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Inboxing, The Podcast about Email Marketing

50 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

A podcast about Email Marketing. We'll be talking weekly about email marketing and bringing in guests from around the world to chime in and get to hear from them their favorite emails or biggest mistakes.

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How Top Brands Craft Winning Emails: Insights from Action Rocket's Ben Clay

May 02, 2024 12:00 - 31 minutes - 72.1 MB

I’m thrilled to welcome Ben Clay, a Senior Designer at Action Rocket, to analyze some innovative email campaigns from well-known brands. This episode offers an up-close look at three creatively crafted emails, each showcasing unique interactive and personalized elements designed to engage and reactivate audiences. Here's what we explored: Bluey    We start with a charming email from Bluey, featuring an invitation to a special wedding episode. The invitation, designed to look like it...

Dissecting the Top Emails of the Year with Emily Ryan

April 02, 2024 12:30 - 40 minutes - 92 MB

Join me in this engaging episode of Inboxing as I sit down with Mailchimp Pro Partner and email marketing expert, Emily Ryan of Westfield Creative. Together, we dive into some of the most captivating email designs of the year, as submitted by the email marketing community and highlighted by Andrew King from Email Love. In This Episode: Redbull Racing  Acura ZDX Type S Graza's Brand Education Emily and I had a fabulous time reviewing these emails, and we think you'll find plenty of in...

The Future of Email Marketing with Anna Levitin

March 27, 2024 11:49 - 1 hour - 162 MB

The Future of Email Marketing with Anna Levitin Sponsored by Kombai - Try Kombai today!  Enjoy this amazing 2-part episode of Inboxing as I explore the intricate world of email marketing with Anna Levitin, a leading voice in the Email Marketing space and Email and Marketing Operations Lead at Powtoon. With a track record of over 2000 email campaigns and a decade of marketing experience, Anna shares her rich insights into the dynamics of customer relationships, the power of retention mark...

Exploring 2023's Best Emails with Naj Salam

January 23, 2024 11:12 - 47 minutes - 110 MB

Exploring 2023's Best Emails with Naj Salam Host: Hillel Berg Special Guest: Najmah Salam Sponsor: Kombai – Revolutionizing email design with their innovative Figma plugin that converts any email design to HTML code that works across ESPs and clients, including Outlook. Episode Overview: Join us in this special episode of Inboxing, where we host Najmah Salam. Known for her insights in email marketing, Najmah helps us explore some of the most impressive emails of 2023, selected from the ...

Kelly Haggard Unlocks the Keys to Personalization

July 17, 2023 14:25 - 39 minutes - 90.4 MB

Personalization is the secret sauce on email marketing.  Everyone knows this.  But why do we still see so many generic emails.  Kelly Haggard is the Stefan Pollard Email Marketer of the Year for 2022 by the ANA Email Excellence Center.   Kelly joined me to discuss the strategy and what she could tell us about her work at Synchrony that earned her the covetted prize.   It turns out the super personalization is at the heart of it.   But really what makes this podcast so much fun to record i...

Val Geisler Unlocks Retention by Understanding your Customers

July 10, 2023 16:01 - 50 minutes - 116 MB

Val Geisler is a retention specialist and she's been around the block working for SAS companies and eCommerce as well.  She's even gone ESP side and done great work for Convert Kit and Klaviyo.  Now she's helping mothers by promoting a better breast milk alternative at ByHeart.  I had such an enjoyable conversation with Val, and I think you'll really enjoy listening to us.   Some of my favorite lessons that came out. Talk to your customers Turn Retention into Acquisition  Send les...

Adam Kitchen and the Many Ways to Engage with Email Marketing

July 03, 2023 08:01 - 39 minutes - 89.6 MB

Adam Kitchen is CEO and Founder of Magnet Monster, a Klaviyo Master Elite Email Marketing Agency.  Adam is also one the must follow voices on Social Media where he shares strategies, tips, and much more to help other brands and agencies do more with email marketing.    Enjoy this coversation with Adam and learn more about him and how he was able to grow his agency to become one of the leading Ecommerce Email Marketing Agencies in the business.   Whether you're an email marketer or a bu...

Alyssa Dulin Teaches Us Deliverability

June 29, 2023 08:19 - 32 minutes - 74 MB

Oh boy was this episode an adventure.   I apologize if the sound is strange or there are hiccups because recording this episode was a nightmare.  Alyssa was a champ and kept rolling with the technical challenges to create a really great episode of Inboxing.   Join us to learn what you need to know to stear clear of the spam folder.  Because no matter how great your emails are they will not do anything if your deliverability is in the toilet.   So get smarter and enjoy another great...

