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Email Marketing

in a Mobile Worldby Tamara Gielen, Plan to Engage

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@tamaragielen

• 12+ years of experience in

email marketing & eCRM

• Author of “Be Relevant”� www.b2bemailmarketing.com

• Founder of the

“Email Marketer’s Club”� www.emailmarketersclub.com

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About Plan to Engage

• Email & eCRM Strategy

• Contact Strategy

• Email Design & Coding

• Campaign Management

• Deliverability Support

• ESP Selection

• Response Optimization

• Workshops & Courses

www.plantoengage.com

4 Email Marketing Trends for 2013

Trend #1.Email Marketing is Alive and Kicking!

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Ranked 2nd in terms of ROI

SEO 73%

Email marketing72%

PPC 56%

Affiliate Marketing47%

Social media 43%

Mobile marketing

34%

Offline direct marketing

32%

Online display

advertising 24%© e-Dialog Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Social media need email

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Trend #2a. From Email Marketing to eCRM and Beyond

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Customer

Lifecycle

Marketing

Trend #2b.Automation Saves Time & Increases ROI

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…send more relevant

emails, more often with

fewer resources?

Wouldn’t you like to…

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Fact

Triggered emails represents

already 22% of email volume

(up from 2,2% in 2011).

MarketingSherpa, 2012 DMA Conference

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Fact

Triggered email messages had

96% higher open rates and

125% higher clickthrough rates

than ”batch and blast” emails

DMA Email Experience Council & Epsilon (2012)

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Fact

Triggered email messages

can generate 3x the revenue

and 7x the profit of broadcast

campaigns

The ROI of E-mail Relevance - Jupiter Research, 2005

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triggered emails = only 3-

5% of email volume but

they generate 45% of

profits

Case Study: Travel Sector

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How to get started

• Map out the customer journey

• Identify relevant events that can serve as triggers

• Avoid the creepy factor!

• Test & optimize

• Consider a triggered series vs. a single message

Welcome emailsWelcome emails

Abandoned shopping cartsAbandoned shopping carts

Abandoned searchAbandoned search

Order notificationsOrder notifications

Status updatesStatus updates

Shipping notificationsShipping notifications

Surveys/Reviews/FeedbackSurveys/Reviews/Feedback

Reactivation messagesReactivation messages

Lead nurturing streamsLead nurturing streams

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Trend #3.Deliverability NowAlso Based on MetricsYou Can’t Measure

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Trend #4.Mobile Readershipis Growing Rapidly

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Mobile opens increased 123%

in 18 months

Source: Litmus.com

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Results may vary

Mobile will account for 15 to 65% of email opens, depending on target audience, product and email type.

eMailmonday - “Party safe mobile email stats” (2013)

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Source: Pew Research

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Same email account,

multiple devices

90% of smartphone

owners access the same

email account on mobile

and desktop.

ExactTarget – “The 2012 channel preference survey” (2012)

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Mobile email influences purchases

Mobile purchasing decisions are most influenced by emails from companies (71%) only surpassed by the influence of friends (87%).

Adobe “2013 Digital Publishing Report: Retail Apps & Buying Habits”

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The future of email is mobile

78% of US email users will

also access their emails

via mobile by 2017

Forrester Research

“Email Marketing Forecast 2012 – 2017″ (2012)

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It’s a numbers game…

• Population: 6.9 billion

• PCs: 1 billion

• TVs: 2 billion

• Mobiles: 5 billion

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Do you know?

48% of marketers don’t

know what percentage of

their emails are read via a

mobile device – do you?

eConsultancy – “Email Marketing Industry Census” (2012)

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We’re not only dealing

with smaller screens

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But the context changes as well

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People check emails on mobiles:

• In bed

• In the bathroom

• Whilst intoxicated

• To kill time

• Watching TV

• At the Gym

• …

How do we make ouremails mobile-friendly?

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Design for the 80/20 Rule

Web users spend 80% of their time looking at

information above the page fold. Although

users do scroll, they allocate only 20% of

their attention below the fold

Source: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html

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Less above the fold

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Bigger fonts

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Design for the finger

• Minimum 44x44 pixels

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Space out links & increase size

Zettasphere

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Use app-style buttons for CTAs

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Use the pre-header

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subject lines as primary content

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Keep designs simple!

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Gain inspiration from the

simplicity of mobile apps

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But that doesn’t mean

you can’t get clever!

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The W3C advises mobile emails be under 20K

Consider the weight of the email

Style Campaign

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Responsive design

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And lots more…

• Fixed to fluid containers

• 2 column to 1 column

• Line-height

• Hide images/containers/content

• Change alignment i.e. left to centre

• Rework navigation

• …

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Consider:

If you’re hiding content,

just how imperative is it?

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Optimize your landing pages!

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Make forms short & simple

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Your homework assignment

First:

• Find out what percentage of your audience reads

your emails on a mobile device

• Adapt your templates for mobile readership

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Your homework assignment

Second:

• Sit down and have a good look at last year’s

metrics

• Make a list of what went well, and what didn’t

• Remember that testing is the only road to

success

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Thanks!

• Tamara@PlanToEngage.com

• +32 477 666 930

• @tamaragielen

• www.linkedin.com/in/tamaragielen

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