The Secret of Mind-Blowing Email Marketing
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The Secret of Mind-Blowing Email Marketing
- 1. THE SECRET OF MIND-BLOWING EMAIL-MARKETING #MINDBLOWINGEMAIL TIM GEE SENIOR EMAIL MARKETING SPECIALIST
- 2. TIM GEE SENIOR EMAIL MARKETING SPECIALIST timg@exclusiveconcepts.com Ken Celli VISUAL EMAIL DEVELOPER kcelli@exclusiveconcepts.com
- 3. Agenda Introduction Title Bios Agenda The Realities of Email Marketing Statistics about email marketing Pain points Challenges Solutions Personalization Subject Lines Creative Imagery Copy -Relevance -Deals -Keywords -Links List Segmentation Timing Sharing Wrap-up Contact Information
- 4. The Realities of Email Marketing Mobile Grows Up, Desktop Gets Old 6% decrease in desktop email viewing 33% increase in mobile email viewing 80.8% of users check email on mobile devices - comScore 80.8% Check Mobile Email
- 5. The Realities of Email Marketing There is a Lot of Noise 1,900,000,000 email users 57% check email 4 a day 294 Billion emails sent every day 154.73 emails received per person per day - Radicati Group 88% of Mail Goes UNOPENED
- 6. The Realities of Email Marketing There are Many Distractions 18-24 years olds: 62% use email daily 60% use social networks 44% get news 27% bank online
- 7. The Realities of Email Marketing There are Many Distractions 30-49 year olds: 67% use email daily 39% use social networks 45% get news 30% bank online - Pew Research
- 8. The Realities of Email Marketing Email is Habitual 60% use email every day vs. 29% use a search engine every day - Pew Internet 60% Check Mail Daily
- 9. Pain Points Email Marketing is Huge Pain in the Ass When and how often do I send email? What’s an HTML email? How do I tell if it’s working? What is “List Segmentation”? What is an “Auto Responder”? How do I send an email to my list? How do design and code an email? I’ve tried it before and it didn’t work. How do I avoid being labeled as spam? Where do I find a marketing team for this? How do I manage my subscriber database? How often should I update my email list? Why do my subscribers hate my emails?
- 10. Challenges Email is Habitual I don’t have an in-house graphic designer or programmer. I don’t have software to mass email. I have a small email list. I run a business, where do I find time to send marketing email? I haven’t contacted my email list in weeks/ months/years.
- 11. Solutions Turn Your Pain-In-The-Ass Email Into Kick-Ass Email The Proper Approach is multi-channel: SEO, PPC, Conversion Testing Execute Incremental Changes Rely onExpertise Augmentation Use The Right Software
- 12. Timing: When is the best time to email my subscribers? “There is no one time that most people check their email. U.S. Internet users check their personal email throughout the day…” Conclusion: Conduct Testing to determine which day and time generates the highest response rates.
- 13. HTML vs Text Email Which option offers the best email experience? “43% of users use some version Outlook, while no other client even came close. Hotmail came in second at 17% followed by Yahoo! Mail (13%) and Gmail (8%). Apple products came in with a total of 8% split between iOS (4%) and Apple Mail (4%).” Conclusion: HTML is here – but be aware of the risks.
- 14. Effectiveness Are you looking at the right statistics? Open Rate indicates the resonance of the subject line and strength of brand recognition Click-Through Rate sheds light on the persuasiveness of your calls-to-action Loss Rate reveals subscriber loyalty to your email program and to your brand Average Order Value (AOV) reveals the strength of your promotions and product mix Conversion Rate wraps up effectiveness in one succinct metric
- 15. Segmentation - The act of dividing your subscribers into groups according to specific criteria “Segmenting emails based on job title, customer type, or even zip code could result in a more than 18 percent increase in open rates and a more than 21 percent in clicks.” Bright Idea: Segment your subscribers in a way that is relevant to your bottom line – and to your customers
- 16. Auto-Responder An email message that is automatically sent based on subscriber actions or attributes Average Open Rate 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% Average Open Rate The Bright Idea: Rome wasn’t built in a day - Set up autoresponders upon basic customer behaviors first.
