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April 27, 2009
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Basic Strategies to Heighten Your Email's Effectiveness

Scrubbing your list: removing names that bounced in three consecutive emails can increase deliverability by an average of 30%.

Consider Frequency: test send frequencies from once a month up to once a week. One company move from once a month to twice a month and boosted revenue over 100%.

Watch day of week: find the best days to send emails based on your reports. Promotional emails are best sent Monday or Tuesday while educational newsletters perform better later in the week.

Test subject lines: benefit-oriented subject lines work best; A/B test; think outside the box.

Segment your list: identifying different customer segments to send customized emails are found to double open rates and more than triple clickthrough rates.
Fresh Facts & Stats

The number of consumers who regularly check email on their mobile devices has doubled over the last two years - from 7% to 14%. The emerging smartphones should drive the percentage much higher, claims MarketingSherpa's Email Marketing Benchmark Guide 2009.

Accommodate this rise of mobile device usage by always including a text-only version along with your html message and include a link for users to "view your html message in their web browser."

 
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