2014 email marketing checklist - stand out from the herd

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Take your 2014 campaigns to the next level with more engagement, leads, and sales! A few simple tips you can implement to improve your results.

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STAND OUT FROM THE HERD

2014 Email Marketing Checklist

Define Your Strategy and KPIs

Type of Emails  Newsletters, e‐Blasts, Triggers

How Often   Daily, Weekly, Monthly

Success Criteria Opens

Clicks

Engagements

Leads

Sales

Grow Your Lists – Add Email Sign Up 

Grow Your Lists – Add Email Pop Up 

Use a 5‐10 second delay with a cookie

Ensure Deliverability‐ Easy Unsubscribe 

Important: Monitor your email replies as some ask to be removed from your lists

Segment Your Inactives

Treat Inactives Differently Than Your Active List But DON’T delete them!

Design for Mobile>50% of email opens are on Smartphones!

Mobile 1st: Design your template based on mobile reader

Or

Responsive: Use Responsive design that adapts to screen size 

Increase Opens:  test subject lines  from address personalization

Increase Engagement: CTA (call to action) 

design  CTA location Content ‐ text vs 

visual

Test For Results 

ReMail emails to non‐openers

More frequent emails  Monitor Unsubscribe 

rate Will increase opens Will reduce % of opens 

Try Sending  More Emails

Include Sharing links

Separate Share from Follow inks

Drive readers to your blog with Read More links

Integrate Social Media

Always review results  Review heat maps Review actual opens, 

clickers and not just % rates Segment list based on 

meaningful behaviors

Check Your Results Regularly

Set up a Welcome series

Anniversary triggers – birthday, contract renewals, seasonal reminders

Lead nurturing drips based on behavior (opens, clicks, purchases….)

Automate Drip Campaigns

>65% abandon shopping carts

Cart Abandonment Email Triggers can recapture 15%‐20% 

Also good for Lead Gen Registration Abandonment

Use Cart Abandonment Triggers

Send Timely, Targeted, Relevant Emails To Subscribers Who Have Asked For Them

The Secret to Successful Email Marketing 

OpenMoves

Email Marketing

I‐do | We‐do | Honey‐do

info@openmoves.com

+1.631.546.7779

STAND OUT FROM THE HERD

OM3 Email Marketing Platform

I‐do | We‐do | Honey‐do

info@openmoves.com

+1.631.546.7779

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