Keynote: How And When to Use Whatsapp in Email Campaigns
Whatsapp is the killer app on your mobile device for fast communicating with friends, family and small groups. In this presentation, Hessel Boschma, Channel & Email Marketing Manager, at ZIGGO, will reveal when is it appropriate to include Whatsapp in your email campaigns and how can it be done.
PRESENTER
Hessel Boschma, Channel & Email Marketing Manager, Ziggo @bossie_tweet
3. Building Customer-Centric Experiences
Across Devices & Channels
How And When to Use
Whatsapp in Email
Campaigns
Hessel C. Boschma
Digital department, Ziggo
Algarve Portugal, June 2016
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1. Who is this?
2. Profile Ziggo & Liberty Global
3. Overview Ziggo email marketing
4. What’s up with Whatsapp in e-mail?
5. Growth of Whatsapp
6. When to apply Whatsapp
7. Case: How to apply Whatsapp
Content
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Email vs/and Whatsapp
• Email has the volume and the power to push a personalised b2c
message from your company to your customers.
• Whatsapp is the weapon of choice for customers for p2p
communication en closed / small groups
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Why use Whatsapp in email?
• Mobile!
• Fast & easy to use
• Communicate 1-to-1 or to closed group ‘privat’ groups, no
social settings needed
• Platform ‘independent’ tool, not like Facebook Messenger or
Apple iMessenger and don’t need an account in the traditional
way
• It’s for free and ad free (for now)
• No inapp targetting
•- But only to use with mobile device and SIM card and internet
access
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Conclusion
The use of the ‘share via Whatsapp’
functionality in emailcampaigns through
your customers gives us email
marketeers new opportunities of
extending our reach (beyond email) and
growing customer engagement.