The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “The Most Effective Email Subject Line Length”. Ayaz Nanji says, “Emails with subject lines of 6-10 words have the highest open rates, yet most emails sent by marketers have subject lines of 11-15 words, according to a recent report from Retention Science. For the emails analyzed, those with 6-10 word subject lines had a 21% open rate. Those with subject lines containing five or fewer words ranked second with a 16% open rate, and those with 11-15 words had a 14% open rate. Despite the effectiveness of shorter subject lines, most emails... [...]
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The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Marketing Experiment: Learn from our split testing mistakes”. Daniel Burstein says, “We recently held a subject line experiment contest with the fine folks at Copyblogger. On Tuesday, we published the results of this experiment on the MarketingExperiments Blog to hopefully help you improve your own A/B testing. While Tuesday’s post was exciting, today’s post is a word of caution. Essentially, I’ll discuss what we (intentionally) did wrong so you can learn from our mistakes. By running a split test publicly for teaching purposes,... [...]
The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Email Marketing: What elements of your offer get people to click?”. Daniel Burstein says, “There are many reasons customers may value your product. But which oneresonates with your customers the most? Miller Lite famously spoofed this conundrum in its TV commercials, in which people would debate whether the beer was awesome because it tasted great or because it was less filling. This is a serious challenge to you as a marketer. You’re likely not only marketing a product, but an associated offer of incentive as well. Should that... [...]
The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Eight Steps to Setting Up a Successful Email Marketing Welcome Series”. Ben Liau says, “The vast majority of opted-in subscribers these days are usually either inactive or they haven’t yet placed their first order. Getting new subscribers to make their first purchase is the first barrier to turning them into a longer-term paying customer. By sending newly opted-in subscribers a series of email communications encouraging them to buy, you ensure that they are kept engaged and likely to buy within a targeted period of time. That series... [...]
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Google Plus: 6 Reasons You Should Be Using It”. Tommy Landry says, “Social networking platforms run the gamut of features, usage patterns, and adoption, and Google Plus is no different. If you are in the social media marketing game, you should already know a lot about Google Plus. That includes the biggest knock on it as a social media platform – that adoption remains too low for most social marketing professionals to care. But hey, times change and 2014 is upon us. If you haven’t gotten on board with Google Plus... [...]
‘Email Marketing And Social Media Marketing Should Be BFFs In 2014’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Email Marketing And Social Media Marketing Should Be BFFs In 2014”. Genia Stevens says, “According to research performed by ExactTarget, approximately 95% of us check our email on a daily basis and 77% of us prefer to receive marketing and sales related messages via email. Those are the kind of statistics that make marketers stand at attention. Even though email has competition from social networks, if you regularly receive email from Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, this is a huge statement from the three largest social... [...]
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “For new markets, when’s best to begin your email campaigns?”. Nigel Pocklington says, “At Hotels.com, email plays a key role in our marketing mix. We have localised websites around the world and run email programmes in 85 countries in 35 different languages utilising newsletters as well as triggered and transactional initiatives. Many of these markets can be classed as mature but, for emerging markets, one of the first questions to address is when to introduce email into the frame? What criteria should be used... [...]
The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Email Subject Lines: Words and Tactics That Boost Open Rates”. Ayaz Nanji says, “Email subject lines that convey a sense of urgency, such as those that contain the words “urgent” and/or “important,” have open rates that are much higher than normal, according to a recent report by MailChimp. The analysis also found that email recipients are much more intrigued by subject lines that contain positive solicitations rather than negative admonitions: Words such as “announcement” and “invitation”... [...]