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Top of the morning, folks. Todayâs feature lays out 19 marketing statistics that affect email marketers. Iâll lay them out along with action tips based on these facts.
Read the feature⌠itâll be a nice break from back-to-school shopping for you parentsâ my advice is get a payday loan or second mortgageđ°.
Email Statistics Outlook for 2023 and Beyond
- Automated emails generate 320% more revenue than non-automated emails (LinkedIn)
This doesnât even tally the money saved via time savings.
- 23% of consumers who open an email on a phone will open that email again later, often on desktop (Backlinko)
Optimize for mobile but also give reasons to reopen the email.
- Sending 3 abandoned cart emails results in 69% more orders than just one email (Onminsend)
Writing 3 short automated emails is not a big ask, especially considering the upside.
- B2C email campaigns experience 8% more unique opens than B2B (Emfluence)
If youâre B2B, subscribe to B2C brands to learn why they get more opens.
- Marketersâ most favored email category is newsletters, welcome emails #2 (Litmus)
Even microscopic businesses can utilize a newsletter (12 sends per year, easy) but without a welcome email, results diminish.
- Email marketing revenue is projected to hit $10.89 billion by end of 2023 (Statista)
Inboxes are packed with marketing messages but the pie and payoff keep growing.
Email Campaigns that Flop
Email canât overcome all issuesâŚ
â7) Almost half of sellers say their biggest data challenge is incomplete data (LinkedIn)
This can cause:
- Faulty list segmentation
- Irrelevant offers (which subscribers despise)
- Useless email addresses (typos, for example)
AlsoâŚ
8) 76% of top performers say they âalwaysâ perform research before prospect outreach versus 47% for other sellers (LinkedIn)
Cold emails work but not without pre-work.Â
9) 43% of Cyber Monday sales come from mobile devices (Adobe)
Adding SMS marketing to an email strategy is smart, if only for the top shopping days.
Email Statistics Outlook Shows Opportunities for Marketers
10) 24% of retail purchases are expected to take place online by 2026. (Statista)
âThousands of old-school businesses will soon go under because they refuse to evolve. Thatâs not your problem, thatâs your opportunity.
11) China is the largest e-commerce market globally, generating almost 50% of the worldâs transactions (International Trade Administration)
12) 89% of buyers say they are more likely to consider a brand if a seller changes the buyerâs way of thinking (LinkedIn)
Email provides a gateway for this. An email subscription lays the groundwork for sales.
Email Level of Difficulty Versus SEO
13) Only .63% (point .63%đ¤Ż) of searchers clicked links on Googleâs second page (Backlinko)
14) Organic CTR for positions 8-10 is virtually the same (Backlinko)
15) Longer keywords tend to have a higher CTR: keywords 10 to 15 words in length get 1.76x more clicks than single-word terms (Backlinko)
Google domination is nearly impossible for small organizations. Even if you make it to the top 3 spots, what misery to get unseated after two or three years of super-hard SEO work!
SEO is awfully complex and stressful too, leading to tons of weed and whiskey purchases by marketers.
Email marketing is simpler, more controllable, and less volatile.
Tweaks to Evolve Email Strategies
Times are changing though so email strategies have to adjust.
16) 73% of people like to learn about products or services through short-form videos. 11% prefer text-based articles. 4% prefer infographics. 3% an ebook/manual. And 3% prefer webinars. (Wyzowl)
Video is not the death of email or the written word. Just another opportunity. If it takes a short video to get a sale, then test linking videos inside email campaigns. At minimum, use GIFs to attract and keep a subscriberâs attention and propel more clicks.
17) Conducting A/B testing for landing page designs can increase conversions by 12% (Blogging Wizard)
Many businesses never succeed or completely fail. Smallish improvements of 12% get brands unstuck.
18) A 1-star increase in Yelp rating results in a 5-9% revenue increase (Harvard Business School)
An older study but⌠9% boost in revenue! If you have an email list, you have the power to improve reviews fast. Simply ask your most loyal readers to write a review.
19) 87% of consumers wonât use a business with less than a 3-star rating (BrightLocal)
I looked at a dental website yesterday with a Yelp link on their homepage. Their rating? 2.8 stars. Yikes! Who is leaving that link on there! But, again, how many happy patients could easily be emailed and asked to leave a 5-star review?
Bottom Line on Email
Email can fix a ton of business problems.
And itâs still effective no matter what marketing trends pop up because itâs:
- Adaptable
- Personal
- And the most cost-effective form of marketing
Many stats above compiled via OptinMonster
Scroll below for Shopify Forms, typo uh-ohs, & a keyword shocker.
Imagine how manyâŚ
âŚof your emails NEVER get opened.
Could be as high as 8 out of 10.
Pretty demoralizing.
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Users of this new technology are seeing 50% – 70% open rates consistently.
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Knowledge Base
đ§ Knowledge is power but first, kids test coffee
Fixing your ChatGPT prompt problems
đĽHot copywriting niches (add different SEO angles to seemingly unrelated topics)
See if youâre doing keyword clustering right
đąDrip ranks the top 8 Shopify Forms
The nasty problem of email address typos (worse than you think)
Following Inbox Mailers on LinkedIn yet?
Self Help
For all of Big Brotherâs meddling, Uncle Sam sure turns a blind eye to ultra-processed foods.
Canât imagine whyâŚ
Yeah I canâ lobbyists and corruption.
Governments could care less about protecting your belly or brain or heart orâŚ
Itâs on us to pick an apple versus a sack of Doritos that are as addictive as coke or Coke.
(Dear Doritos lobbyists, I can be bought for a sack full of cash or Cool Ranch)
*Shout-out to Inbox Hackers:
đ˘Hilmar at Wood (energy)
đŁTara at CIT (technology solutions)
Facts and Stats
- Customers buying via email marketing campaigns spend 138% more than consumers who donât receive email offers (Startup Bonsai)
- 93% of marketers say gamification and interactive content are effective for educating their buyers (Marketing Profs)
- Made for Advertising (low-quality) websites comprised a startling 21% of impressions & 15% of online ad spend (ANA Report)
Bonus: Nearly 95% of keywords get only 10 monthly searches or less. Marketing Insider Group
Great Subject Lines Wonât Cut It
It takes more than a catchy, crafty, and clicktastic subject line to keep open rates high over the long haul.
Other mailers in your niche may be overlooking an advantage though.
So check out Inbox Mailers.
This patent-pending platform provides inbox listening that triggers perfectly-timed emailsâââ when your subscribers are opening other emails!
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Get Hacking
Maximize click rates with graphics on your upcoming email send.
GetResponse reports emails with graphics have a 1.12% higher click-through rate than emails without images.
Plus, Brain Rules foundâ people hearing a message are most likely able to remember 10% of the information 3 days later. The same message coupled with a graphic, people remember 65% of the information 3 days later.
Email graphics produce. So they deserve more attention. (Color psychology can help)
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