2. About Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith, founder of Chapel-Hill based marketing agency
Riithink, is an Ironman, tech entrepreneur and solutions
architect. Patrick received his Bachelor's Degree in computer
science from UNC Wilmington.
Prior to starting Riithink, Patrick led multiple multinational
eCommerce companies. With extensive knowledge in the
digital space, Patrick started Riithink in 2009 and has since
expanded the agency to service small businesses, mid-
markets and mega corporations.
Patrick enjoys cycling and spending time with his wife and
three children.
3. Overview
Riithink will show you:
1) Current trends relative to email marketplace
2) Why you need to focus more of your marketing efforts on email
marketing
3) Email list growth, email design and sending strategies that will
inspire you to get closer to your customers
4) How to retain email customers once you get them
What we’ll learn today
4. Email Marketing Converts More
Email Marketing converts
more online shoppers than
other form of online
marketing
5. Why Email Marketing?
Nearly everyone has an email address
(4.3 billion addresses projected for 2016)
Easy to acquire addresses
Email customers more likely to buy
Perfect for B2B and B2C
Cost-effective marketing - 108
billion promotional/business
emails sent in 2014 for good
reason!
Incredible ROI
Fundamental for customer
retention
Is email right for you?
6. Email Marketing Stats
$44.25
For every $1 spent, this is
the average return on
email marketing
investment. That is
staggering 4,300% ROI.
(Direct Marketing
Association - 2014)
44% 138%
Of email recipients made
at least one purchase
last year based on a
promotional email
(Convince and Convert)
More money is spent by
people who buy
products marketed
through email compared
to those who not receive
email offers
(Convince and Convert)
Statistics
7. Direct Mail vs. Email
Avg. $0.60 per piece
Delivery unknown
Printing, logistics
Avg. $0.006 per piece
Delivery confirmed
Design, send
Which is best for you?
9. Vernacular
● Bounces / bounce rate: # of emails not delivered
● Open rate: number of opens as a% of total sends
● Click through rate: directly correlates to your CTA
● Revenue per email: total $ / # sent
● Subject line: directly correlates to open rate
● Modal or popup: interstitial request to grab visitor email
Soft: mailbox full or not able to receive
Hard: email is not valid
10. General types of emails
● Branding: mission, values, story...
● Thank you: for your order, visit...
● Triggers: order and shipment confirmation, abandon cart, back in stock,
wish-list, anniversary, birthday, welcome series, product views, product
search, segmentation...
● Promotional: 20% off product, product category, site bound, new bound
arrivals, deal of the day
11. Acquire / List growth strategy
In Store
Paper
POS
QR Code
iPad / Tablet
Online
Modal popups
Newsletter forms
Checkout flow
Registration
Social Media
How do I grow my list?
12. Promote / Email design & development
Mobile Friendly / Responsive Design - 48% of emails
are opened on a mobile device
Subject Lines- 10 to 40 characters
Less images / concise text - 80:20 Text to Image Ratio
Clear Call to Action - One CTA per email
Design for clickability, develop for deliverability
Design for success
13. Convert / Sending Strategies
Daily / Weekly / Monthly - What drives traffic and
revenue?
Special Occasions - Birthdays / Anniversaries / Holidays
Welcome series / Drip marketing / Automation
Consistency / think “Campaigns”
Promotional strategy
15. If you are not in your customer’s inbox, chances
are your competition is
Are you a retailer and not doing email marketing?
● you are missing out on revenue
● missing new customers
● building a loyal customer base
● retaining your most loyal customer
16. If you are not in your customer’s inbox, chances
are your competition is
Are you a retailer and not doing email marketing?
● you are missing out on revenue
● missing new customers
● building a loyal customer base
● retaining your most loyal customer
17. Riithink Your Web Strategy
Contact
Phone: (919) 903-9274
Email: hello@riithink.com
Our office
400 W. Rosemary St.
Suite 1004
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Digital Home
www.Riithink.com
@riithink