Build a Lovable Email Program

2 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Improve monetization, engagement, and sentiment from a highly-personalized, data-rich email program.

Previously at or advised:

Grammarly
HoneyBook
Blinkist
IGN
Yohana

Course overview

More App than Email

Creating lovable email programs is a much more complex problem to solve than regular email campaigns and flows.


There are many scenarios to consider to ensure your program has real legs and is not simply a soft echo of your core product experience but adds true incremental value.


The most thoughtful email programs are perceived as product features (not marketing fluff) and can improve retention, engagement, and monetization. Not to mention overall product sentiment.


After taking this course, you will be able to make a truly informed decision on how to choose your north start 'why' and what the actual lift will likely be. Not just to get the program off the ground, but to maintain it over the long haul if it truly is successful.


You will also learn what an email is capable of from a personalization and dynamic content standpoint. Grammarly Insights, for example, is mostly automated but has over 56 possible live-text scenarios over the course of 8 weeks. Not to mention various content rules based on which user persona is receiving the email. I will walk you through backend and front-end decisions.


Many brands want a personalized digest similar to the one we shipped at Grammarly (nearly 10 years ago) and either underestimate the lift and/or underdevelop their MVP.


I'll share frameworks for strategy, insights on development cycles, & discuss potential impact. I'll also detail the front-end and back-end realities.


This course will be useful—not just for CRM & Retention folks—but also for x-funtional partners on the product, data & technical side.


Building a versatile and impactful email program is not for the faint of heart, but if you are passionate about creating something wonderful, the TLC will be worth it.


The bottom line is that you must set a high bar to build world-class product experiences your customers will love. I can offer a reality check before you go down this road.

Who is this course for

01

Lifecycle, CRM, Retention, and Email Marketers. Brand-side or agency side, B2C or B2C, and any vertical who wants to build a digest.

02

Technical engineering, growth, or product team members who will drive or support the development of an email digest.

03

Data scientists or analysts who will support the pipeline and/or data schema requirements to drive your personalization.

What you’ll get out of this course

Gut-check the level of effort to stand up a scalable personalized email program that truly adds value for your users.


Learn new ways to automate dynamic sections of emails so they are more persona-driven.


Determine your own north star 'why' for your brand's strategy as well as an overall content strategy to deliver on this promise.


Learn from Grammarly's triumps and tribulations for mantaining this program over the last 10 years.


Make an informed decision on whether to go down the development road or not and also where to handle in-house vs. external partners.

This course includes

5 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

In-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Aug 20—Aug 25

    Aug

    20

    Live Session 1 (North Star Why + Content & Development Approach)

    Tue 8/203:30 PM—4:45 PM (UTC)

    Aug

    22

    Live Session 2 (Launch Learnings, Impact, and Adding Features)

    Thu 8/223:30 PM—4:45 PM (UTC)

Week 2

Aug 26—Aug 30

    Aug

    27

    Live Session 3 (Segmentation, Data Pipeline, & QA)

    Tue 8/276:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

    Aug

    29

    Live Session 4 (Coding, Automation, & Dynamic Content Tricks)

    Thu 8/293:30 PM—4:45 PM (UTC)

Post-course

    Sep

    4

    Optional Live AMA

    Wed 9/43:30 PM—4:45 PM (UTC)

What people are saying

        Drew is the most knowledgeable Lifecycle Marketer I’ve ever met. I witnessed his impact at Grammarly and he is our go-to expert at Demand Curve for anything lifecycle marketing related.
Justin Setzer

Justin Setzer

CEO of Demand Curve
        Drew is a forward-thinking, deeply empathetic and customer-centric marketer, and a phenomenally skilled email marketer. His contribution to Grammarly’s meteoric rise cannot be understated.
Yuriy Timen

Yuriy Timen

Ex-Growth @ Grammarly | Advisor @ Airtable, Canva, Oyster, Whimsical, Flo & others 

Meet your instructor

Drew Price

Drew Price

Lifecycle Marketing Advisor & Mentor

Drew has nearl 20 years of experience in email and lifecycle marketing across tech, publishing, and retail.


Most notably, he grew Grammarly’s email channel from 0 to 3 billion personalized messages per year from 2014 to 2020. 


Drew also built & reinvented programs for major brands like The Home Depot and IGN Entertainment. Drew regularly shares his expertise in advisory roles as well as his newsletter Scaling CRM.

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Course schedule

6.25 HRS of live instruction with Drew

  • We will meet on Tuesdays & Thursdays back to back for 2 weeks

    11:30am - 12:45pm EST

    Class times are optimizing for accessibility for students spanning from the EU to North America.


    All sessions will be recorded. And recordings will be available to download in the student portal w/in 48 hours after each sessions take place.

  • Q&A Opportunities

    The final 15 minutes of every class session will be for Q&A. You will not hurt my feelings if you leave at the 1-hour mark and don't partake. There is also an optional dedicated Q&A session on the final Friday (see below)

  • Final (Optional) AMA Session

    Last Friday at 11:30am EST

    This is an opportunity to bring up any remaining topics or questions, like an office hours session.

  • A Note on Projects & Homework

    This course is more lecture & deep case study focused than excercise focused. That said, I will provide a prompt at the end of each session for you to bring into the next class. This is to lay the foundational strategy in place for your brands potential digest.

It all starts with the 'Why'

It all starts with the 'Why'

Put Your Customers First


Spend Much More Time on Your MVP Than You Normally Would


Learn from Drew's blood, sweat, and tears, but don't copy Grammarly Insights. Design something contextual to your unique business.


Frequently Asked Questions

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