Jeanne Jennings and her Journey to Email Op Shop

June 19, 2023 13:29 - 52 minutes - 121 MB

Jeanne Jennings has been working "Online" since the days that online was what we called the internet.  She told her incredible story, starting at Compuserve in 1989 and taking us through 20+ years of email marketing.  We touched on the challenges of email marketers, the interesting companies she's worked for, and her role as GM of Only Influencers.  As always there is plenty to unpack in here.    So enjoy whatever you're doing and get a little smarter, with Inboxing. 

The Joys and Challenges of Email Marketing at Moosejaw Mountaineering

June 12, 2023 16:42 - 54 minutes - 126 MB

Meet Michael Johnston, the elusive maestro of email marketing. While he remains a mysterious figure on social media, behind the scenes, he works wonders as the email marketing mastermind for Moosejaw Mountaineering, one of the planet's largest outdoor retailers. In this captivating episode, join us as we delve into the thrilling world of learning email marketing on the fly. Discover firsthand the challenges Michael faced and the ingenious ways he found to engage diverse audiences by infusi...

Simon Harper and the Best in Email Marketing

June 05, 2023 07:43 - 1 hour - 153 MB

Simon is not your typical e-commerce expert or agency professional. Instead, he has carved his own path by building websites and eventually diving into the world of email marketing. His dedication to helping his clients and his empathetic nature have made him one of the leading thought leaders and successful Mailchimp agency partners. I had the pleasure of chatting with Simon about all things email, and I'm confident that this episode will be enjoyed by many. So, without further ado, let'...

Make Your Emails More Valuable and Entertaining with Naomi West

May 29, 2023 11:58 - 43 minutes - 99.6 MB

Inboxing with Naomi West: How to Make Your Emails More Valuable and Entertaining In this episode of Inboxing, I interviewed Naomi West, a senior email and lifestyle marketer and product marketing manager at Parcel. We discussed a wide range of topics related to email marketing, including mistakes companies make, how to make emails more entertaining and valuable to subscribers, trends and changes in the email industry, and tools for email marketing.  Naomi also shared her experience usin...

Ian Brodie Teaches Email Marketing for the Masses

May 23, 2023 09:44 - 43 minutes - 99.4 MB

Ian Brodie went from mathematics to marketing, and his methodological approach is very refreshing and probably explains why his book is an Amazon Best Seller for Email Marketing. In addition, he communicates extremely clearly, and there is no doubt that this episode can be a guide for the email marketing perplexed.   Ian Brodie is the author of Email Persuasion, a book about email marketing with over 150 five-star reviews on Amazon. Here's a quote from one reviewer, "Email Persuasion I...

Naj the Email Alchemist and Friend to All EmailGeeks

May 15, 2023 17:56 - 54 minutes - 124 MB

Najmah Salaam isn't your typical email marketing guru.  She's fun in so many ways, which greatly enhances this episode.  Youtube star turned email geek isn't the typical email marketer story, but I hope her youtube prowess helps this episode go viral.  It really should because it's just a fun listen.   So please enjoy this and let me hear about it with a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.   Special thanks to Abandoned Cart Expert for Sponsoring Inboxing Season 3.  Ecommerce business ...

Email Marketing for Non-Profits a conversation with John Walsh

May 08, 2023 07:11 - 43 minutes - 53 MB

John Walsh is a digital fundraising specialist and founder at Nonprofit Campaign Lab. He has worked in nonprofits for over five years, where he began as a social media manager and eventually moved into email marketing. John fell in love with email marketing because of its real-time interaction, data analysis, and impact on communication. He returned to school to study digital marketing and focused on email marketing as his preferred channel. At his previous nonprofit, John worked to make ema...

Storytelling for Ecom with Emilia

May 01, 2023 11:39 - 45 minutes - 105 MB

Welcome to another episode of Inboxing, the podcast about email marketing. In this episode, I am joined by Emilia Tanase, a copywriter specializing in using storytelling techniques for eCommerce. Emilia shares her wealth of knowledge and experience in this area, providing valuable insights and tips for anyone looking to improve their email marketing strategy. Throughout the episode, Emilia provides practical advice on incorporating storytelling into your email campaigns. She emphasizes th...

Chase Dimond Teaches Us All

August 22, 2022 11:13 - 39 minutes - 89.4 MB

Chase Dimond is the teacher. He's pumping out tips, strategies, and more multiple times daily on social media. He's got a bigger following than anyone in the industry.  How did he become this king of ECommerce Email? Find out in the season finale of Inboxing Season 2.   You'll also learn tips to grow your email marketing and take it to the next level.  Enjoy.

