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Em@il Summit ‘07 Keynote: New Email Marketing Research Anne Holland President MarketingSherpa Stefan Tornquist Research Director MarketingSherpa Flint McGlaughlin Director MEC Labs Monday, March 5, 2007 Sorry, No Black Berry or cell phone use during presentations

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Em@il Summit ‘07

Keynote: New Email MarketingResearch

Anne HollandPresidentMarketingSherpa

Stefan TornquistResearch DirectorMarketingSherpa

Flint McGlaughlinDirectorMEC Labs

Monday, March 5, 2007

Sorry, No Black Berry or cellphone use during

presentations

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The Good News

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Significant

decline

Slow decline Stable Slow increase Significant

increase

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List Growth

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List Growth

List Growth

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2006 GoldenMouse winner

Opt-in Campaigns

Opt-in Campaigns

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Your Opt-ins

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Welcome Messages

Welcome within72 hours

55%

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Contentbeyond

‘welcome’36%

Welcome Messages

Content beyond‘welcome’ 36%

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2006 GoldenMouse winner

Welcome Messages

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2006 SilverMouse winner

Welcome Messages

Source: MarketingSherpa, StrongMail & SurveySampling International, January 2007

Transactional Email

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Source: MarketingSherpa & Accupoll, 2005

Transactional Email

Source: MarketingSherpa, StrongMail & SurveySampling International, 2005 & 2007

Transactional Email

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Transactional Email

Source: ReturnPath 2006

100% 100%77%

40% 80%

Reputation

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#1 - Slash your list

#2 - Third Parties & CAN-SPAM

#3 - Rendering

Reputation Fixes

Your Programs

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Eyetracking

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Eyetracking

Eyetracking

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Eyetracking

Eyetracking

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Eyetracking

Viewing & Rendering

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Viewing & Rendering

Viewing & Rendering

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Viewing & Rendering

Viewing & Rendering

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The Winner is…

Top Creative Tests

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1 The period of time is May 8, 2006 – Feb 1, 2007.2 The sampling is for virtually identical product sets.3 The data points represent change in sales.

The Study

1 The period of time is May 8, 2006 – Feb 1, 2007.2 The sampling is for virtually identical product sets.3 The data points represent change in sales.

The Focus

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Urgency Dates

Percentage

Change in Sales

5/8 - 5/28

Factor A 5/29 - 5/31 685.35%

6/1 - 6/12 -93.92%

Factor B 6/13-6/15 1100%

6/16 - 7/16 -96.33%

Factor B 7/17 - 7/20 809%

7/21 – 8/27 -91%

Factor A 8/28 – 8/31 1567%

9/01 – 9/11 -80%

Factor B 9/12 – 9/14 270%

9/15 – 10/26 -76.58%

Factor A 10/27 – 10/31 208%

11/1 – 11/12 -76%

Factor B 11/13 – 11/16 633%

11/17 – 12/19 -57.41%

Factor A 12/19 – 12/31 61%

01/01 – 01/29 -30.48%

Factor B 01/30 - 02/01 639%

The Differential

685%

1,100%

809%

1,567%

The Differential

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Wherein:“Ece” = E-mail Campaign Effectiveness“lq” = List Quality“or” = Offer Relevance“bc” = Body Copy“it” = Intrinsic Timing (Send Times and Urgency)“ef” = “Envelope” Fields (“Subject” and “From” Fields)“dr” = Deliverability Rate

1This is a formula that is still in development. It will be finalized at the conclusion of the research project. All rightsto this formula belong to MECLabs LLC.

The Index

ECE = 3lq + 2or + 2bc + 2it + ef + dr ©

1.Opt-in forms2.Welcome messages3.Transactional emails4.Reputation5.Design & Rendering6.Landing pages

Summary

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Thank You

Anne Holland

MarketingSherpa

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Stefan Tornquist

MarketingSherpa

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Flint McGlaughlin

MEC Labs

[email protected]