1. Online Marketing Summit SEATTLE| JUNE2010 Getting the Payoff from Direct Response Mail Allison Hartsoe Vice President of Analytics Semphonic
2. Part One: Basics of Email Marketing - 10 minutes of PPT tutorial Part Two: Tracking Email Marketing - 10 minutes of Campaign standard Part Three: Marketing Automation Tools - 15 minutes of technology screen shots showing what drives our system. Part Four: Discuss Your Strategy Overview 2
3. Basics of Email Marketing 3 Some rules can be bent, others can be broken.
39. Subject is personalized. *From: Gary Angel Subject: Dinner with Semphonic in SF on June 16 - 96% delivery rate / 75.86% open From: June Dershewitz Subject: Semphonic Brings Advanced Analytics Training to San Jose – 100% delivery rate / 18% open
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43. 41% click through rateFrom: June Dershewitz Subject: Semphonic Brings Advanced Analytics Training to San Jose – 100% delivery rate / 18% open - 3.77% click through rate
46. To track multiple campaigns: Create a systematic standard Tag your links Campaign Standard 17
47. What goes into a standard? Type of marketing effort (email, banner, ppc) Business unit Audience / Target Version What does not go in? Date Confidential data Campaign Standard 18
48. Step 1: URLs need a Query String This is everything after the question mark (?) http://www.yoursite.com/landing_page.php?utm_campaign=fall-sale&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=boston.com&utm_content=text-only http://www.yoursite.com/?wt.mc_id=ppc-prov_prosp-campaignxyz http://www.yoursite.com/?cid=bac-invid_prosp-joinnow Campaign Standard 19
49. Step 2: How to build the Query String Google accepts the following variables in the query string. The red variables are the most important: utm_campaign – the name of your marketing campaign. Keep it short and general. utm_medium – method of distribution. This might be all PPC now but you could extend this tracking to email campaigns, banner ads, etc. utm_source –who are you partnering with to push the message? Google, Yahoo, MSN, for example. utm_content – ad version. Often used for testing one version of text over another. utm_term – keyword. Google analytics will pull Adwords data through, but other engines will be lost unless you do further integrations. Campaign Standard 20
50. Step 3: Tag your links Any link anywhere which is part of your campaign should be tagged. For example: a PPC campaign run on Google might look like this: http://www.yoursite.com/landing_page.php?utm_campaign=sample-campaign&utm_medium=ppc&utm_source=google a PPC campaign on Yahoo might look like this: http://www.yoursite.com/landing_page.php?utm_campaign=sample-campaign&utm_medium=ppc&utm_source=yahoo&utm_term=dental-insurance a newsletter campaign might look like this: http://www.yoursite.com/landing_page.php?utm_campaign=sample-campaign&utm_medium=news&utm_source=campaigner&utm_term=dental-insurance Campaign Standard 21
53. Running an Automated System 24 Web Emails Marketing Database CRM Database Salesforce.com Sugar Marketo Pardot Salesfusion Genius many more
54. Six Reasons Why We Use It Email sends and reports Segmentation by behavior and geography Full web tracking Automated lead scoring Grade the “ideal” prospect Nuture leads with daisy-chain campaigns Why use marketing automation? 25
77. Running an Automated System 36 Web Emails Marketing Database CRM Database Salesforce.com Sugar Marketo Pardot Salesfusion Genius many more
78. There is no one “right” way. Focus on building the relationship. Different relationships for segmented audiences. Aim to make your message something that generates recurring positive sentiment and response. Sell on the landing, not the email. Use automation tools to make the process easier. Set up address to check the actions of your rules. Key Takeaways
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Editor's Notes
We are lured in to the false sense of security we receive when we're told the "right way" to do things. Unfortunately, there is no one right way that works every time for every email marketer.However, you can take a consistent, scientific approach to email marketing optimization that ensures you focus on the right (and most profitable) areas for your organization, while tuning each aspect to best communicate with the specific needs of your current and desired audience.marketing Experiments journal
People trust that you are not going to waste their time with messages that do not offer them value – each email you send puts that trust in jeopardy – so limit your sends.Newsletters are great if people are really interested in what you have going on – be realistic about that evaluationOnly send messages to people you can reasonably expect to act on it – no long shots!
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Yet so many marketers drop any commonality they may naturally have with their audience and start speaking in a sales voice, complete with vague terms and outlandish boasts. You're not just a marketer, you're a person. They're not just a prospective customer, they're a person. Find your middle ground and have an open, honest discussion. Speak their language. Shorter subject lines optimize open rates, longer optimize click throughs. Don’t agree w this. Brand examples: Geiko, Priceline.
Yet so many marketers drop any commonality they may naturally have with their audience and start speaking in a sales voice, complete with vague terms and outlandish boasts. You're not just a marketer, you're a person. They're not just a prospective customer, they're a person. Find your middle ground and have an open, honest discussion. Speak their language. Shorter subject lines optimize open rates, longer optimize click throughs. Don’t agree w this. Text - readable, deliverable, accurate renderingHTML – better click through, tracking, aestheticsMost campaign programs have multi-part formatting (text + html) sends both at onceReturn path or LitmusApp for serious testing Content must include compelling facts ONLY – no fluff! Justify the need for you and nowClearly highlight calls to actionUse action and immediacy (Register Now, Buy Here, DO THIS!) Reader should be able to identify within 5-10 seconds what the message is telling them to do. Repeat Have a call to action in the beginning, middle and end of your message, and in a sidebar if appropriate.
