Faculty

Jessica Best

Owner & Chief Strategist
BetterAve

Jessica Best has 20 years of experience in email marketing, CRM, and permission-based data-driven marketing. She’s helped clients drive revenue from customer data in industries such as Hospitality, Travel, Retail, eCommerce, Nonprofit and more. She's taught marketers from New York City to Barcelona, from Vancouver to Dublin, and even at SXSW Interactive in Austin. Jessica is the Owner and Chief Strategist of BetterAve, a consultancy focused on implementing the marketing best practices and MarTech harmony she preaches on stage for her clients.

2026 Sessions

Finding the Sweet Spot Between Relevance and Creepiness in Email Marketing

It’s 2026. Data should drive nearly EVERY element of a smart email marketing program, from the timing to the content, to how you learn what works. <br><br>

But how do you use the deeply personal data you collect during a year-long, high-consideration, emotionally charged sales process to personalize marketing without crossing into the TMI territory? If you’re trying to create relationships, there’s a fine line between, “I know you” and “I’m watching you.” <br><br>

Jessica Best, 20-year email marketing and data-driven marketing veteran, will bring us the balance of how to be useful and relevant, without turning OFF our prospects (and current clients). Bring your questions: You’ll want to put these ideas to work right away, and Jessica will help us clear the road blocks preventing us from diving in. <br><br>

3 Key Takeaways: <br>
1. Segmentation & Versioning – the “coincidentally” relevant way we use language, messaging, or even whose story we share (adult child vs the senior/self) to make our prospects feel seen (but not literally) <br>
2. Data-driven timing, aka Automation – extending our communication across a 6-18 month sales cycle… without having to remember (and send) everything manually <br>
3. Individualization, aka Personalization – the rare cases where calling out individual-specific details can lift response rate and make people more comfortable instead of less.

Presenter

Wednesday, October 07 9:30–10:15 AM
Room Marquis 5
Content Marketing
Faculty

Jessica Best

Owner & Chief Strategist
BetterAve

Jessica Best has 20 years of experience in email marketing, CRM, and permission-based data-driven marketing. She’s helped clients drive revenue from customer data in industries such as Hospitality, Travel, Retail, eCommerce, Nonprofit and more. She's taught marketers from New York City to Barcelona, from Vancouver to Dublin, and even at SXSW Interactive in Austin. Jessica is the Owner and Chief Strategist of BetterAve, a consultancy focused on implementing the marketing best practices and MarTech harmony she preaches on stage for her clients.

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