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Piper blogs

A collection of guides, hints and tips to help you with everything from developing your marketing strategy to optimising your email campaigns

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3 mins
Tim O'Donovan
Tim O'Donovan
Feb 4, 2025

Customer Lifetime Value - why should I care?

A critical customer metric for sustainable, profitable growth

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3 mins
Tim O'Donovan
Tim O'Donovan
Sep 13, 2023

Three phases of a product launch

Supercharge your product launches by planning for the key phases

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4 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Mar 31, 2023

The 8 components of a perfectly composed marketing email

Follow our checklist to get your marketing emails firing on all cylinders!

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3 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Jan 31, 2023

6 types of email to include in your plan

Marketing is all about getting potential customers to KNOW you, LIKE you and TRUST you. Regular email contact is the perfect way to tick the last two off.

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2 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Feb 26, 2023

The 6 most important marketing measures to track for your business

Measuring marketing can feel confusing and daunting, there are so many metrics and stats. Here are our suggestions for the 6 most important ones to track on a regular basis.

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2 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Nov 22, 2022

6 reasons you should write a Blog

Blogs can be a great way of showing expertise, driving traffic to your site and increasing engagement with your potential customers.

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3 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Dec 6, 2022

A beginner's guide to email personalisation

You will know the importance of sending the right message to the right person at the right time. But do you know how to achieve this?

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2 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
May 15, 2022

Why you don't need to panic about the IOS15 mail privacy update

Have you heard about the changes Apple have made to privacy settings in their release of the IOS15? Do you know what it means for you?

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6 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Apr 7, 2022

6 ways to grow your email list

We tell you how you should go about getting new subscribers and using the top tactics that actually work.

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2 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Jul 14, 2022

3 reasons customer feedback is important and 3 ways to get it

We give you 3 reasons why your customers are the most important people to listen to and how to find out about them.

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3 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Dec 14, 2021

6 ways Email Marketing trumps Social Media

If you don't have email marketing sussed, you are missing out. With the highest ROI of all marketing channels, it is simply too good to neglect!

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1 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Jul 16, 2021

Why email and social marketing are a great match

The ultimate goal of all marketing is to move people from ‘know’, to ‘like’, to ‘trust’ in their relationship with you. But how?

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2 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Jul 22, 2021

Which problem are you trying to solve?

Simplify your strategy by homing in on the bit of the journey to purchase that will give you the most benefit.

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1 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Jun 16, 2021

The importance of creating a target customer persona

Did you know that the better you can define your target audience, the more effective your marketing will be?

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2 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
May 28, 2021

Ready to get your head around testing and optimisation? Look no further!

Are you A/B testing for the best email results? If not, you should be! And here’s how….

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3 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
May 13, 2021

5 ways to approach database segmentation

Get your email marketing making waves by defining customer journeys personalised to the different groups in your database!

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2 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
May 8, 2021

5 copywriting tactics to help you sell more convincingly

Use these insider tips to make your marketing copywriting more engaging than ever before

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1 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
Mar 16, 2022

Why we need to deepen our understanding of customers beyond demographics

Are you nurturing both sides to grow into a successful organisation?

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2 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
May 8, 2021

10 Stats to impress your CEO about email and digital marketing trends

Are you looking for some proof points as to why your business needs an email marketing strategy?

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5 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
May 16, 2021

Making LinkedIn work for your business

10 ways to make LinkedIn work for your business

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4 min read
Josie O'Donovan
Josie O'Donovan
May 16, 2021

10 ways to improve your email success

Here are some handy tips to get your readers scrolling and clicking in no time!

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