trends affecting email marketing
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Presentation on some key trends that will affect email marketing in 2011....and beyond. Especially with an eye toward design and content. Presented at Silverpop's Email Creative Seminar in Chicago, February 2011.TRANSCRIPT
5 Uber Trends Affecting Email
Marketing
February 2011@LorenMcDonald
Agenda
Trends
Ideas / TipsQ & A
5 Trends
Social
Mobile
Evolving InboxHumanization
Automation
Uber Trends
Social
Mob
ile
Evol
ving
Inbo
x
Hum
aniz
atio
n
Auto
mat
ion
Social Media Explosion
The Big Gorillas
Facebook: The 2nd Web
Facebook Connect Login
Email Must Get More Social
And Work With Social
5 TrendsSo
cial
Mobile
Evol
ving
Inbo
x
Hum
aniz
atio
n
Auto
mat
ion
Going Mobile / Screensize-apalooza
40+ Tablets Expected to Ship in 2011
Mobile Apps are Exploding….but
25 billion downloaded by 2015
Juniper Research
25+% of Apps Used Only Once
The Check-in Deal
Where is My Email Being Read?
Email is Mobile
Mobile is Email
5 Trends
Soci
al
Mob
ile
Evolving Inbox
Hum
aniz
atio
n
Auto
mat
ion
The ISP Battle has Shifted
Bad Stuff Too much good stuff
Smarter Inboxes
…and the Unified Inbox is coming…
AOL Project Phoenix
Hotmail Active Views
Relevance is Not an Option
Email is Still the Killer App
5 Trends
Soci
al
Mob
ile
Evol
ving
Inbo
x
Humanization
Auto
mat
ion
Customers Speak
sh*t
“Awful”
“Overpriced”
“Bad service”
“..tastes like sh*t”
Ratings and Reviews
Brands Get Real (People)
How-to video
• Real person• Service
tone• 50%
conversion rate
Get RealGet HumanAdd Value
5 Trends
Soci
al
Mob
ile
Evol
ving
In
box
Hum
an-iz
atio
n
Automation
Broadcast & Triggers Complement
Low Volume, High ROI
59.8 %Batch Campaigns
40.2%TriggeredCampaigns
95.9 %Batch Campaigns
4.1%TriggeredCampaigns
Sales GeneratedVolume of Emails sent
Question is not What is
the optimum frequency?,
but How do we send
more relevant emails,
more often but with
fewer resources?
Cross Sell / Upsell - Recommendations
Real-time Optimization
+ 58 %
Multivariate test
Use the Technology
Email Becomes a Dynamic Content Platform
Agenda
Uber
Tr
ends
Ideas / TipsQ
& A
1. Get the Data
Birthday emails
List preferences / cadence
Segmentation / Content
2. Enable Channel Options
3. Manage Subscriber Expectations• Privacy/Permission
• Brand
• Other communications
• Content
• Frequency
• Format
• Subscription management
• Relevance and personalization
4. Enable Profile Changes - Footer
5. Enable Profile Changes - Site
6. Brand (From Name) is Huge
6. Know Your Audience
Source: Unica Corporation/Pivotal Veracity
7. Design for Everything
8. Leverage the Power of ReviewsEmails drive consumer creation of reviews
• 6% of online Americans post ratings and reviews of products at least monthly
• 25% of online adults read these ratings and reviews at least monthly
9. Promote Following & Sharing
10. Promote Likes/Follow
11. Use Personality to Engage
12. Sell by Educating
13. Use Social to Grow Email Database
13. Use Social to Grow Email Database
14. Incorporate Email in Mocial Channels
Opted in – still have not received an email months laterHUGE missed opportunity
15. Let Customers Do the Selling
16. Surprise & Help
17. Break it Up
18. Use Pre- to Post-Purchase EmailsPre-Transaction
• Browse abandonment
• Cart abandonment
Purchase Process
• Order Confirmation
• Order status• Shipping notice• Shipment
confirmation• Trip preparation
Post-Purchase
• Satisfaction Survey
• Review request• Review
notification• Recommendation• Replenishment• Repurchase• Upgrades
Relationship
• Bounceback• Account reminder• Loyalty programs• Account status• Purchase
anniversary
Right time, right message!
19. Leverage Other Technologies
Subscribers / Visitors
+
1st TimeCustomers
++
RepeatCustomers
-Unengaged Customers
100 300 400 600 -400-200
Welcome Campaigns
1st Purchase Campaigns
Repeat Purchase
Campaigns
Loyalty Campaigns
Reengagement Campaigns
LoyalCustomers
20. Leverage Marketing Automation
A Few Takeaways
Think Social
Capture and Leverage the Data
Design for Everything
Get Human
Leverage Technology
Resources
• Resource Center– White papers– Webinars– Blogs– Case studies– Newsletters– http://www.silverpop.com/marketing-resources/index.ht
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• Many presentations on SlideShare– www.slideshare.net/Silverpop
Q & A / Contact Information
• Loren McDonald– [email protected]– Twitter: @LorenMcDonald– Twitter: @Silverpop
www.slideshare.net/silverpopwww.silverpop.com