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Something weird happened today with Jay and like, I got so confused. Welcome to a new special series called the Bathroom break. That extra 10 minutes you either have to listen to marketing tips or use the bathroom. Or both. But I don't recommend both. But that's your choice.
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This collab is going to be super fun. We have Daniel Murray from the Marketing Millennials and me, Jay Schwedelson from the do this, not that podcast and subjectline.com each episod episode in the series we are going to go over quick tips about different marketing topics. And if you want to be in the bathroom, fine, just don't tell us about it. Thanks for checking it out.
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We are back with another bathroom break. I am here with best selling author Jay Schwedelson. Something weird happened today with Jay and I got so confused because I come on the screen today and Jay is in short sleep. Granted, every time I'm on a podcast and even when I seen him in person, his sleeves have been down to his wrist. And he does live in South Florida where it's like 95 degrees. So I have no idea why he continues to wear long sleeve every single day. But that's. Could you explain your thinking and why you decided today out of all days, you decided to show off your arms.
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I feel like my wife must have called you because this is true. I don't. I've only worn long sleeves. When I go to work, I only wear long sleeves. When I go outside, I wear long sleeves. Even if I go to the beach, I wear a long sleeve rash guard. And my wife's like, it's 4,000 degrees. We live in South Florida. You look like an idiot. Why are you always wearing long sleeve? And so she took me shopping and she literally made me buy like short sleeve shirts. I don't know why I feel like I wear a short sleeve shirt. I feel like I'm not. I don't know, I feel like I'm out of uniform. I feel weird. Somebody actually asked me that, you know, listens to the podcast, whatever, do I have like. And if you do, I feel bad. And my wife's dermatologist, so I get it. They go, do you have like hardcore psoriasis? Like, is there something you're trying to cover up? I'm like, no, I just like wearing long sleeves. I'm a total weirdo. Meanwhile, I don't think I've ever seen you in long sleeves.
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I did think that you were wearing long sleeves to protect yourself from the sun, but it isn't. That is not the reason you're doing. Because now the dermatologist says, show off your arms. So. And to clarify, Jay does live three times a week, so his arms are pretty Jack.
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Okay, so I bump into Daniel. Not that anybody cares. We live near each other. We bump into each other at the gym, which is really embarrassing. Daniel played like D1 football and he's like this big dude. And I look like a. Like a blob. I look like, you know, like somebody that you would tell you need to go to the gym, not that you're seeing leaving the gym. I look like I ate the gym. Meanwhile, we gotta get into this episode. I don't even know what's going on anymore. Let's jump into it. So we're talking about things that you are not tracking, that you should be tracking that are so easy to do. I got a hot one. But Daniel, what do you got? What are things that people are not tracking that they should be tracking?
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First of all, like, not all clicks are the same. I truly believe that. And I think a couple ways you need to track clicks on an email is one, you definitely need to honeypot it a little bit to see bot clicks. So a honeypot is an invisible link in your email that bots will click. So I think that's number one that will get rid of a lot of like these fake clicks that will click on your first link anyway. So that I think you need to do. Second of all, like, if you have multiple clicks, you need to see who is clicking different parts of your email and how far are they going down. Because just like a landing page, like there's top of fold and there's bottom of fold. And the people who get down to your email more are reading every bit of your email. So those every click should have a different tracking. And if you wanted to go deeper and more sophisticated, I truly believe you should separate like ICP or accountless clicks versus not accountless clicks on your email because that will tell you like, what topics they're interested in. Are they moving to our accounts? Moving down your emails? It also gives you ammo when you're going to talk to other like your marketing leader stuff and say, like, look, these five accounts have been reading all our emails to the bottom. They get to the bottom and click every single time at the bottom of our emails. Like, we should probably. They. They have higher intent now because they actually reading our stuff versus like the top of the email where some people might open it, click, oh, I don't like this, and move away. So that's something I think should be tracking.