- 17. Publication How Do I Send An Email To My List? You can’t use Outlook, Gmail, etc. Why? Spam, Formatting, Metrics
- 18. Publication How Do I Send An Email To My List?
- 19. Publication I Don’t Have Software To Send Mass Emails!
- 20. Publication I Only Have A Small Email List! It’s not the size of your list, it’s how you use it. Just Do It! Then: Retain existing subscribers Grow Your List - collect email addresses, offer deals, add sharing and cross-channel methods
- 21. Publication Can’t I just purchase an email list? Don’t Buy Lists! Why? Spam! No Relevance! Black Hat! Bad Karma!
- 22. Publication How about holidays? Make holidays relevant Differentiate by keying in to the holiday Make your brand jolly Keep an eye on the calendar - Christmas 2011 marketing began in October!
- 23. Publication I Haven’t Contacted My Email List In Months or Years! There’s No Time Like The Present!
- 24. Publication How do I get the recipients of my email engaged? Make your email a dialogue not a monologue!
- 25. Design & Development How Do I Avoid Being Labeled As Spam? No lists Frequency Subject line Quality of content Reputation of sending domain Run a spam test
- 26. Design & Development How Do I Design & Code and Email? Do it yourself Providers have templates Outsource - Freelancer or general agency - Specialty agency
- 27. Deployment Challenges I’ve Tried It Before And It Didn’t Work! How did you define failure? What did you learn from it? What worked, what didn’t?
- 28. Deployment Challenges I Run A Business. Where Do I Find Time To Send Marketing Email? You don’t have to do it alone. Build a team of hire a partner.
- 29. Deployment Challenges I Don’t Have A Marketing Team? You need the right people: - Internet marketing strategist - Email marketing specialist - Digital marketing specialist - HTML email designer - HTML email programmer - Database engineer - Copywriter
- 30. Deployment Challenges How Do I Manage My Subscriber List? Segmentation Review Bounces Control growth Honor unsubscribers Don’t rent or buy lists
- 31. Deployment Challenges How Often Should I Update My Subscriber List? Prior to every broadcast
- 32. Best Practices Why Do My Subscribers Hate My Email? Weak call to action (CTA) Irrelevant content Frequency Ugly Over promising and under delivering
- 33. Best Practices Make Your Content Relevant Make it a dialogue – Don’t shout! Relate to your audience Add personality Be current Add value
- 34. Best Practices Email Design Mobile friendly Balance text and images Focused theme Stay on brand Browser compatibility Reflect your online presence
- 35. Best Practices Offers, Deals and Specials Deliver what you promise Clear offer restrictions Simple instructions Make offer attractive Incentivize to share Encourage increased reader activity Keep your offers fresh
- 36. Best Practices Subject Lines Rule or How To Gift Wrap Your Email Keep subject lines 50-75 characters Use ampersand, numbers & brackets Conduct spam testing on subject lines (esp. brand names and discount offers) Reflect email content Make it exciting, funny, dramatic!
- 37. Best Practices The Weakest Link Not Too Few Not Too Many Remember hierarchy Make links obvious Tagged for analytics
- 38. Conclusion Wrap up Key points - Don’t miss out on the upcoming holiday season - Stay relevant - Don’t be the business NOT doing email marketing - Just do it! Contact info Visit our site: www.exclusiveconcepts.com/MindBlowingEmail - To learn more about our email marketing services - Download our email brochure - Download this deck - Watch a video of this webinar Feel free to share anything you’ve learned here. Thank you.
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- Desktop email declines by 6%,Mobile increases by 33%.88% of users check their email on a mobile device.- comScore
- There are 1.9 billion email users.57% of them check their email less than 4 times a day.They are sent 294 billion emails per day, 154.73 per person. 88% of email goes unopened.
- 18-24 years olds:62% use email daily, 60% use social networks, 44% get news, 27% do banking online.30-49 year olds:67% use email daily, 39% use social networks, 45% get news, 30% do banking online.
- 18-24 years olds:62% use email daily, 60% use social networks, 44% get news, 27% do banking online.30-49 year olds:67% use email daily, 39% use social networks, 45% get news, 30% do banking online.
