10 Email Marketing Ideas toTakeYour Program
to the Next Level
#1: Capture More Home Page Opt-ins
@LorenMcDonald
56% hide opt-in at the bottom
36% highlight opt-in at the top
Sears – mouse over drops down form field
Moving opt-in from below the fold to above
516% lift -Top of home page/Every page
348% lift –Top of home page/Every page
100% lift –Top of home page from bottom
50% lift -Top of home page from bottom
Sample Results
Use Popovers
Pop-overs = 200-400% lift
Click “Email Sign-Up” opens pop-over
form
Don’t mess
with my
Web site
…but more
subscribers leads
to more revenue!
#2: Evolve “Welcome” to “Onboarding” Program
@LorenMcDonald
Welcome Progression – But still generic …
Immediate
3-7 days
7-14 days
Immediate
Stand alone
Email # 1
Email # 2
Email # 3
3-part series
Cruise
Site
Caribbean Mexico Alaska
Email Sign-
Up
Welcome
Email 1
Welcome
Email 2
Mexico
Offer
Welcome
Email 3
Hawaii
Browse
Generic
Content
Ooops
Email
Sign-Up
Welcome
Email 1
Welcome
Email 2
Welcome
Email 3
Welcome
Email 4
Or you try to convert them on Alaska Cruise
Alaska offer –
w/deadline
Includes current
Alaska cruise offer
Includes
survey/progressive
form
Includes current
Alaska cruise video
/
Testimonials
UsingWeb
Tracking – marry
browse behavior
to email address
3: Remarketing: Move Beyond Cart Abandonment
@LorenMcDonald
Browse – Sniffing Around
Browse / Process Abandonment: Showing Interest
Sent
Delivered
Opened
Clicked
Product Views
Cart Additions
Checkouts
Orders
Revenue
Units
Browse Behavior
• 37.6% Open Rate
• 7.35% CTR
• $0.44 Rev/Email
Browse Behavior
Browse Behavior
Browse Behavior
ThankYou!
Wizard / Calculator Abandonment
Supplement Wizard – Abandoned, Finished Process
• Sent when a
customer
receives their
results but
does not add
items to cart
or checkout
• 40.17% Open
Rate
• 4.18% CTR
• $0.38
Rev/Email
4:Take Birthday (and other date based) Emails to the
Next Level
@LorenMcDonald
Your ordinary, but successful birthday email
• Capture
birthdate
• Create email –
often w/ offer
• Set up trigger
• Print money
New Rule:
Make it dynamic,
personalized and a series.
Prints You Viewed Recently
• From cart
• Wish list
• Recommendation
• Web tracking
• Category browsed
Sample Birthday Program
#1
• Offer
• Personalized
w/ recent
browsed
#2
• Reminder to
non-
openers few
days later
#3
• 10 days left
reminder
#4
• 24 hours left
• Last chance
But really, think beyond birthday emails …
• Programs
• Web Tracking
• Dynamic Content
Features
• Purchase anniversaries
• Subscriber / Member anniversaries
• Events
Ideas
5. Leverage Integration,Content & Data
@LorenMcDonald
New Rule:
Think of email is a dynamic
messaging platform.
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Subject Line Personalization
First name personalization
Personalized Content
Name and contact info for each customer’s personal rep
Dynamic Subject Lines
The subject line changes based on the type and
duration of club membership
Individualized Content Lists
For any customer who has purchased two or more
items in the last 90 days, list each purchase
with review links
E-commerce-driven Personalization
Display totals and other engaging content to drive
follow-on purchases.
Website-driven Content
Directly track each customer’s web activity and prompt
them to visit new areas of the site.
Send Time Optimization
The message arrives in each individual’s inbox at
precisely the time that individual is most likely to check
email.
Data-driven Dynamic Image
Image is selected based on demographic and profile info
Score-driven Dynamic Offer
Discounts/prices vary by social influence and time since
last purchase
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Truly Individualized Email Messaging
SmartPak: Abandon Cart w/ Recommendations
• 38.5% open rate
• 10.15% CTR
• 50% conversion
rate
• $4.80
revenue/email
Dynamic product
recommendations
6. Launch an upsell/cross-sell program
@LorenMcDonald
Upsell: Buckets to SmartPaks
Customer orders supplements in buckets for their horse
GOAL: Convert customer to order supplements in AutoShip
SmartPaks
SmartPaks Upsell Series
• Customers suppressed from
promotional marketing stream
• Program checks before each
mailing to determine if they
purchased a SmartPak or not.
• If yes, removed from program
and placed back in
promotional marketing stream
– If no, get next mailing in line
on specified scheduled date
SmartPaks Upsell Emails
7. Segment Based on Behavior
@LorenMcDonald
PaperStyle – Custom Invitations
- Sending batch and blast
- No targeting
- Response rates declined
Agency Whereoware
- Analyzed site behavior
- Purchase patterns
- Wedding process
- Created wedding timeline
Purchased wedding
products
Wedding
essentials
Wedding nurturing
Wedding favors
Bridal party
gifts
Thank you
cards
Friend’s wedding
nurturing
Bridal shower
invites
Shower
tableware
Bach. invites
Bach. tableware
Wedding gifts
Your
wedding?