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Yeah. And I'll give you across the board, just a bunch of different ones. And let me just double, double down, double click, whatever you say. And something Daniel just said that we've been doing, that has really been a game changer. I learned it from Daniel. When you do send out an email and you have, you know, an offer or whatever and you have call to action buttons in your message and then you have one that's at the top and they have one that's at the bottom, you need to be tracking the one from the top and the ones from the bottom separately. What we have seen people that click on on the lower CTA go to pipeline faster and on the consumer side have a much higher lifetime value as a customer. So you want to be doing that. But then there's other little weird intent signals that you'd never think about. So for example, if somebody attends a webinar and they use an emoji reaction during the webinar, doesn't matter what the reaction is. Isolating out those people that we found, they have a higher intent as going to pipeline than just a regular person that's attending the webinar. If someone goes to and you have a chatbot, does not matter what they put in the chatbot, they could write hello, segmenting out those people. If you have the data on it of people that are using your chatbot, those people become customers faster. They should be on a VIP list. And then of course things like if somebody goes to any pricing page you have, if someone stays on a pricing page for more than 10 seconds, doesn't matter. Again, consumer, business, whatever it is, you need to be thinking about tracking elements that really are true intent signals rather than just saying, oh, they opened up an email, they clicked on an email, or this, that or whatever. There's a lot of things out there that you could be thinking about.
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And I think another one I like tracking too is first of all a technique that I do in every most emails I put out is I always like ask for replying to such an easy question in my email, like a simple question because I wanted someone to reply. But I think now with AI it's so easy to take subject line and person match it back and like start tracking reply weights and also adding taking out specific things that people say in those replies and putting it in their account or in a list. So now you're getting more first party data that you probably weren't collecting before because it was so hard before when someone replied to an email or to calculate reply rate in. In general. And I think replies are gold. And also me and Jay always talk about this, but it also helps email deliverability every single time you get someone to reply to email. So that's something I also is tracking is like, the data of people who's replying and what they're saying to reply. Because those are also highly engaged, highly intent people. They're replying to those type of things.
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You know what else I'm tracking? I'm tracking people that I see wearing tank tops or speedos, and I immediately judge them. Just going back to the original thing. Do you ever wear a speedo? A tank top, a belly shirt? Like, what. What's in the Daniel Murray repertoire that, like, we'd all be surprised about that. You actually fire up no speedo.
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You know what? I actually am really anti. And this is like, I don't mind it on women per se, but I hate, like, guys who wear flip flops with jeans. Like, I really.
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Flip flops with jeans. What about regular flip flops? So we're just flip flops. I think.
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I think it's okay. Depending on the area. If you're going to the beach or the pool, it's fine. But if you go on a plane, if you're going in public, like, just put on shoes. Like, no one needs to see your feet out in public.
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Allie was not happy with me. I wore flip flops to the mall. That. That's not good.
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That's risky. It's risky. I don't mind, like, people wearing, like, like the. The. Like the Gen Z saw, like, sandal sock combo, but. But, like, showing, like, sandals. Like, what are you. Like, you're not going to the beach. You're not going to the pool. Nobody needs to see your feet. I know. It's all. People have different takes than that, but I don't. I don't enjoy seeing people do that.
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All right, here's what we get out of the show. Daniel Murray does not have a foot fetish. That's what we got. That should be the title of the episode. Yeah, that's horrible.
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But yeah, people are gonna go in
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the comments, like, on Spotify, be like, dan, you want to see my feet? I hope people DM me pictures of their feet.
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I think. I think you're.
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You're.
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It was. Now you. You wearing your flip flops. You might be on, like, that. That feed pick side. What's it called? That feedback of celebrities.
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No idea what you're talking about. Okay.
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We're talking ridiculous stuff now.
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Yeah, we're doing it again. We know the great epis. So listen, everybody. Follow the marketing. Millennials follow. Do this, not that. And don't take pictures of your feet. We'll see you in the next one. Daniel. Come on, man. I gotta get back to work. Get out of there. All right, while he's still in there. This is Jay. Check out my podcast, do this, not that for marketers. Each week we share really quick tips on stuff that can improve your marketing and hope you give it a try. Oh, here's Daniel. He's finally out.
