
Email Design or Distraction? - Brandon Walton - Hard Corps Marketing Show #188
With new technology comes new possibilities. HTML5 has allowed marketers to expand their design creativity. However, where is the line between creative design and functionality?
A Marketing Leader, 4x Certified Salesforce and Pardot Consultant, 2020 Salesforce Marketing Champion, Founder of Local Direct, Salesforce Consultant and Trainer at Cypress Learning Solutions, Brandon Walton, chats about what to focus on to maximize email deliverability.
Takeaways:
You could create the perfect email design, but depending on the browser it is opened in, the email could look warped. An email with just text is better than an email with a distorted design.
Put focus on the intent of a sales email. Designs sometimes become a distraction, so spend money on the data rather than the design.
Having trouble creating sales emails? Here are the top five things to prioritize when promoting email deliverability:
Data
Timing
Cadence
Technical Set Up
Graphics
Be careful about purchasing email address lists. This can get your IP blacklisted and lead to poor email deliverability in the future.
Clean data is everything when it comes to maximizing marketing automation. Without it then your emails will come across as spam.
Career advice: Buy things that are positive grossing assets! Every effort that you are putting an investment in, is something that is going to help you in the future.
Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonkwalton/
Cypress Learning Solutions: https://cypresslearning.com
Busted Myths:
Emails do not need to have over the top design. Emails can get confusing for the customer if the main message gets buried in images and fluff. Simpler is always better.
Ways to Tune In:
iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show/id1338838763
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1vVLpNI1LssMTiL6Kdsamn
Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show
Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Im7mytmu2wa2mekhoeixlja5hpe?t=The_Hard_Corps_Marketing_Show
YouTube - Full video - https://youtu.be/kbacPNl_occ
With new technology comes new possibilities. HTML5 has allowed marketers to expand their design creativity. However, where is the line between creative design and functionality?
A Marketing Leader, 4x Certified Salesforce and Pardot Consultant, 2020 Salesforce Marketing Champion, Founder of Local Direct, Salesforce Consultant and Trainer at Cypress Learning Solutions, Brandon Walton, chats about what to focus on to maximize email deliverability.
Takeaways:
- You could create the perfect email design, but depending on the browser it is opened in, the email could look warped. An email with just text is better than an email with a distorted design.
- Put focus on the intent of a sales email. Designs sometimes become a distraction, so spend money on the data rather than the design.
- Having trouble creating sales emails? Here are the top five things to prioritize when promoting email deliverability:
- Data
- Timing
- Cadence
- Technical Set Up
- Graphics
- Be careful about purchasing email address lists. This can get your IP blacklisted and lead to poor email deliverability in the future.
- Clean data is everything when it comes to maximizing marketing automation. Without it then your emails will come across as spam.
- Career advice: Buy things that are positive grossing assets! Every effort that you are putting an investment in, is something that is going to help you in the future.
Links:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonkwalton/
- Cypress Learning Solutions: https://cypresslearning.com
Busted Myths:
- Emails do not need to have over the top design. Emails can get confusing for the customer if the main message gets buried in images and fluff. Simpler is always better.
Ways to Tune In:
- iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show/id1338838763
- Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1vVLpNI1LssMTiL6Kdsamn
- Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-hard-corps-marketing-show
- Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Im7mytmu2wa2mekhoeixlja5hpe?t=The_Hard_Corps_Marketing_Show
- YouTube - Full video - https://youtu.be/kbacPNl_occ
Creators and Guests

Host
Casey Cheshire
CEO & Founder of Ringmaster Conversational Marketing. Casey Cheshire is a marketer, serial entrepreneur, and adventurer. He has been in EO for close to 10 years and counts his relationships as a key reason for his continued success. Casey’s passion for podcasting led to him founding Ringmaster Conversational Marketing. Ringmaster helps B2B businesses launch podcasts that drive growth and revenue. Previously, Casey founded and ran Cheshire Impact for 10 years. It became the top Salesforce Pardot marketing automation solutions partner in the world before a successful exit in 2021. He is also a US Marine Corps Veteran where he served in the Infantry and deployed to some very hot climates. In his free time, Casey likes to skydive, climb mountains, and pretend to be a hungry bear for his two kids.