Creating a Great Customer Experience with Eli Weiss

August 15, 2022 09:55 - 46 minutes - 106 MB

Eli Weiss never didn't get a normal high school education and never went to any kind of college but that never stopped him from being passionate about creating great customer experiences that can grow a brand.  Because of that passion he's become a leading voice in the industry and sorta created a role that didn't exist before.   Learn his amazing story but even more so, learn how to create great customer journeys with email. 

Emily Ryan on Building her Mailchimp Kingdom

July 26, 2022 07:43 - 34 minutes - 79.7 MB

Emily Ryan is the Mailchimp Queen.  I hope that doesn't offend anyone, but I don't know any other email marketing agency owner focused on Mailchimp.  It was a pleasure talking to this aspiring actor turned email marketer because she's done so much to help companies and was more than happy to share her experiences with the inboxing audience.   Thanks to Ongage for sponsoring. If you're on the hunt for a new email marketing platform, check out Ongage. Get a free demo at hillelberg....

Liz Willits on the Road to Great Copy

July 17, 2022 08:20 - 47 minutes - 109 MB

Liz Willits has 64k followers on Linkedin with good reason.  She pumps out content that helps marketers and business people in their copy.  That helps her get noticed and helps to drive her thriving copywriting business.    She was kind enough to come to Inboxing to share some of the great tips about copy.   It was amazing of her to join us and it was a great time making this episode. Enjoy it wherever you listen to podcast and rate and review it on Apple Podcasts. Thanks to Onga...

Chris Byrne Takes Us to School

July 11, 2022 13:21 - 40 minutes - 93.9 MB

Chris Byrne is a veteran in the email space. Having run Sensorpro for over 20 years has given him some degree of insight that many haven't reached yet.  He has a calming presence and he's a joy to listen to.  So enjoy this episode and all episodes of Inboxing wherever you listen to podcasts. Inboxing is brought to you by the great folks at Ongage. Find out how ongage can help you get more from your email marketing by booking a demo at hillelberg.com/ongage.  You'll also save 10% on ...

Jaina Mistry and the Keys to Email Success

July 05, 2022 07:18 - 54 minutes - 87.2 MB

Jaina Mistry is a long time emailgeek.  She takes on her jouney to becoming Senior Manager of Email Marketing at Litmus and then goes on to provide tips and general approach to acheive great results in Email Marketing. Marketers and business owners, this is an episode for you.  Thanks to @litmusapp for letting her talk to Inboxing and thanks to Jaina for giving us your time and knowledge.  Thanks for Ongage for sponsoring season 2.  Visit them at hillelberg.com/ongage.

Bogdan Mihalache on becoming an ECom Expert

June 20, 2022 08:22 - 25 minutes - 58.8 MB

Bogdan Mihalache is an email marketing expert primarily focused on Ecommerce and SAAS companies.  He came on the show and shared his experiences growing into the expert and things he's picked up along the way. 

Samar Owais on Ecommerce, Email, and Breaking Sterotypes

June 06, 2022 11:30 - 48 minutes - 112 MB

Samar Owais is a proud hijab-wearing Pakistani woman that is also a big name in the email marketing world. She's done work for some big-name clients and has a growing list of students through her courses.   Enjoy a frank discussion about the challenges she faces and gain a ton of email marketing tips.  

Mark Robbins Takes us Behind the Curtain

May 30, 2022 11:54 - 49 minutes - 67.8 MB

Mark Robbins is akin to NEO in the Matrix. When email developers were seeing walls he was seeing challenges to overcome and boy did he.  Mark has become the resource for email developers.  He came on Inboxing for a great discussion about his journey and email development. 

Pierre Pignault Talks All about Spam

May 23, 2022 06:07 - 54 minutes - 124 MB

Pierre is the CEO and Founder of Mailsoar, a company that assists companies out of the spam folder and back to deliverability.   We had a facinating discussion about the reasons companies go into spam and best practices to stay deliverable.  

Megan Boshuyzen on Becoming a Developer

May 16, 2022 08:08 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

Megan Boshuyzen wasn't looking to code emails but code found her and she fell head over heals not only for the work, but with the community that helped her get things done.   Enjoy. 

Anne Tomlin's love for coding email

May 09, 2022 10:43 - 55 minutes - 127 MB

Anne Tomlin of emailsyall.com talks about her email journey till she found her calling in code.  Since then she's coded emails for some of the top brands.  Join us for a fun discussion all about email development.  