Clicked on wedding
link
Yes
No
7 days
6 weeks
3 weeks
7 days
7 days
7 days
7 days
7 days
7 days
Nurture Program
BRIDAL
SEGMENT
Web site or
email click
behavior
drops you
into Your
Wedding or
Friend’s
Wedding
nurture
YourWedding Track
Friend’sWedding Track
Results – Avgs Across Both Programs
- Open Rate Increased - 244 %
- CTR Increased - 161 %
- Revenue Per Mailing Increased - 330 %
8. Focus on EarlyActivation Over Reactivation
@LorenMcDonald
How big is the inactives challenge?
Typical Actives vs. Inactives Ratio
So what are you going to do about it???
Typical Re-engagement Series - Incentives
Typical Reactivation Rate: 1%-2%
High Performers: 5%
Don’tWait: Create “Early” Inactives Program
New subscribers who don’t open/click first XX
messages / X weeks
Move these early inactives into “activation” track
Send survey, different offers; best of, different
subject lines, testimonials, etc.
Inactive Re-Engagement
Day 45: “Help Us
ServeYou Better”
Day 75: “It Pays to
be Smart”
Day 90: “We Miss
You! Come Back
and Save 10%”
Evaluate for 30 days for activity, move into
once a month frequency for 6 months.
9. Get Creative; Have Fun
@LorenMcDonald
Get creative, think outside the box
Think Outside the Box – Special Days
Results
Slight sales
increase over
regular
emails
10X sales on
some SKUs
Some SKU
sales
2-4X normal
since
promotion
Results
Highest
revenue-
generating
promotion
so far in
2013
About 19%
higher than
their
second-
highest!
What’s your day?
•Programs
•Right-brain creativity
Features
•Months, Days, Weeks
•Events, Make ‘em up
Ideas
10. Get Focused, Get Started
@LorenMcDonald
Overwhelmed with ideas… don’t freak out
Solve your biggest business problem first!
Focus on “starting” – not “Best” practices
Don’t try to be perfect …
Loren’s
Request
Pick 1
Idea/Program
Launch it
Improve it
Launch
another
program
ShareYour
Story
Contact Information
Loren McDonald
VP, Industry Relations
Silverpop
lmcdonald@silverpop.com
@LorenMcDonald
Silverpop is the
digital marketing platform that delivers
superior overall return on relationship
powered by the deepest insight into the
way customers behave.
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Editor's Notes

  • #19 ability to track the responder’s behavior not only to the landing page of a … but also from there through the Web site to ultimate sale, hesitation, or outright cart abandonment. This tracking is critical to testing modifications in the construction and targeting of the email that might improve results.” - IDC Worldwide Web Analytics Software Applications 2006 - 2010 Forecast and Analysis: 2005 Shares and Current Out look in the Year of Integration June, 2006 But that is exactly what we enable ourselves to do when we integrate email and analytics in the online world Segments: Thick Slices = High Impact From the information we gain - as we learn about groups within our visitor segments - we can refine and tailor the conversation with “thinner” custom slices of our population. Omniture’s Data Warehouse give you the option of any number of segment definitions for a more custom segmentation and thinner slices. Integrating email and web analytics behavior data lets you listen to what your customer is telling you through their website behavior, interact with them in a dialog of additional offers, and refine your knowledge until ultimately you and the customer determine how you can best fulfill the customer’s needs. When you send a spray and pray email, you are putting earmuffs on your concierge. But when you complete an integration, you are taking off the earmuffs, and letting the conversation flow.
  • #27 OfficeMax – not a client – sent March 1 for March 16 birthday – a birthday month approach
  • #34 JW Sales Script Draft: So how does this change the way that you interact with your customers? Now you can make emails hyper-personalized, where every element of the email is relevant and customized to the recipient based on information about the individual, on what they have done or how they have scored. A few examples of this include <Rep can talk through a few or all of the points on the slide>. BB Transcript 2/14/2013: Now lets think about how this will change the way that you interact with your customers. We know that email is important to you and email is a primary way that you interact with customers, here we show you how you can make those emails hyper-personalized where every element of the email is so relevant and customized based on information about the individual, based on what they have done or based on lead scoring. Another way to think of this is as a use case….someone is on your website and they have signed up for Webinar A maybe a month ago and they watched that or downloaded something and the next time they get a message from you, you aren’t going to tell them about something they have already done, rather you are going to use their behaviors on your website to dynamically put new ads and offers in the content of an email that you are sending them. Again, hyper-personalized and relevant. *********** No single competitor can match these capabilites across the landscape
  • #35 Over 3,000 shopping cart abandoned emails sent, per month Segment versions between supplies versus SmartPaks cart abandonment Sent in AM to customers who abandon cart day prior
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  • #69 Silverpop is the only digital marketing technology provider that unifies marketing automation, email, mobile and social. Our customers achieve superior return on relationship by uniquely engaging each individual based on their behaviors and then automating personalized experiences that increase revenue, improve ROI and deepen brand loyalty.
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