The Attentive Blog

Ideas and insights for marketers navigating AI, personalization, and customer engagement

Emails We Love: 25 Email Marketing Examples to Drive Results

In our first edition of Emails We Love, we curated 25 email marketing examples from brands that get it right.

When Is the Best Time to Send SMS Marketing and Email During BFCM? (Based on 4 Billion Messages)

In our BFCM message sending guide you’ll learn when you should start sending messages, frequency best practices, and more.

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What I Learned Evaluating Email Platforms for Nearly a Year

After nearly a year evaluating email platforms, here are five lessons that matter most—from roadmaps and support to migration and long-term fit.

5 AI Marketing Examples That Increased Revenue and Conversion Rates

Efficiency was always AI's first promise for support teams. The more interesting story is what comes next.

How Is AI Changing Marketing Metrics?

Efficiency was always AI's first promise for support teams. The more interesting story is what comes next.

Why Customer Relationships Still Matter in an AI-Driven World

Efficiency was always AI's first promise for support teams. The more interesting story is what comes next.

Implementing Agentic AI Governance: Evaluation Steps, Use Cases & Best Practices

Efficiency was always AI's first promise for support teams. The more interesting story is what comes next.

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How Brands Are Breathing Life Back Into Loyalty Programs

Discover how leading brands like The INKEY List, Represent, Craft Club, and Nadine Merabi are redefining loyalty with community, SMS, and VIP experiences.

TCPA Litigation Is Accelerating. Here’s How To Build a Compliance-First SMS Program.

Learn how Attentive builds compliance into its SMS platform, what’s driving TCPA litigation, and what every SMS marketer should know.

2026 State of Loyalty & Retention: 600 Shoppers Reveal What Brings Them Back

600 shoppers reveal what actually drives loyalty and retention in 2026—plus what pushes customers away and how marketers can win them back.

Customers Don’t Think in Channels—So Why Do Brands?

Growth Shop shares why the future of retention is connected, intentional, and human—and why customers don't think in channels.

What 6 Brands Did Before BFCM That Drove Results

Discover six BFCM success stories from CB2, Kendra Scott, AllSaints, Davines, Little Sleepies, and Made In Cookware. See how early planning, AI, and SMS drove stronger results.

6 Omnichannel Marketing Examples That Increased Revenue and Conversions

Discover 6 powerful omnichannel marketing examples from leading brands and see how unified SMS, email, and AI-driven personalization strategies drive measurable growth.

Fashionably Efficient: How Attentive AI™ Takes Hot Topic’s Marketing Results to the Next Level

Learn how Hot Topic uses AI to make SMS more personalized and engaging for each of their 1M+ subscribers.

How OLLY’s Marketing Strategy Is Helping Them Redefine Wellness

Learn how Olly's marketing strategy uses email and SMS to make wellness available to everyone, and keep their loyal customers happy and healthy.

The Ultimate 2026 Food Holidays Calendar

There are hundreds of national food holidays—check out our 2026 food holiday calendar to make sure you don’t miss an opportunity to engage your customers.

August Marketing Ideas: Campaigns, Promotions, and Retail Calendar for 2026

Looking for August marketing ideas? Discover campaign inspiration, retail holidays, promotional strategies, email and SMS ideas, and tips to prepare your business for fall.

6 Labor Day Marketing Ideas to Boost Your End-of-Summer Revenue

Discover 6 Labor Day marketing ideas to boost sales with email and SMS campaigns, flash sales, personalized offers, and last-chance reminders.

How to Improve Identity Resolution: 3 Strategies That Increase Revenue

Learn how to improve identity resolution with unified customer profiles, server-side tracking, and identity graphs to drive more triggered revenue and personalization.

What Millions of Campaigns Reveal About the Real Value of Email Opens

Think email opens don’t matter? New data from millions of campaigns shows why opens still play a critical role in deliverability and performance.

We Asked Marketers: What Questions Matter Most When Choosing an Email Platform?

We asked marketers what questions mattered most when choosing a new email platform. Here are the three conversations they said every team should have before making a decision.

How to Improve Email Deliverability: Best Practices for Better Inbox Placement

Improve email deliverability with proven best practices for authentication, list hygiene, segmentation, and sender reputation to increase inbox placement.

AI Without Action Is Just Another Buzzword

Efficiency was always AI's first promise for support teams. The more interesting story is what comes next.

Retention Is Back—And Smarter Customer Data Is Why

Efficiency was always AI's first promise for support teams. The more interesting story is what comes next.

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Top SMS & Email Integrations: How to Connect Your Marketing Channels and Drive More ROI

Efficiency was always AI's first promise for support teams. The more interesting story is what comes next.

What 2025 Taught Us About the Future of Ecommerce

Efficiency was always AI's first promise for support teams. The more interesting story is what comes next.

Back-to-School Marketing: 11 Ideas to Score More Engagement and Revenue

Explore back-to-school marketing ideas that drive in-store and online revenue. See how brands are using these strategies to enhance their sales efforts.

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UK Marketing Calendar 2026

Check out our UK marketing calendar to stay on top of the UK’s key holidays and marketing moments.

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The Anatomy of High-Performing SMS Campaigns: 25 Billion Messages Reveal What Works

We're sharing the first-ever comprehensive analysis of what SMS content actually works today, giving you highly actionable insights you can apply to your program.

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