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EPISODE · Jun 17, 2026 · 7 MIN

How a Single Emoji Boosted Email Open Rates by 28 Percent

from The Copywriting Podcast with Fexingo: Sales Letters, Headlines, and Persuasive Writing · host Fexingo

Lucas and Luna dig into one of the most controversial copywriting tactics of the past decade: using emojis in email subject lines. They look at a specific case from a mid-sized e-commerce brand that ran a year-long study and saw a 28 percent lift in open rates when using a single emoji in the subject line. But they also unpack the risks — which emojis work, which backfire, and how audience demographics change the math. With concrete examples from A/B tests in B2B and B2C, this episode gives you a simple rule of thumb you can use in your next campaign. #Copywriting #EmailMarketing #EmojiMarketing #SubjectLines #OpenRates #ABTesting #MarketingPsychology #Ecommerce #B2BMarketing #B2C #ConversionOptimization #PersuasiveWriting #DirectResponse #DigitalMarketing #BrandVoice #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #MarketingPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

Lucas and Luna dig into one of the most controversial copywriting tactics of the past decade: using emojis in email subject lines. They look at a specific case from a mid-sized e-commerce brand that ran a year-long study and saw a 28 percent lift in open rates when using a single emoji in the subject line. But they also unpack the risks — which emojis work, which backfire, and how audience demographics change the math. With concrete examples from A/B tests in B2B and B2C, this episode gives you a simple rule of thumb you can use in your next campaign. #Copywriting #EmailMarketing #EmojiMarketing #SubjectLines #OpenRates #ABTesting #MarketingPsychology #Ecommerce #B2BMarketing #B2C #ConversionOptimization #PersuasiveWriting #DirectResponse #DigitalMarketing #BrandVoice #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #MarketingPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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