A quick deck that covers data points around why product launches are so important, how email can be a major marketing lever, and becnhmark data that will guide time of day and day of week by industry
4. When I ran an email marketing
team, we DID!
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Digital River’s marketForce team tripled email revenue in 3 years.
5. How did we do it?
Some tactics included:
Focusing on product launches
Investing in the email program
Targeting our audience
Optimizing sends by industry (time of day, day of
week)
6. Why is the product launch important?
Product launch campaigns tend to
generate 50% or more revenue than
standard campaigns!
Email sales can generate over 40%
of ALL online sales
8. Many companies are investing more
money into their email programs
•39% of companies in the retail/ecommerce space are increasing email budget.
•38% in computer hardware/software space.
Source: Marketing Sherpa, Email Benchmark Guide 2010
9. In fact, email and social marketing
are experiencing the most growth
Source: Marketing Sherpa, Email Benchmark Guide 2010
10. Know your target demographic
Online
Activity
Use Email
Use Search
Engines
Research
Products
Rate a
Product
18-32
33-44
45-54
55-63
64-72
All Online
Adults
73+
94%
93%
90%
91%
79%
79%
91%
90%
93%
90%
89%
85%
70%
89%
84%
84%
82%
79%
73%
60%
81%
37%
35%
29%
30%
25%
16%
32%
•78% of people share something through the internet by emailing a link.
•22% use social media as the primary way of sharing.
Source: Marketing Sherpa, Email Benchmark Guide 2010
11. In a typical year, we sent 750 million
marketing emails
We had a lot of data to analyze!
12. What is the best day of week to send
an email? (1 of 2)
Weekend purchase activity has
increased in the Software segment.
Sunday is by far the best time for
B-to-C in the Internet Security
segment.
13. What is the best day of week to send
an email? (2 of 2)
Gaming continues to sell most on
the weekends.
Mid-week seems to be the best
time for Consumer Electronics.
14. What is the best time of day? (1 of 2)
Software
Best times seem to be the core
business day PST.
Internet Security
Strong spike in the early morning
due to European sales.
15. What is the best time of day? (2 of 2)
Gaming
Stronger sales late night and early
morning than other verticles.
Consumer Electronics
Best times seem to be the core
business day PST.