Every year people get smarter, technology get better, and things change. Here are something you should be doing in 2014 if you’re already not.. Develop a mobile strategy, implement a re-engagement strategy, adapt to filtering, get targeted on your messages, and lastly, remember, content is key. This will get you to the top of your game in the emailing world.
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2013 definitely had some notable events in the email world
(such as the introduction of Gmail tabs and Yahoo announcing
they'd be recycling abandoned addresses).
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Over 64% of decision
makers read email via
mobile, so you'll want to
start building that into your
planning.
Develop a Mobile
Strategy
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Implement responsive
design into your
marketing (we are
working on a few
templates for a starting
point for you)
Develop a Mobile
Strategy
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Put your best/most
important content
FIRST
Develop a Mobile
Strategy
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Limit form fields
Develop a Mobile
Strategy
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Use single column
display when
possible
Develop a Mobile
Strategy
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Optimize landing pages
for mobile
Develop a Mobile
Strategy
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We’ve talked about re-
engagement a number of
times, but it’s becoming more
and more important. The
bottom line is that the more
unengaged people you have in
your list, the more likely the
ISPs are to regard your
messages as spam and send
you right to the junk folder.
Implement a re-engagement
strategy
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Determine your
re-engagement starting
point:
30 days, 90 days, etc.
Implement a re-engagement
strategy
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Develop a campaign to get
subscribers to reconnect and
remember to really work on your
subject lines since they've
demonstrated that those messages
aren't working.
Implement a re-engagement
strategy
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Offer a downsell
subscription
(i.e. monthly newsletter
instead of daily)
Implement a re-engagement
strategy
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Remove people that
have NOT re-engaged
and use other media to
win them back.
Implement a re-engagement
strategy
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When Gmail announced the tabs, you’d have thought
Armageddon was here! But the truth is…Microsoft has had
Clean Sweep for the past year and the Gmail tabs are just
a different way of filtering that Google has been doing for
some time already with things like priority inbox.
Since you can change it,
consider some of these options:
ADAPT to Filtering
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Teach subscribers how to move your messages
from the Promotions Tab to the Inbox
ADAPT to Filtering
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Adapt your branding and subject lines to align with
the other content in the promotions tab. After all,
they’re in the “promotions” mindset when they click
the tab, so it may not be all bad.
ADAPT to Filtering
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Send subscribers the messages they WANT
to receive from you.
Get targeted on your
messages
Use custom data and let the
users self-select what they want
to get in terms of offers and
promotions.
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Use custom fields and
merge tags to give
users a custom
experience based on
the information they
have provided to you.
Get targeted on your
messages
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Use triggers to
add/drop people from
lists once they’ve
clicked on specific
links within messages
or signed up for
different webinars.
Get targeted on your
messages
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Test your messages
BEFORE sending them out
to make sure they inbox.
Change the subject, body
copy, and even the footer, if
necessary.
Content is king
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Watch your
complaints to make
sure that your
content is on point
with your audience
Content is king
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Test different content lengths, but always
focus on your best and most important
information at the top. People have short
attention spans and often scan for what
they’re looking for.
Content is king
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FOR MORE ON EMAIL TRENDS, visit
http://www.emaildelivered.com/email-
marketing/email-trends-for-2014