Elliot Ross Tells All

May 02, 2022 03:59 - 52 minutes - 121 MB

Elliot Ross is a serial entrepreneur. He's founded two great companies, ActionRocket and Taxi for Email.   We had an amazing discussion about the journey to building each of these companies and what's contributed to their success.   Join and listen to this episode of How I Built it meets inboxing. Learn email tips and strategies and enjoy a great story.  

Avi Goldman, The Boy Wonder

April 25, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 76.2 MB

Avi Goldman is going places.  He's already built the hottest email builder on the planet, and he hasn't yet celebrated his 25th birthday.   Parcel.io is his creation, and he's leveraged the emailgeek community to add fantastic functionality, and he's just getting started.   Find out how this kid from Baltimore dropped out of college to work for one of the biggest SMTPs on the planet, fell in love with email, and decided to do something with it.  

Valentin Radu Talks E-Commerce

April 19, 2022 20:35 - 48 minutes - 110 MB

Valentin was a pleasure to talk to. I loved relistening to our discussion, and I think you'll enjoy it as well.   Valentin has an incredible journey, sincerity, and a love for creating great customer experiences.   Listen, learn, and apply. Then subscribe, rate, and review. All brought to you by Ongage.

Dmitry Kudrenko Dreams of a Self Driving Email Marketing Platform

April 11, 2022 04:00 - 48 minutes - 111 MB

Dmitry Kudrenko is the founder of Stripo.   He's also a proud Ukrainian from Dnipro.  We recorded this right around New Year's and we both couldn't have imagined what we be a few months later.   I can't stop thinking about him and the entire Stripo team and wish for their safety and an end to this unjustified war.  Well take your time getting used to his accept then soak it all in because there is a lot there.  Thanks again to Ongage for sponsoring.  Visit hillelberg.com/ongage a...

Alan Levy Tells it All

April 04, 2022 17:15 - 33 minutes - 77.7 MB

Alan Levy is a well-seasoned veteran of the email marketing space.  This episode is short but packed with great tips for everyone.   I don't remember any episode that was so efficient.  Either way,  it makes for some great listening, so whether you're in the car, washing dishes, or taking a run, learn some great tips to grow your business from Alan Levy. 

Inboxing with Special Guest Radek Kaczyński

March 28, 2022 14:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MB

Radek is the CEO and Founder of Bouncer, an email verification tool.  In this episode, you’ll learn about what it took to create Bouncer and how to stay in the inbox.  Our conversation was soo pleasant that I imagine it’ll make for delightful listening.  So head to your favorite podcast platform and listen today. Special thanks to our sponsor, Ongage.  Get the most from your email marketing program with Ongage.  Head to hillelberg.com/ongage today to schedule a demo and save 10% on your fi...

Inboxing with Special Guest Chad White

March 20, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 142 MB

Chad White is a fantastic marketer and a wonderful human.   In The Email Marketing Rules, Chad wrote a "Bible" of email marketing, which is a must-have for every email marketer.  Chad is also the head of research at Oracle Marketing Consulting.  That means he's finding nuggets of actionable data that can help Oracle's clients but he also shares them with the world through Oracle webinars.   So follow Chad, and enjoy the episode. It's a great one. 

Inboxing with Special Guest Ben Malki from Dynamic Yield

March 14, 2022 14:10 - 47 minutes - 109 MB

Season Two starts with a bang! Ben Malki, Regional Vice President of Customer Success for Dynamic Yield, a company specializing in growing revenue by creating personalized experiences.   Season Two will be releasing a new episode every Monday for the next 20 weeks!  Enjoy!  Inboxing is brought to you by Ongage. Learn more at hillelberg.com/ongage.

Open Rates, the Apple Privacy Pixel, and the Future of Email Marketing

July 12, 2021 10:25 - 55 minutes - 77.4 MB

The Apple Privacy policy blocking user data back to ESPs is going to have a big impact on Email Marketing.  Join me to learn all about it with a panel of experts: Jay Oram - Senior Coder at Action Rocket Yanna Tory Aspraki - Deliverability Expert Lauren Meyer - EVP of Product Marketing & Brand Strategy at Socket Labs Emily McGuire - Founder, Flourish & Grit  Your host - Hillel Berg - Hillel Berg Email Marketing 

Maropost: The Making of a Market Leading Commerce Platform

May 19, 2021 06:37 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MB

Inboxing goes How I Built This, as we interview Ross Andrew Paquette, and we hear from him the background of Maropost from startup ESP to dominant Commerce platform.  Maropost has a bright future, with Ross captaining this company to great places.  It should be fun to listen to, but it'll be even more fun to watch Maropost grow in the next few years. 

