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Email Marketing Strategy and Optimization

Building High-Performing Email Programmes that Drive Results

Overview

About this course

Despite the rise of newer channels, email remains one of the highest-return tools in a marketer's arsenal when built and managed well. This training course covers the full email marketing lifecycle, from list building and segmentation through to automation, testing, and optimisation.

Participants will gain hands-on experience building campaigns, journeys, and reports that improve engagement, deliverability, and measurable business results.

This Seya Capital training course will highlight:

  • Building an effective email marketing strategy
  • List building, segmentation, and personalisation
  • Automation and customer journey design
  • Deliverability and inbox placement
  • Testing, optimisation, and measurement
2027 schedule

Dates, venues & fees

DatesVenueFormatFee
10 – 14 May 2027Singapore5 daysUS$ 3,700Register
17 – 28 May 2027Dar es Salaam, Tanzania2 weeksUS$ 3,780Register
24 – 28 May 2027Dar es Salaam, Tanzania5 daysUS$ 2,100Register

Fees are per delegate and exclude travel and accommodation. Every course is also available as in-house training on dates that suit you.

Objectives

By the end of the course

By the end of this Seya Capital training course, participants will be able to:

  • Design an effective email marketing strategy
  • Build and segment email lists ethically and effectively
  • Apply automation and personalisation techniques
  • Optimise email performance through testing
  • Measure and report email marketing results
Who should attend

Designed for

This Seya Capital training course is designed for professionals responsible for email and lifecycle marketing, including:

  • Email Marketing Specialists
  • Digital Marketing Executives
  • CRM and Lifecycle Marketing Professionals
  • Marketing Managers
  • E-commerce Marketing Teams
Programme

Course outline

Day 1: Foundations of Email Marketing Strategy+
  • The role of email in the marketing and customer lifecycle
  • Setting email marketing objectives and KPIs
  • Building and growing a permission-based email list
  • Email compliance: data protection and best practice
  • Overview of email marketing platforms and tools
Day 2: Segmentation and Personalisation+
  • Principles of effective list segmentation
  • Building customer personas for email targeting
  • Personalisation techniques and dynamic content
  • Behavioural and lifecycle-based segmentation
  • Workshop: building a segmentation strategy
Day 3: Automation and Customer Journeys+
  • Mapping the customer journey for email automation
  • Building welcome, nurture, and re-engagement flows
  • Trigger-based and behavioural email automation
  • Integrating email with CRM and marketing automation platforms
  • Workshop: designing an automated email journey
Day 4: Crafting High-Performing Email Content+
  • Writing compelling subject lines and preview text
  • Email copywriting and design best practices
  • Mobile optimisation and accessibility considerations
  • Building effective calls to action
  • Workshop: designing a high-converting email campaign
Day 5: Testing, Optimisation, and Measurement+
  • A/B testing strategies for email campaigns
  • Deliverability: reputation, spam filters, and inbox placement
  • Key email metrics and performance benchmarks
  • Reporting email marketing ROI
  • Final case study: optimising an underperforming email programme
Methodology

How you will learn

This training course uses hands-on campaign-building exercises, case studies, testing workshops, and platform walkthroughs to build practical email marketing capability.

Impact

The return on learning

For your organisation

  • Improved email engagement and conversion rates
  • Stronger customer relationships built through email
  • Better list health and deliverability
  • More efficient use of marketing automation tools

For you

  • Develop practical email strategy and execution skills
  • Build confidence using marketing automation tools
  • Strengthen a testing and optimisation mindset
  • Broaden overall digital marketing expertise
Certification

Seya Capital certificate

Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded a Seya Capital Certificate.

In-house training

Training designed around your organisation

Every course can be delivered privately for your institution, at your premises or a venue of your choice, with case studies and content adapted to your sector and regulatory environment.

Plan in-house training →Contact our team