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Timing Matters: When (& How Often) to Email Your List

Jimmy KimMay 2, 20251 min read
Timing Matters: When (& How Often) to Email Your List

Finding the right email cadence can feel like guesswork, but it’s one of the biggest levers for driving revenue and keeping your audience engaged. In this week’s blog, we’re breaking down when (and how often) to email your list—plus tips to avoid fatigue, time your sends perfectly, and keep your subscribers coming back for more.

→ The SMS playbook smart brands are using to drive revenue 📲

→ Why Apple’s AI is rewriting your email previews—and how to stay in control

→ A major retail win for Grüns (and a $500M milestone 🐻)

Let’s dive in. 👇

📲 Most brands are underusing SMS.

They’re sending one-off promos or shipping updates—meanwhile, the smart ones are turning texts into one of their top revenue channels.

Here are Omnisend's rapid fire tips to get it right:

  • Recover abandoned carts with perfectly timed nudges

  • Fire off birthday and VIP perks automatically

  • Launch flash sales with FOMO that actually lands

  • Personalize based on behavior (not guesswork)

  • Stay compliant without killing creativity

SMS marketing works best when approached the right way. 

Read Omnisend's full guide and start turning SMS into your next highest revenue channel.

Jimmy Kim

Co-founder of eCom Email Marketer and founder of Sendlane

Jimmy Kim has spent 15+ years in email and SMS marketing: operating a DTC brand, teaching 100,000+ marketers, and founding the email + SMS platform Sendlane. He co-writes the eCom Email Marketer newsletter with Chase Dimond.

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