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Back from my bathroom break. This is Daniel. Go follow the Mark and Millennium this podcast, but also tune into this series. It's once a week, the Bathroom Break. We talk about marketing tips that we just spew out. And it could be anything from email subject line to any marketing tips in the world. We'll talk about it. Just give us a a shout on LinkedIn and tell us what you want to hear.
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Peace out. Later.
Podcast: The Marketing Millennials
Host: Daniel Murray
Guest: Jay Schwedelson (Do This, Not That Podcast, SubjectLine.com)
Episode: Are You Measuring These Email Metrics? | Bathroom Break #116
Date: July 13, 2026
This “Bathroom Break” episode is a rapid-fire, no-nonsense dive into the email metrics that marketers should be tracking but often overlook. Daniel Murray and Jay Schwedelson blend practical insights with their trademark humor and banter, focusing on actionable data strategies and intent signals that go beyond traditional metrics. Listeners get a full playbook for upgrading their email marketing—and a good laugh about flip flops, long sleeves, and untold gym stories.
Bot Clicks: Use a "honeypot" (an invisible link) to identify and filter out bot clicks, ensuring your analytics are accurate.
Segmented Click Tracking: Track which links get clicked and where in the email (top vs. bottom), akin to analyzing visitor behavior above or below the fold on a landing page.
Account-Specific Interest: Separate clicks from target accounts (ICP/account list) vs. non-accounts to understand:
"These five accounts have been reading all our emails to the bottom...they have higher intent now because they're actually reading our stuff." (Daniel, 03:53)
Lower CTA Clicks: Users clicking the bottom call-to-action tend to advance faster in the pipeline and have greater lifetime value.
Webinar Emoji Reactions: Attendees using emoji reactions—regardless of the emoji—show higher buying intent than passive viewers.
Chatbot Engagement: Even a “hello” in your site chatbot marks a user as higher-intent and worthy of segmented outreach.
Pricing Page Visits: Anyone spending more than 10 seconds on a pricing page should be tracked—they’re expressing “real intent.”
Key Quote:
"If someone goes to...any pricing page you have...for more than 10 seconds, you need to be thinking about tracking elements that are true intent signals rather than just saying 'they opened an email.'" (Jay, 05:44)
Ask an easy question in your email to encourage replies—these responses boost deliverability and give you more first-party data.
With AI tools, it's now much easier to correlate subject lines and individual responses to accounts, enriching your customer data.
Key Quote:
"Replies are gold...it also helps email deliverability every single time you get someone to reply to your email." (Daniel, 06:44)
"Even if I go to the beach, I wear a long sleeve rash guard. My wife’s like, 'It's 4,000 degrees...you look like an idiot.'" (Jay, 01:27)
"Jay does live three times a week, so his arms are pretty jacked." (Daniel, 02:14)
"I look like I ate the gym." (Jay, 02:31)
"I really...hate, like, guys who wear flip flops with jeans." (Daniel, 07:56) "If you go on a plane, if you're going in public, just put on shoes. Like, no one needs to see your feet out in public." (Daniel, 08:14)
"Here's what we get out of the show. Daniel Murray does not have a foot fetish. That's what we got." (Jay, 08:56)
"People are gonna go in the comments like, 'Dan, you want to see my feet?'" (Daniel, 09:09)
The tone is light, irreverent, and quick-paced, with practical takeaways woven in between personal anecdotes and playful ribbing.
This episode is a must-listen (or read) for any email marketer wanting to go deeper than superficial metrics. Jay and Daniel expertly mix actionable insights with stories and jokes, leaving listeners both smarter and smiling.
Connect & Participate:
“Don’t take pictures of your feet. We’ll see you in the next one.” (Jay, 09:36)