Source: Marketing Sherpa 2009 Benchmark GuideSegmentation is good for everyone, the recipient gets something specific to them, you get a higher level of engagement and your list can get progressively more detailed based on response.1.Click throughs and open rates can be exponentially higher when segmentation is used properly2. Segmentation keeps you from offending or losing folks who your message doesn’t apply to3. Segmentation gives you better data about how a more qualified group of prospects reacts to your messageTime of open (broad groups 10-1 or 1-3)
Proper thought sequences are synchronized to the decision patterns of the recipient.If you put yourself in your prospect's shoes, you can see that that final desired action should be nothing more than a click. Your customers don't even want to read your emails, much less be sold to in the actual email.Any good conversation is a two-way street. So you can, by unfolding this discussion in a manner they are comfortable with, convince your audience to invest a click in this conversation. Once they've clicked, use your landing page and the rest of your site to actually sell. Content must include compelling facts ONLY – no fluff! Justify the need for you and nowClearly highlight calls to actionUse action and immediacy (Register Now, Buy Here, DO THIS!) Reader should be able to identify within 5-10 seconds what the message is telling them to do. Repeat Have a call to action in the beginning, middle and end of your message, and in a sidebar if appropriate.
People look at the senders name first, then the subject when deciding whether to open. Me: Add in the words that drop emails to the spam box.
Personal Introduction “Hi Wes”Gets to the point IMMEDIATELYWithin seconds you know what this is by glancing either at the sidebar or the first line of text.Personal SignoffPoint out calls to action in the intro, sidebar and conclusion. Buttons are GREAT!
Put the most important information (and call to action!) first.Personal touch generates positive sentiment – people want to feel important and like the idea that they are conversing with a person – not a machine.
Yet so many marketers drop any commonality they may naturally have with their audience and start speaking in a sales voice, complete with vague terms and outlandish boasts. You're not just a marketer, you're a person. They're not just a prospective customer, they're a person. Find your middle ground and have an open, honest discussion. Speak their language. Shorter subject lines optimize open rates, longer optimize click throughs. Don’t agree w this. Text - readable, deliverable, accurate renderingHTML – better click through, tracking, aestheticsMost campaign programs have multi-part formatting (text + html) sends both at onceReturn path or LitmusApp for serious testing Content must include compelling facts ONLY – no fluff! Justify the need for you and nowClearly highlight calls to actionUse action and immediacy (Register Now, Buy Here, DO THIS!) Reader should be able to identify within 5-10 seconds what the message is telling them to do. Repeat Have a call to action in the beginning, middle and end of your message, and in a sidebar if appropriate.
Highlight the MUCH higher clickthrough rate on the more segmented (smaller) sends (DC TT emails for customers were all “from” Phil rather than Semphonic)Correct, that was the strongest example. Most of those are from Gary, although the SJ Think Tank is from June and the Mobile is from Greg. What I would emphasize from this slide is the higher CTR for the smaller sends even more than the personal reply-to name.
Top Circles – Highlight CTR of offering the Fifth Floor Dinner – “Content Rules” – Offer something great and you’re going to get it opened (Personal email from Gary)Middle Circle – Highlight Greg AMA Webcast – first time people on that list received a message from us (him). High prior engagement = high CTR.Bottom Circles – Highlight higher CTR of identical email to different segments (Clients vs Prospects)
Examples of Segments – numbers rise as prospects identify themselves through action.Segments we want to subtract (Staff). Segments which incrementally build. Overall segments. Who can give me a segment?
Emails can be successfully used to business intelligence. Using Pardot allows us to track prospect activities, knowing these activities is particularly valuable if someone contacts or calls you – you can cut the (crap) and get right to the offering that you know that they are interested in.
Emails can be successfully used to business intelligence. Using Pardot allows us to track prospect activities, knowing these activities is particularly valuable if someone contacts or calls you – you can cut the (crap) and get right to the offering that you know that they are interested in.
Yet so many marketers drop any commonality they may naturally have with their audience and start speaking in a sales voice, complete with vague terms and outlandish boasts. You're not just a marketer, you're a person. They're not just a prospective customer, they're a person. Find your middle ground and have an open, honest discussion. Speak their language. Shorter subject lines optimize open rates, longer optimize click throughs. Don’t agree w this. Text - readable, deliverable, accurate renderingHTML – better click through, tracking, aestheticsMost campaign programs have multi-part formatting (text + html) sends both at onceReturn path or LitmusApp for serious testing Content must include compelling facts ONLY – no fluff! Justify the need for you and nowClearly highlight calls to actionUse action and immediacy (Register Now, Buy Here, DO THIS!) Reader should be able to identify within 5-10 seconds what the message is telling them to do. Repeat Have a call to action in the beginning, middle and end of your message, and in a sidebar if appropriate.
Targeting the right audience is key to getting response and protecting your listEven if someone doesn’t act on this specific message they should have a good feeling about your brand after reading your email.
