Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Email Marketing Optimization: Don’t Let Holiday Hysteria Harm Your Email Program in 2014

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Don’t Let Holiday Hysteria Harm Your Email Program in 2014
Margaret Farmakis  |  Email Marketing Optimization  |  Comment  print  Email  Share it on Twitter  Share it on Facebook  Share it on LinkedIn
Santa Time It's the email marketing equivalent of a crash diet. Every year, we work with clients who are experiencing the repercussions of mistakes made during the all-important holiday shopping season. They're coming to terms with the telltale signs and accepting that the damage has been done: rising complaints, decreasing inbox placement and declining engagement. After the email blasting binge comes the inevitable purge and a panicked attempt to offset the irrational, hedonistic, instant...


Key Elements of a Realistic Attribution Model
Jeanne Jennings  |  Conversion & ROI  |  Comment  print  Email  Share it on Twitter  Share it on Facebook  Share it on LinkedIn
multi-touch-attribution-study In my last column, I provided a very simple data tree model for tracking behavior from the send through conversion. It's a good model, but the truth is that things aren't quite so simple in the real world. In the real world, not all buyers will click directly from your e-mail to the website and purchase. Some might open your e-mail and make a mental note about the offer, then visit the site later in the week and buy. For others, it may take some combination of touch points, say an...


Jonah Berger's 6 STEPPS for Success Applied to Email Marketing
Kara Trivunovic  |  Email Marketing Best Practices  |  Comment  print  Email  Share it on Twitter  Share it on Facebook  Share it on LinkedIn
jonah-berger-headshot-lg-200x300 Jonah Berger, author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On, recently spoke at Shop.org Summit on characteristics that make products and ideas go viral. According to Berger, there are six STEPPS (Social Currency, Triggers, Emotions, Public, Practical Value and Stories) which, if incorporated, make your concept much more likely to be shared with others. As email marketers, we strive to have our emails shared; in fact, it's often a campaign KPI we measure to determine success. Berger's...


Tips for Targeting Millennials With Mobile Email Marketing for the Holidays
Yuyu Chen  |  Mobile  |  Comment  print  Email  Share it on Twitter  Share it on Facebook  Share it on LinkedIn
campaigner-header-image Plenty of retailers this holiday season will be looking to tap into the lucrative millennial market with mobile email marketing. Campaigner, an email marketing solution service, projects that the millennial generation will play a pivotal role in mobile purchases this holiday season. U.S. retail ecommerce holiday sales are expected to reach $61.8 billion this year, up 15 percent over 2012, according to market research company eMarketer. Transactions on mobile devices are expected...


Over 50 Percent of Unique Email Opens Now Mobile
Yuyu Chen  |  Ad Industry Metrics  |  Comment  print  Email  Share it on Twitter  Share it on Facebook  Share it on LinkedIn
tablets-in-school As smartphone and tablet usage continues to grow, mobile devices have become an indispensable part of email marketing strategy. Nearly half of subscribers only opened emails on a mobile device, compared to 23 percent on desktop-only and webmail-only, respectively, according to Experian Marketing Services' (EMS) Quarterly Email Benchmark Study Q2 2013. Their report reveals that merely one percent of unique opens went to the non-mobile group (other), in which subscribers used both...



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