Dan Oshinsky Puts on a Clinc

May 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 91.9 MB

Dan Oshinsky gives a clinic how to do email marketing to drive connections with your audience and drive engagement.  He's a pleasure to listen to and it was a pleasure having him join me.  Anyone looking to grow their business should give this episode listen and relisten.  I personally was inspired to do more in my email marketing from this guest.  Enjoy.  

Getting to Know ⚡AMP FOR EMAIL

April 22, 2021 10:40 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

Inboxing hosts a panel discussion all about ⚡AMP for Email.  Eliot Harper is an AMP pioneer that has consulted about ⚡AMP for Email to Salesforce among other brands. Aquibur Rahman is a founder of Mailmodo, a platform to send interactive AMP-powered emails using custom templates for quick turnaround. Together we discussed and hopefully clarified some of the confusing things about AMP for Email and you'll come out of this episode with a much better understanding of what AMP is and ho...

Yanna Torry Aspraki - Demystifying Deliverability

April 19, 2021 07:07 - 50 minutes - 70 MB

Yanna-Torry Aspraki is a ninja in every sense of the word. She's actually an X-degree black belt and Email Marketing Deliverability Ninja.  She's super knowledgeable and fun too and that comes through in this episode. Please listen, enjoy, subscribe, rate, and review us! 

Lisa S. Jones of Eyemail

April 13, 2021 13:36 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MB

Lisa shares her incredible journey from running logistics for the space shuttle at NASA to dreaming of a world where video worked seamlessly in the Inbox.  That dream produced Eyemail, a platform that can compress 60 seconds of video to 15kb and make it work in every inbox.    You gotta hear this. 

Inboxing with Special Guest Andrew Bonar

April 08, 2021 10:51 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

Andrew has quite a story and he generously shared it in this episode of Inboxing. From a traveling childhood to London to founding one of the first Internet Providers then accidentally becoming one the earliest ESPs.  This story will keep you entertained and you might learn something about email marketing on the way.

Inboxing Episode 7 with Special Guest Danny Tal of Ongage

March 30, 2021 05:17 - 1 hour - 65 MB

Danny Tal of Ongage gives us a very thorough overview of the email marketing world behind the curtain.  That is, to understand how emails get sent, shared IPs, dedicated IPs, deliverability, and much more.    

Inboxing Episode 6 with Jen Capstraw

March 22, 2021 11:19 - 1 hour - 34.1 MB

I've coined Jen Capstraw the "Email Queen" for good reason.  She's a trove of email wisdom and she shares it so generously on this episode of Inboxing.  So if you want to know how you can use Email Marketing to grow your connections with your audience then take a listen.  It'll be well worth your while.

Inboxing Episode 5 Featuring Special Guest Kath Pay

March 15, 2021 14:08 - 1 hour - 142 MB

Kath Pay of Holistic Email Marketing joins the Inboxing podcast and unlocks the vault about all the tips to follow and things to watch out for in building your email marketing program. 

Inboxing Episode 4 with Special Guest Lauren Meyer

March 08, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MB

Inboxing hosts Lauren Meyer, currently the EVP of Product Marketing & Brand Strategy for SocketLabs.  Lauren's been a deliverability expert for a while and solidified that at her recent role at Kickbox as VP of Industry Relations and Compliance.   We had a great time discussing the ins and outs of deliverability and great email marketing.   If you enjoy the episode please subscribe and rate it. 

Inboxing Episode 3 Featuring Jay Oram of Action Rocket

March 02, 2021 20:02 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MB

Jay Oram of Action Rocket fame joins Inboxing for a discussion about email development, advances, advantages, and much more.  The inboxing podcast is a production of Hillel Berg Email Marketing.  An E-commerce Email Marketing Agency. 

Inboxing Episode 2 Featuring Nikki Elbaz

February 22, 2021 17:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MB

Inboxing Episode 2 with Nikki Elbaz of Nikkielbaz.com.  Nikki has built a career in email marketing by writing groundbreaking risky emails that have paid off hugely.  It's no surprise she has written emails for brands like Shopify plus and Doodle and was head of Email for Copyhackers.  She now is building her own consulting business and sells email marketing products to enable brands to do fantastic email marketing.  Check her out at nikkielbaz.com 

Inboxing Episode 1 Featuring Emily McGuire

February 09, 2021 12:47 - 45 minutes - 63.2 MB

Inboxing is a new podcast that’s recorded as a Facebook live on my Facebook Page and on my youtube channel, which you can find by searching for Hillel Berg Email Marketing Every week or so we host a special guest from the email marketing world and we discuss various topics related to Email Marketing.   This podcast’s intended audience is Digital marketers but it should be relevant to anyone looking to grow their business through better email marketing.  The quality of the audio gets be...