Friday, June 27, 2008

AM Inbox: Pragmatic use of animation

The Retail Email Blog monitors the email marketing campaigns of more than 100 top online retailers. Here are highlights from our inbox this morning:

HPshopping, 6/26 — Your HP Home & Home Office Store Deals - Week of June 25
HP uses some nice, straightforward animation to point out four features on their HP Pavilion dv5z laptop. Very pragmatic but eye-catching. Also, with this email, HPshopping has added a “Click here for the mobile-friendly version.” link to their preheader text. As I noted in yesterday’s AM Inbox, Crate & Barrel also recently made that same addition.

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Here’s the animated portion of that email:



SUBJECTIVITY SCANNER: Select noteworthy subject lines
Chadwick’s, 6/26 — Pre-4th of July Sale, plus we'll pay you to ship your order!
Macy’s, 6/26 — Save 10-50% this weekend! (Ah, the joys of summer.)
Nordstrom, 6/26 — New Day Dresses: Summer's Hot Prints
Bed Bath & Beyond, 6/26 — Cool down with Bed Bath & Beyond
B&H Photo Video, 6/26 — Dusk and Dawn Shooting Tips and More
Circuit City, 6/26 — Rock out with Aerosmith + bonus coupon inside [promoting Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]
Walgreens, 6/26 — Save $5 at Walgreens Stores! Friday Only

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