Creating Inbox Magic: Email Marketing Best Practices You Need to Know
eMarketing Webinar - The Perfect Email
1. Audio Dial-In InformationFor the audio portion of this presentation, you must use your telephone. For North America Toll-free: 1-866-288-9872Toll: 1-913-312-2900Participant Code: 719596 For a list of international numbers please refer to the email invitation or go to:http://tinyurl.com/PGwebinar1 Technical Assistance For audio technical assistance, please call 888-334-0282 & reference participant code: 719596. For web technical assistance, please call 888-334-0282 and reference the following URL: www.livemeeting.com/lrs/vcsales_ccc, Meeting ID: marketer, and Passcode: imarket. Welcome to: The ‘Motivated Marketer’ Webinar Series Creating the Perfect Email How to Optimize the Design & Production of 1to1 Email Communications
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3. Introduction to Our Presenters From PGiMarket’s Strategic Services Team: Andy McCartneyVP of Strategic Services PGiMarket Premiere Global Services Lindsey Secord Manager, Production Services PGiMarket Strategic Services Premiere Global Services Sara Johnides Senior Creative Specialist PGiMarket Strategic Services Premiere Global Services
26. Great timing for my needsSubjective “The One” So What’s the Formula? Perfect Email = Perfect Design + Content + Timing All we need is perfect information: Demographics, Psychographics, Contextual Info & Behavioral Preferences. Plus a perfectly repeatable mechanism to create that email x 1,000,000
30. Creates Dramatic Lift when applied to Email1-to-1 Attempts to Create the Near Perfect Email Source: JupiterResearch Executive Survey (3/05), n = 236 (e-mail marketers that currently use/plan to use at least one campaign, US only)
31. 1-to-1 Marketing Reference Slide Email marketers must go beyond Broadcast campaigning Aggregate increase in net profits from Triggered, LifeCycle, Targeted and Clickstream is 18 times more than from Broadcast Production needs, skills and resources will likely increase with more sophisticated campaigning
33. Fundamental Principles of 1-to-1 Marketing? 1. IDENTIFICATION How well do you know your customers/subscribers? 2. DIFFERENTIATION Can you differentiate customers based on their value to you and their needs from you? 3. INTERACTIONHow well do you interact with your customers? Can you scale & automate message creation & delivery? 4. MEASUREMENT How well does your company refine its email marketing programs based on feedback/analytics?
34. Strategy Conclusion Commit to 1to1 principles/practices, and apply them to the campaigns that are right for your organization Now on to the Process
43. Current speed benchmark = 24 hours [excluding creative] 2-3 days [including creative]Production Cost Saving Annual production savings: Estimated Hours: 4,160 Est. value: $416,000 *Assumptions: # of campaigns/week: 5 Hourly labor rate: $100 Existing hours per campaign: 20 Estimated current costs: $520,000 New hours per campaign: 4 Estimated new costs: $104,000
44. Part 3 Email Creative & Design Practices [Sara/Lindsey]
45. Before we Jump to Creative Messaging Strategy? Where is your needle. Broadcaster or Sophisticated 1to1 marketer? Data/Segmentation/Messaging tactics Assumption for Today Your needle is nearer broadcast, with some profiling (personas), some segmentation, enabling some dynamic content and personalization
74. Production HTML Tips… Text to Image Ratio Keep it as low as possible Reduces potential to be considered Spam
75. Production: HTML Tips… Style Sheets No CSS! Use tables to control layout and spacing. Back-up inline styles where possible: <font face=”arial” size=”2” style=”font-size: 12px”> Figure 1b: Big Rick’s Barbeque message as rendered in the inbox. The CSS has been stripped, causing loss of formatting. Figure 1a: Big Rick’s Barbeque message created using CSS, prior to email send.
78. Don’t let your images convey your message.Create and maintain a Quality Assurance (QA) checklist. Request a peer review. Test for rendering and deliverability across multiple browsers and mail readers. Keep a code library. How compliant are you?
84. Do You Have the Resources? Market Changes Tough economy, marketing headcount reduction More orgs turning to email from other marketing channels More competition in the Inbox, more reason for 1to1 Outsource?1to1 requires more effort, and specialist skills Advanced campaigning usually requires more production Which aspect of your email lends itself to outsourcing? Event Promotions Marketing Activities Email Production Services Web Conferences Virtual Event Promotion Acquisition & Lead Generation Outsourced Email Campaigns: Loyalty, Retention, Lifecycle, On-boarding, Re-activation Partial/Complete Outsourced Email Function – Design, Create, Test, Deploy, Monitor
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Is there such a thing as a perfect mail?Diagram of 1 mail designed exclusively for 1 person based on perfect informationImagine it is you? What is a perfect mail for youTiming, words, style, look/feel, objective, Buzzwords … relevance, conversion, ROIBeauty is in the eye of the beholder
1:1 Marketing originates from the idea that in the “old way” of doing business the “shopkeeper” knew his customers by name, knew their lifestyles, and could interact with them on a personal level.1:1 Marketing builds on this idea, emphasizing personalized interactions with customers, but on a massive scale through technology.The personalization of these customer interactions fosters greater loyalty and better return on marketing investment.
