Phrasee’s phavorite marketing tweets of the month: May 2019
by Stu Elmes
It's May.
No, not that kind of May. The other kind.
Although the sweeping changes to the user experience promised by the GDPR have yet to materialize (at least in the eyes of consumers), we’ve entered into a brave new marketing era nonetheless. Exciting digital platforms, technologies, and consumer expectations are driving a sea change in the way the marketing world does business, and our collective view of where this mighty industry is headed in the years to come remains murky, at best.
Luckily we’ve always got each other to turn to for answers, and awesome marketing tweets by the bushel offering us a welcome light in the marketing darkness.
What we’re really trying to say is, thanks for being you.
Let’s see how we did this month…
We wised up to some of email marketing’s most tried and tested tricks at last…
My inbox is packed with subject lines telling me it’s my last chance for a discount and I just don’t believe them.
— Val Geisler (@lovevalgeisler) May 27, 2019
Put those who wouldn’t let those tried and tested tricks go on blast…
“I want to break up”
“OK, but do you want to get back together” pic.twitter.com/PKbymsELMP— Kristina Halvorson (@halvorson) May 7, 2019
And took comfort where we could…
after a seriously aggressive week of the #outlook blues … i got myself a puppy to cope #emailtionalsupportanimal #emailgeeks pic.twitter.com/dXfvWDSHvw
— Courtney Prebble (@prebbbz) May 19, 2019
We found humor in the seemingly humorless…
“Data Privacy, Consent Fatigue, and GDPR” – new cartoon and post on playing whack-a-mole with privacy pop-up notices as GDPR celebrates its birthday https://t.co/FZlmbIlmPA#marketing #cartoon #GDPR #privacy pic.twitter.com/Egw6v5rSqw
— Tom Fishburne (@tomfishburne) May 26, 2019
Joy in the amazing…
This sculpture is made entirely of paper. pic.twitter.com/K96Xll2PgL
— Digital Trends (@DigitalTrends) May 28, 2019
And let our cares just wash away…
Gentle reminder that I’m on maternity leave and officially don’t care about email until mid June at least.
— Kristin Wehadababyitsaboy (@EmailSnarketing) May 2, 2019
We engaged in some of the internet’s oldest tropes, like the selfie…
In case of fire U+1F525 … pic.twitter.com/P6zgx3jJuN
— Victoria Peppiatt (@VicPeppiatt) May 18, 2019
The timeless Twitter poll…
What’s your favorite #email emoji, #emailgeeks?
— Email on Acid (@EmailonAcid) May 24, 2019
And yelling at strangers…
Just because I signed up for one of your brands doesn’t mean you can send me emails from a sister brand just because you want to. Separate brands need separate email permissions. This is a great way to spike your spam complaints and unsubs, and erode your brand trust. pic.twitter.com/GdL8XKcy3n
— Chad S. White (@chadswhite) May 24, 2019
We stole slogans…
And I’m back in my home town… London baby! #dotlive this evening is in making engagement great again!#selfie #emailmarketing pic.twitter.com/Bq8MSYdPKu
— Gavin Laugenie (@Gavygav) May 22, 2019
And chased the shots of our critics with cool refreshing gifs…
The virtual copywriter is already a thing. Not a good thing, but a thing all the same. https://t.co/fKRBNfcTPQ
— Tribal LDN (@TribalLDN) May 21, 2019
But most of all, we stayed fashionable at all times, because in the end, we all know that’s what really matters…
You can safely assume that these are the pants I’m wearing whenever I present a webinar from home. Still time to join @Iterable‘s Good Robot/Bad Robot session today at 1pm ET with me, @wcoburn & @ParryMalm! Reg: https://t.co/biKDwWpl7Y#emailgeeks #emailmarketing #crosschannel pic.twitter.com/ebVN4wPH3o
— Jen Capstraw (@jencapstraw) May 23, 2019
So tweet on you marketing diamonds in the rough. We’ll be watching, as always, and we’ll see you all in June!
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