in the demo during total day.25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)Total Day: FNC: 208 | CNN: 65 | MSNBC: 57Prime: FNC: 379 | CNN: 87 | MSNBC: 89 FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4PM Cain:195 Hunt:83 Wallace:116 5PM Five:379 Tapper:80 Wallace:93 6PM Baier:261 Tapper:75 Melber:79 7PM Ingraham:242 Burnett:77 Weeknight:109 8PM Watters:388 Cooper:71 Hayes:78 9PM Hannity:338 Collins:86 Psaki:86 10PM Gutfeld:411…
Regardless of the times, email remains a powerful tool for connecting with audiences and driving conversions. As a seasoned marketer, I’ve witnessed firsthand the impact of well-crafted email campaigns. The problem is that it can be easy to run out of email marketing ideas after awhile… Let’s fix that. As I write about in Digital Threads, email is that critical “E” element in the SES Framework that defines modern digital marketing. But once you acquire contact info from potential customers, how do you best stay in touch with them outside of transactional emails? In this guide, we’ll explore a variety…