q1 benchmarks overview: the responsive design effect

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Responsive emails, which automatically adapt to screen size, typically command more engagement than status quo emails when viewed on a mobile device. However, many marketers haven’t adapted to consumers’ increased mobile usage. Read Yesmail’s overview of Q1 benchmarks to learn important insights, including: • Variations in email engagement and conversion across devices • How industries compare in terms of opens, clicks, and click-to-open rates • The holiday’s effect on the percentage of active subscribers, number of mobile orders, and more

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Q1 Benchmarks

Overview: The Responsive Design Effect

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Introduction

• Responsive design emails automatically adapt to screen size and, in general, command more engagement than non-responsive emails when viewed on a mobile device.

• While consumers are moving toward mobile, marketers haven’t kept up, inconsistently employing responsive design.

• Hybrid email viewership (viewing on mobile then revisiting on a desktop or vice versa) continues to decline, indicating that consumers are favoring a single device (whether desktop or mobile) to interact with emails.

• Tablets remain the mobile device of choice for shoppers responding to marketing emails, edging out smartphones.

Methodology: Yesmail analyzed more than 5 billion marketing emails sent on behalf of clients in the first quarter of 2014.

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Responsive Design

• Over half of all emails (51.6%) continue to be opened on a

mobile device.

• Emails using responsive design have a 21% higher CTO than

non-responsive emails.

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Responsive Design

Despite the benefits, only 1% of marketers send responsive

emails exclusively.

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Mobile Engagement

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Hybrid Viewership

Hybrid viewers, or consumers who open emails on both desktop

and mobile devices, dropped 12% vs. Q4.

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Hybrid Viewership

Only 7.5% of all consumers now open marketing emails on both

mobile and desktop devices.

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Hybrid Viewership

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The Rise of Tablets

Tablet events (the sum of opens and clicks) for emails opened on

mobile devices grew by 4.5% vs. Q4.

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The Rise of Tablets

The number of tablet orders as a proportion of all mobile orders

grew by 7%. The number of smartphone orders decreased at

almost double the rate (13%).

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The Rise of Tablets

Mobile Revenue

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Holiday Hangover

• The holiday season had a large impact on marketers’ activities

and consumer response in Q1.

• The average number of emails received per opener dropped by

17% quarter over quarter as retailers mailed fewer offers after

the holidays.

• The percentage of active subscribers (opened/clicked within 90

days) dropped by 6%, possibly because customers had

completed their holiday shopping.

• The number of mobile orders decreased by 4%, most likely as a

result of the shopping season being over and consumers not

feeling urgency to complete their purchase on their mobile

devices.

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Q1 Benchmarks Overview Download

To download the full report and read through all the insights,

please visit:

Q1 Benchmark Overview: the Responsive Design Effect

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