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Designed for Success: Optimizing the Email Experience
Thursday 28th May 2015 15.00 BSTJustine Jordan, Marketing Director, LitmusChad White, Research Director, Litmus
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• Email critic and popular industry speaker• Directs all things marketing at Litmus• Recipient of the 2015 EEC Email Marketing
Thought Leader of the Year award• Organizer of the Email Design Conference
• Author of "Email Marketing Rules" • Written thousands of posts and articles about
email marketing trends and best practices• Research and commentary appeared in over 100
publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.
#CIQSUMMIT
@meladorri
@chadswhite
@litmusapp
JUSTINE JORDAN
CHAD WHITE
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all emails
brainstorm + ideation
writing, design, creation
test + deploy
evaluate + optimize
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all emails
brainstorm + ideation
writing, design, creation
test + deploy
evaluate + optimize
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HTML
CSS
Images
Text
Design
Links
Web
HTML
CSS
Images
Text
Design
Links
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EMAIL ≠ WEB
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Web
<div><h1><p>em<style>background-colormargin
<table><td><td>pxstyle=“font-face”bgcolorpadding
EMAIL ≠ WEB✘
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From name Subject line Preview text Open Tap/Click Page/Site
Inbox Email/Body Page/Site
Email user flowSubscriber experience
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From name~25 characters25% of the inbox
Subject line~35 characters25% of the inbox
Preview text~85 characters50% of the inbox
From name Subject line Preview text Open Tap/Click Page/Site
Inbox Email/Body Page/Site
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• What is recognizable, trustworthy and relevant?
• Does the subscriber have a relationship with a person or the brand?
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• Symbols can temporarily increase open rates.
• Use carefully to support your message rather than detract from value.
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From name Subject line Preview text Open Tap/Click Page/Site
Inbox Email/Body Page/Site
What’s your open rate?Only those people get to this point…
…and fewer convert
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• Minimize friction• Be clear and concise• Test buttons vs. text• Use active language• Consider size, placement, color, and context
TAP + CLICK
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80% of subscribers delete emails
that look bad on their phones…
…and 30% unsubscribe
Source: BlueHornet Consumer Views of Email Marketing
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Responsive design results in a 15% increase in unique clicks for mobile users.
https://litmus.com/blog/the-science-of-email-clicks-the-impact-of-responsive-design-inbox-testing
Responsive templates >> bit.ly/slate-templates
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Rendering is inconsistent across devices and operating systems
Responsive design is not supported everywhere.
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Links are disabled.No text version? No email.
>> bit.ly/watch-email
A personal device that favors personal messages.
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“Triggered emails are not ‘set it and forget it’ programs. They are ‘review and renew’ programs.”
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“Keep an inventory of your triggered email programs and regularly schedule time to update and fine-tune them.”
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Why regularly update triggered emails?
Quality Assurance:• Broken links/redirects & old navigation links• Out-of-date messaging (benefits, options, etc.)• Out-of-date logo and branding• Faulty trigger logic• Broken rendering as code support changes
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• Sent in 2013• Last updated in 2009• Out-of-date navigation
bar and other design elements
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Why regularly update triggered emails?
Optimization:• Fast-moving trends• Testing• Update seasonal messaging
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50%50%
2014
Sent a series Did not
Percentage of senders sending 2+ emails in response to abandoned carts
Cart Abandonment Email Series
19%
81%
2013
Sent a series Did not
Source: Salesforce.com research
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41%
59%
2014
Recommended other productsDid not
Percentage of senders suggesting alternative products in their emails
Email Content: Recommendations
19%
81%
2013
Recommended other productsDid not
Source: Salesforce.com research
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18%
82%
2014
Included seasonal messagingDid not
Percentage of senders including seasonal messaging in their emails
Email Content: Seasonal Context
5%
95%
2013
Included seasonal messagingDid not
Source: Salesforce.com research
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The new litmus test for email marketing greatness:
Does the majority of your email marketing revenue and engagement come from triggered emails?