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Think Email Marketing is Dead? Think Again.
May 3rd
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From the Yahoo Finance story by Hat Trick Associates today:
With the advent of social media, mobile marketing and a host of other new, “sexier” communication channels, one might assume stodgy email marketing has gone the way of the Dodo bird or horse and buggy. But if anything the reverse is true.
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Mark Twain
With all the hype surrounding social media and mobile marketing, it would be easy to assume that email is yesterday’s news, with little chance of keeping up with the other marketing methods now available.
But according to the numbers this assumption is incorrect. Email usage has remained remarkably steady, even in the face of new competition. Research shows that email is still the preferred method for receiving commercial messages of 74% of adults. This perhaps surprising statistic can help explain the continued proliferation of e-zines and other email marketing today.
It’s no longer true that the largest firms are the most likely to utilize email. As smaller companies outgrow their sole-proprietor beginnings, they increasing look for new ways to expand their business to support higher headcounts and overhead. Business surveys revealed that almost half of small businesses were using email marketing in 2010; More >
E-Newsletters: Email Usage Statistics in the U.S.
Apr 29th
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Email marketers alert! Business email usage data in the U.S. presented in a neat infographic. The visualization maps the usage pattern for each region across time.
Even though it’s from the same country, each region has different usage peak and trough; meaning email marketers situated at different regions would have to employ different strategies to specifically cater to the region’s behavior.
Sending email ads at trough period could possibly mean that the emails ads wouldn’t reach the audience instantly. It will probably end up in the trash folder as work piles up with time.
On the other hand, sending it at peak would reach most people but it could also mean that they don’t have the time to catch the mail. But at the very least, we can safely assume that the email headline is read. Note that all these are so far based on qualitative analysis. Data and Graphics provided by Rackspace.
The Key to Increasing Your Email Campaign Conversions
Dec 27th
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Studies have shown that there is one specific element of your email marketing campaign that if done right, can increase your conversions by 60%. And it is NOT the subject line, your email list, the graphics you use or the “From” address. Feeling a little lost? You aren’t alone! And this conversion-boosting element is often overlooked or ignored completely by most email marketers. So just what is this secret weapon?
It’s actually no secret at all. It’s your landing pages – those pages that greet your visitors once you’ve gotten them to click through your email campaign. And landing pages should absolutely be an integral part of your email marketing efforts.
Your landing page can make or break your email marketing initiatives. A good landing page will help email recipients continue through the sales process or funnel them onto the next step. Mediocre landing pages might perform at an acceptable level, giving you an inflated sense of success while you are losing out on quality opportunities to convert. And bad landing pages can be really bad – they can confuse or derail recipients to the point that they become annoyed, leave the site, or even rethink their association with your brand.
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