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Yesware Research: Email for Sales Open Rate Findings
1. Email Secrets of
Sales All Stars
Matthew Bellows matthew@yesware.com
2. Data Collection Methodology
Data pulled anonymously from 6,000+
salespeople that use Yesware
• 15 days between 12/8 and 12/23
• Recipients in 132 countries
• 79,989 emails sent in total / 19,146 opened
• Looked at both averages and outlier performers
• Gmail/Chrome users – maybe atypical
3. Overall – 23.9% Sales Email Open Rate
• 24% underreports opens: no image load = no data
• But we know a lot about that 24% (n=19,146 emails)
4. Getting Another Name Bumps Opens
Opened email audiences Send to three if you can
• Sending to 2+ increases your chance of opening
• “Is there someone you want me to copy on this?”
5. Highest Open Rates on the Weekend
Send your most important emails on Friday afternoon
6. But Your Open Rate Mileage May Vary
Track individual rates for benchmarking & performance
7. 12% of Sales Emails Get Forwarded
• Knowing which helps in targeting efforts
8. Opened by Time Since Sent
Don’t waste days waiting for a reply…
9. Opened by Time Since Sent
‘cause if the email doesn’t get opened soon, it’s done.
10. It’s a 24 hour Day for Business Email
Schedule your sends for very early in the morning
11. Shorter Subject Lines = More Opens
e.g. “NEW ZEALAND!” Sent to 2 people, forwarded to 6
17. 5 Tips for Your Sales Emails
1. Sending to 2+ increases your chance of opening
• “Is there someone you want me to copy on this?”
2. Send emails on Friday afternoon
• Weekend open rates are highest
3. But don’t wait days for a reply
• After 24 hours, your email is all but done
4. Only 12% of emails get forwarded
• Knowing which helps in targeting efforts
5. Email reading happens 24x7
• Schedule your sends for very early in the morning
18. 4 Bonus Tips for Your Sales Emails
1. Track individual rates for benchmarking
• Open rates vary widely by reps
2. Company name in your subject lines
• Several leading openers do this
3. Shorter Subject Lines are Better
• >3 words = below average opens
4. Promise to Add Value
• “Free Boot Camp Marketing Ideas”
19. How to Get Yesware
1. Go to www.yesware.com/download
2. Enter email address
3. Install from Chrome store
4. Refresh Gmail
Installs in less than 30 seconds
Chrome browser & Gmail only (for now!)
Hi Everyone, it’s a great honor to be here today.Im Matthew BellowsHow many people feel like they’ve got a handle on their emailThat you and people on your team reach out to prospects quickly enough with the right information that they need to choose your product?And how many feel like the data that gets into your CRM is correct, timely and sufficient to make the business decisions that you need to grow as fast as you want? Yes. That’s why we started Yesware. So I want to share with you some brand new World Premier data about how sales people are using email, what’s working and what isn’t.
Here’s how we gathered the data for this research
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.
Who here feels like they have a great handle on their email inbox? And that email systems have evolved to serve the needs of high volume, business critical users like you? Please raise your hands. Great. Thank you.And who here feels like their teams put all the right data into the company CRM? That CRM compliance is where it needs to be? I thought so. Those two questions were the inspiration for starting Yesware. It’s crazy that CRM is a $9b industry predicated on data entry from expensive, smart, busy people who would much rather be selling. It’s crazy that the biggest store of enterprise data, everything from the latest contact information to the biggest product objections to the newest comments on the contract, are stored in someone’s .PST file on their hard drive.