- 60% of users check their email every day.Only 29% of Internet citizens use a search engine daily.- Pew Internet
- A common question is, “When is the best time to broadcast an email campaign?”According to a recent Beta Research study, there is not a singular time that most people check their email. It is likely that your customers are checking email several times a day.The only way to definitely determine when the best day and time to broadcast email campaigns is to test. First, select two days and times that you think may generate the best Open, Click-Through, and Conversion Rates. For example, Tuesday at 9AM and Wednesday at 3PM.Secondly, broadcast the email to 50% of your list on Tuesday at 9AM and the email to the remaining 50% of your list on Wednesday at 3PM.By comparing the results of the testing, you will begin to get a better picture of when your customers are most likely to read and respond to your campaigns.Testing is a journey – it’s rare to draw conclusions based on one instance of a test. To fully learn about the habits and preferences of your customers, you should run a series of tests rather than one test to determine the ideal day and time.Source: http://www.kikabink.com/news/what-time-do-most-people-check-their-email/
- When I talk about HTML email, I am referring to email that is written or coded with HTML – as opposed to plain text.HTML email can be differentiated by the inclusion of images and live web links.In short, HTML emails offer a more comprehensive email experience that emulates the experience offered by a website.The reality is that most of your customers use an email platform that enables, and most likely encourages, HTML campaigns.The opportunity to offer your readers an enhanced email experience is readily available, so why not capitalize on it?As with determining the ideal time to send your campaign, you should test to assess the effectiveness of text or HTML campaigns.Source: http://www.developerdrive.com/2012/05/creating-bulletproof-email-buttons/
- Most email service providers include the ability to track the results of email campaigns.The question that you should ask yourself, “Are you interpreting metrics properly?”The data is there – the key is to know what to extract from each metric.
- Segmentation is critical to help your emails stand out from competitors. Most email service providers allow you to house a comprehensive set of customer data, and Resource: http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/3271-Segmenting-Email-Lists-for-2012
- You can’t use Outlook, Gmail, etc.Why? Spam, Formatting, Metrics,Text only which is less effective
- Gather your written and photographic or multimedia content, design your email around those assets. Apply those and your segmented list to your HTML email using your email design software platform then send!
- Exclusive Concepts has conducted extensive research into the email service provider marketing.Based on our findings, we have found several stand-out services: Bronto, Constant Contact, and iContact.As stated in the previous slide, the right email service provider for you should not be determined by how expensive the service is. This is especially true for companies starting their email marketing programs.In selecting the right email service provider, you should consider the provider’s:List management capabilities (including segmentation)Ability to deploy autorespondersInitiatives to preserve deliverability for its clients (you!)
- As with many other aspects of life, size matters only if you let it matter.Don’t let a small email list deter you from launching email marketing. Just Do It!If you have a small email list (typically considered at less than 10,000 active subscribers), I would focus on two goals:Retaining your existing subscribers2. Grow Your List: collect email addresses, offer deals, add sharingand cross-channel methodsThere are many widgets and plug-ins that allow you to collect email addresses through the web and social media.Also, be patient. Growing a list of qualified active subscribers will take time.To retain your existing subscribers, keep an eye on your Loss Rate. If your Loss Rate grows upward as you continue to send campaigns, reassess your approach to email marketing. Perhaps you are sending too many campaigns within a short period of time. Or you may be sending campaigns with irrelevant content.
- Spam!
- Don’t’ promote Boxing day in the USKeep your branding in tact, but make sure your email reflects the holidayStart emailing for holidays early.
- There’s no time like the present!If you are sending your first email make it excitingEmphasis the strength of your brand and unique benefits of your email program like sneak previews, deals, etc.Reintroduce yourself.
- It’s a 2-way conversation
- DIY – design and programProviders have templates - WYSIWYGUs – tech terms: deliverability, browser testing, QA, spam testing, mobile compatibility, social media integration
- Multi-variant testing, understanding metrics, find blockers and bottle necks
- Ask your cousin’s son, he has a bootleg copy of Photoshop.Call an ad agency.Find a specialist.
- You should update your subscriber lists as often as possible. API