5. Before 1994: the ”Prehistory”
The first e-mail was sent
between these two computers
1971
The word SPAM comes from
the iconic Monty Python sketch
1978
1993
“QWERTYUIOP"
You can still access the world’s
first website ever
1991
The first banner ad was run on
HotWired.com
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7. E-mail marketing era 2003
From there, things evolved a lot
1994
E-commerce
1995
Today
20102000 20011999
Responsive designSpam FiltersA/B Testing1st Email
campaigners
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8. But will it go on in the future?
Or have we reached the limits of Email Marketing?
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10. - Not expensive
- Highly personalizable
- Not perceived as intrusive
Needed Features
More expensive
Intrusive
Plain text
Volatile
Not enough
personalizable
Intrusive
Email vs…
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The story of E-mail:
First email 1971
First spam 1978
Start of the www in 1991
First banner 1993
Start of E-commerce (Ebay 1995)
In 1994 email marketing era begins:
1996 – HoTMail, one of the first free Web-based email services is launched
1997 – Yahoo! introduces Yahoo!Mail
1999 – First marketing automation vendors become present online
2000 - Google engineers run their first A/B test, Selligent is founded
2001 - MailChimp and ExactTarget are founded
2003 - Spam filter: Microsoft Outlook 2003 includes junk-mail and anti-phishing filters
2010 – The term Responsive Design is used for the first time