Email Marketing 2010

Hey guys, You’ve heard it a gazillion times: Make your email messages and sms campaigns more relevant. The more relevant and “personalized” the message, the higher the response rate. But how do you determine which information is necessary to make your communications more personalized and where do you start once you know that?

Before you start collecting data on your customers and prospects, determine your objectives. How you plan on using the information—for example, for promotions, for invites to special events or for up-selling opportunities—will drive the type of information you gather. Think about what you need to know from your target audience that will give you insight into who they are and their specific needs. This information includes product interests, frequency of purchase, website visits, store visits, life events (marriage, pregnancy, moving, etc.), demographic and psychographic profiles, and geographic location.

Email Marketing

Best day to send emails.

Studies conducted by online research analysts have shown that the best days to perform a mail-out to your list are Tuesday and Wednesday, as this is when people are more receptive to communication. This means that they are more likely to read your content and click on links, meaning more sales.

On Mondays, everyone is still recovering from a hectic weekend. On Thursday and Friday, people are already too busy looking forward to the weekend. We’ve actually experimented with this, and received the best results by sending out emails at around 2-3pm (American Pacific Time) on a Wednesday.

Autoresponder scheduling.

An auto responder is an email that is scheduled to be sent at a certain time interval after someone subscribes to your mailing list. Atomic Auto Responder is a great way to automatically follow up with your subscribers or provide them with more information on your products/services.