Statistics

Marketing e-mails using a house list are seeing an average open rate of nearly 20%, a click-through rate of 6.64% and a conversation rate of 1.73%, according to a survey released in July by the Direct Marketing Association. Marketing e-mails are also bouncing back at a rate of 3.72% and seeing a unsubscribe rate of 0.77%.

Response rates for direct mail marketing pieces have also held steady, according to the organization, seeing rates of 3.42% for a house list and 1.38% for prospect lists.

Marketing Association also noted that outbound telemarketing to prospects had the highest response rate at 6.16%, and also the highest cost per order or lead at $309.25.

I always loved statistics, different statistics. Stats always help to make a choice. Here are most important Email Marketing Statistics for 2009-2010. As I say – know your market and know your customer!

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Shocking email marketing statistics 2009. Avoid these numbers – try reliable software!

1. 21% of email recipients report email as Spam, even if they know it isn’t

2. 43% of email recipients click the Spam button based on the email “from” name or email address

3. 69% of email recipients report email as Spam based solely on the subject line

4. 35% of email recipients open email based on the subject line alone

5. IP addresses appearing on just one of the 12 major blacklists had email deliverability 25 points below those not listed on any blacklists