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Agenda
Step 1: Understand Motivation
Step 2: Optimize Relevance
Step 3: Optimize Layout
Step 4: Ensure Compliance
Step
p 5: Test
Email Design Optimization Checklist
Source: ForresterWinning
g Email Subscribers In A Down Economy,
y December 2008
B2B
B2C
SMB
Corporate
Enterprise
TOTAL
33%
24%
23%
13%
179%
69%
36%
25%
B f
Before
You Start Designing
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Recognizable
Reflects current relationship
Active/monitored address
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From Examples
Eloqua
CMO Council
Education @ Eloqua.com
Harvard Business Review
THIS WEEK on Ted.com
Marketing Watchdog Journal
Leverage
g Company
p y Brand
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Match Signature
M
g
to From Line
House of Magnets
Compared
C
d tto standard
t d d HTML promos,
personal emails generate a
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Text/Personalized
t/
Email
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Subject
j
Line Guiding
g Principles
p
1.
2.
3
3.
Be relevant.
relevant Speak to the needs and
interests of your recipients as individual
people.
4.
Create Urgency
U
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Use A
Action Words
Subject line: Download Now: How do you stack up against your online analytics peers?
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So rce MarketingSherpa
Source:
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Use Preheaders
P
d
- Content Snippets
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Preview Panes
D
Design
for
f tthe common d
denominator!
t !
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St 2
Step
2: Optimize Relevance
Personalization: Is it appropriate?
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75%
of companies that ask for more
than email address at sign up
dontt use it
don
for personalization.
v
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Contact preferences
Email
xxxx@domain.co
m
yyy@domain.com
Spotlight
Education
Ed
cation
Yes
Spotlight
Broadcast
Spotlight Post
Prod ction
Production
Yes
Yes
Yes
Define newsletter
content
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Imagery - Engage
Images are visual clues
to engage and inform
recipient.
Not just any old image
will do - images must be
relevant to value prop.
Scanning clusters around
discontinuity i.e.
ie
bolding or highlighting
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St 3
Step
3: Optimize Layout
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Effective
t Designs
g tto Combatt Red X
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Blackberry Simulator
Up to 65% of your
audience may be
viewing email on
devices like Blackberry
The viewing width for a
Blackberry is typically
320 pixels wide
Blackberry offers free
simulators to see how
your email will look
heress the link:
here
Feature Call-To-Action
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St 4
Step
4: Ensure Compliance
Privacy Policy: Does the email adhere
t your privacy
to
i
policy?
li ?
Brand: Is the email design brand
compliant?
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Finish Strongg
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St 5
Step
5: Test
There are no absolutes.
Th
b l t
Testing
g yyields best
optimization results.
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Testing
Questions
T sting Answers
Answ rs Qu
stions
Is the messaging easy to understand?
Is the call to action more compelling?
What are barriers for prospects to convert to a lead?
Are we asking for too much information?
Do prospects understand the offer and find it valuable?
Which topics resonates the best with this segment?
Which layout drives the highest conversion?
Which images create higher levels of engagement?
Getting
G
tting Started
Start d
1. Decide WHAT to test.
2. Set up a control group and a test group.
Use 5-10% of your list to set up a control group and a test
group These should be segments of the larger group
group.
group.
3. Test each element separately.
When you vary only one feature,
feature you can observe to what
degree (if at all) people respond differently to that variation.
4. Determine which variable showed the best results.
Most email responses will come within 24 - 48 business
hours. Once you determine which variable had the best
results, use that variable for the remaining 90% of your
distribution list.
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Clicks
A
Unique
Visitors
B
Form
Submissions
A
Revenue
A
From Line
Subject Line
D S
Day
Sentt
Time Sent
y
/ Design
g
Layout
Offer
Headline
Content / Messaging
Personalization
Email Signature
H Do
How
D You
Y Know
Kn w Its
It W
Working?
ki g?
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