What is Broadcast/Triggered/Lifecycle/Targeted/Clickstream?We were just talking with David Daniels from Jupiter/Forrester a couple of weeks ago and he is about to release the new data relating to this research. He is combining a couple of the columns, adding a social oriented column, but the rates he said were very similar.Despite Additional Mailing Costs, Relevance Increases Net Profit by 18 Times Although marketers using advanced targeting tactics have more e-mail marketing resources (e.g., inflating annual salary costs), the aggregate increase in net profits from these targeted campaigns (triggered through clickstream) is 18 times more than is that from broadcast messages, even when figuring in additional costs. These results show additional expenses are well worth the cost. For example, targeted mailings generate 16 times more improvement in net profit than do broadcast campaigns. The use of Web site clickstream as a targeting attribute is particularly beneficial for both topline and bottom line results—even after including additional Web analytics spending.Production needs and resources will increase with more sophisticated campaigning - consider outsourcing some or all of your production needs to our Strategic Services Production Team
Personalization and relevance based on event/recorded online behviour or other context, or profile based on ESP/billing/demo/psych data
1) Data & IdentificationQuestions around data collection, types of data available (demographics, behavioral, etc.)2) Differentiation & SegmentationHow are segments defined, can you identify your most valuable/active customers?3) Customization & InteractionDo you use segmentation, conditional content, lifecycle campaigns, etc.?Do you integrate email with other channels?Do you test on a regular basis?4) Measurement & ImprovementHow do you measure success (opens, clicks, conversions, ROI, engagement, etc.)?Do you take action on your campaign & test results?1-to-1 marketing is a simple principle, but very difficult to execute in the real world. However, there are some quick wins you can implement immediately that puts you on the road to being an effective 1-to-1 marketer.Segmentation 101Customer segmentation is the practice of dividing a customer base into groups of individuals that are similar in specific ways relevant to marketing, such as age, gender, interests, spending habits, and so on. Using segmentation allows companies to target groups effectively, and allocate marketing resources to best effect. Traditional segmentation focuses on identifying customer groups based on demographics and attributes such as attitude and psychological profiles. Value-based segmentation, on the other hand, looks at groups of customers in terms of the revenue they generate and the costs of establishing and maintaining relationships with them. Customer segmentation procedures include: deciding what data will be collected and how it will be gathered; collecting data and integrating data from various sources; developing methods of data analysis for segmentation; establishing effective communication among relevant business units (such as marketing and customer service) about the segmentation; and implementing applications to effectively deal with the data and respond to the information it provides.
Helps you figure out what the perfect email is for your client and that particular campaign
Inserting Pre-header snippet – drives user to CTAView Images link – links to microsite link in case images are suppressed the user is directed to a hosted versionView in Handheld – mobile version of your message, light HTMLWhitelisting Link – add to address book so user’s get your message in their inbox and it is not filtered into your spam folder
If your website utilizes a thicker navigation, make it thinner for your email marketing efforts. If there is a gradient or image, make sure to back it up with a background color so that lighter text will show up.A simple area dedicated to give the users choices about where they want to go.
The body of your email is where the majority of your content is. Depending on the size of your header and navigation, part of your body will be present above the fold. Utilize that space and do your best to get the call to action in the top 250-300 pixels. This is the area that will show up in preview panes.F-shape pattern: Traditionally people designed with the left rail in mind because users read down the message in an F-shape pattern. More recently people have been utilizing a right rail so that the pertinent information in the message is in that F-shape.In regards to a left or right rail, we recommend testing. If you send your message frequently enough, it might be worth testing a new version with the opposite side rail. Moving things around might help to freshen up your message and re-engage some of your subscribers that lost interest.
The footer should not detract from anything else in your message. It is an area dedicated to host mandatory elements.
The perfect email is when you’ve aligned whatyour target market wants and needs and you deliver it to them in email format.Targeted, relevant messaging directed to the right audience. What works for a securities company is not going to work for a shoe retailer.
Production & Delivery Coding, Optimization, Testing, Scheduling & Throttling
Why Outsource Some/All of your Email Function to PGiMarketExperienced MarketersExperts in multiple online marketing disciplinesLong successful track record of email productionTried/tested best practicesQualityClean, validated and tested mailStreamlined proven processScalabilityFrom simple newsletters to advanced targeted and lifecycle programsFrom 1000 to 10 million mails / monthDeliverabilityFully managed deliverability setup, monitoring & managementThrottling of mail delivery where relevantImpact & PerformanceEmail design experienceOptimized clicks, conversions, engagement, ROIConsistencyDedicated account managementUse of customized professional templatesFlexibilityIndividual tasks or complete outsourced production serviceLeverage your agency/creative or oursCollaboration throughout with defined roles, goals, checkpoints, deliverables