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Bill McCloskey, founder Only Influencers, LLCJose Santa Ana, Director of Product Marketing, Message Systems
2014 Email Predictions
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Who is Bill McCloskey?
Background 18 years in Digital Marketing. 14 Years as an Entrepreneur, 11 Years in the Email Marketing Industry
Companies Founded The Rich Media SIG (1998), Emerging Interest, LLC (2000), eDataSource (2003), Only Influencers, LLC (2010)
Activities Writer for Mediapost, Clickz. Created Email Insider column (Mediapost). Developed and hosted Email Insider Summit (Mediapost).Created The Inbox Insiders, a private discussion list for Email Marketers.
Recognition 50 Marketing Leaders over 50 You Should Know: (CMO Magazine).2 time finalist, EEC Stefan Pollard Marketer of the Year Award: Direct Marketing Association.100 Names To Know in B2B Marketing: B2B Magazine.50 Most Influential People in Interactive Marketing: Media Magazine.
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What is Only Influencers?
What it is: A World-wide Private Community for Email Marketing Professionals
Membership: Membership is by Invitation Only. It consists of brand marketers, deliverability experts, email agencies, designers, consultants and vendors (in non-sales roles).
Features: Discussion ListsJob BoardsWeekly Newsletter to promote Member activities (open to the public)World-wide MeetupsWeekly Blog Posts by thought leaders in Email IndustryMarketing Resources
Business Model:
100% funded by the membership. OI takes no advertising or sponsorship money.
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Email Predictions for 2014
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Predictions
62.4% of emails are now opened on mobile devices.
PC’s still preferred for online shopping (87.3% vs 7.4% for tablets and 5.3% for smartphones
Does “skinny design” improve clicks? Data is inconclusive
Having a Mobile strategy will continue to grow in importance
Fact:
#1:
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Predictions
Custom Audiences will provide new opportunities.
Fact:
#2:
Facebook and tools such as LiveIntent provide marketers with new ways to target ads based on current email lists
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Predictions
Email’s new Motto will be “Mail More …but don’t be stupid. “
Fact:
#3:
Alchemy Worx’s Dela Quist’s ideas around “mailing more” will find more adherents.
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Predictions
Email is a Stable Marketing Platform
And has been for nearly 20 years.
It remains the marketing platform with the highest ROI.
It also remains a complicated platform with many moving parts and personalities
The Concerns of Email Marketers in 2014 will be the same concerns that Email Marketers had in 2013…
….and 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006…
Fact:
#4:
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A Field Guide to Email MarketingEverything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.
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The World of the Email Marketer
Email Brand Manager
C-suite
Deliverability
(pressure from above)
(pressure from below)
Designer
Vendors Consultants/agencies
Analytics
ISP’sInbox
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• List Purchased (or Harvested)
• No Honoring Unsubs
RED Light Programs
• Single (or no) Opt-in
• eAppends
• Difficult to find Unsub Links
YELLOW Light Programs
• Double Opt-In
• Prominent Unsub Links
• Preference Centers
• Immediate Removal from Unsubs and FBL’s
Types of Email Programs(ala Bob Frady)
GREEN Light Programs
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Campaign Development
Stages of Email Marketing(regardless of size)
Acquisition and List Building
Designer
Design
Hygiene
Deliverability Expert
Delivery
Analyst/Strategist
IT Department Analysis
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Let’s Look At Each Stage
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• List Rental or Purchase• M&A
• eAppends
• Affiliate Marketing
• POS
• Content Marketing
• Social Media
• Give-aways
• Co-Reg
• Referrals
Channels for Acquisition
RED Light Programs
YELLOW Light Programs
GREEN Light Programs
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Do Pop-ups Work? Yes!
Pre-Popup
Post-Popup
Only Influencers Newsletter signup: Pre and Post Pop-ups
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Best Practices: Acquisition
Email Address Verification• Is the Email Properly formed?• Is the Email Correct? • Is the Email a Spam Trap?
Onboarding• Welcome Emails
Buckets: • Marketing lists, Transactional, Lifecycle, Holiday, Auto-responders,
Location-based
Resources: Fresh AddressLeadSpendBriteVerify
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• How often to send
• Send less or send more?
Campaign Development
Frequency
• What is your Style: Spirit Air or IBM?
Positioning
• Subject Lines
• Killer words?
• Length
• Columns
Copy
• CAN-SPAM
• Which Country?
• What type of message?
Legal
Resources: Agencies: Alchemy Worx, Brightwave Marketing, Inbox Group, Trendline Interactive
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Design
• Responsive Design• Let’s Code like it’s 1999!• Do you need a Mobile Strategy?
Resources: Litmus, Movable Ink
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• Advantages? Disadvantages?
• Warming IP’s
• WhatCounts
• Mailchimp
• Silverpop
• ExactTarget
• dotMailer
ESP?
• Advantages? Disadvantages?
• Message Systems
• Iron Port
• StrongView
• Port 25
On Site?
Delivery
Resources: Red Pill Email’s ESP Buying Guide, Return Path, eDataSource, Laura Atkins Word to the Wise, Tim Watson
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• Who drove the sale?
Attribution
• Who else is in the inbox?
• What are your competitors up to?
Intelligence
• When do you remove an address?
• Types of Engagement in the Only Influencers Community
Analysis
Engagement
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Hygiene
• Rule of thumb: remove undeliverable addresses after 3 mails or 3 weeks which ever is longer
• Inactives require different strategy including re-engagement campaigns
• Rules vary from ISP to ISP. Need to monitor Bounces and FBL.
• 77% of email delivery problems are based on sender reputation.
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Key Takeaways
• Email is a stable marketing platform, still with the highest ROI.
• It also remains a complicated platform with many moving parts and personalities.
• Whenever possible, use technology to automate and streamline processes.
• Don’t give in to pressure: “Green Light” email programs deliver optimal results.
• Majority of emails are now opened on mobile devices Mobile strategy.
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Message Systems Helps You Execute
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Momentum Digital Messaging PlatformDelivery (Reputation Management)• IP warm-up, Comprehensive up-to-date
rules, Traffic shaping, Smart threshold management
• Intelligent Queuing: Per segment, per destination domain
• Preference Center – Multi-channel message generation
Analysis• Timely data on messages queued,
delivered, opened, bounced, errors, clicks
• Real-time troubleshooting
Hygiene• Automated Bounce Interpretation,
Suppression List Updates• Automate FBL Remediation, Correlate
FBL Reports with Sent Message
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The Leader in Digital Messaging
20%
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Email / Marketing Services Providers
Social Networking
Daily Deals Telco Financial
ServicesConsumer
TechnologyTravel &
HospitalityPublishing
& MediaHosting & SaaS
Sampling of Key Clients by Vertical Markets
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Additional Resources
Conferences• Email Insider Summit• MarketingSherpa• EEC• M3AAWG• Vendor User Groups• OI MeetupsNewsletters:• Only Influencers • Email Insider (Mediapost)• ClickZ
http://messagesystems.com/resources/digital-library/ebooks/email-best-practices-101
http://messagesystems.com/resources/digital-library/guides/dollars-sense
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Thank You!
For More Information and to Join Only Influencers:
Contact Bill [email protected] www.onlyinfluencers.com @billmccloskey917-696-3790
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