email marketing in a mobile world
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Tamara Gielen, Plan to Engage Vortrag auf der Email-Expo 2013 Blog by Messe Frankfurt for the Digital Business: http://connected.messefrankfurt.com/en/TRANSCRIPT
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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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4 Email Marketing Trends for 2013
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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
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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
• …
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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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