Email Marketing RulesWhy Preview Testing Every Email You Send Increases Your ROI
Email design is a moving target. Whether marketers like it or not, it’s impossible for them to create a single email design, because the rendering of any individual email changes depending on the email client used to view it, the screen size used to view it, and many other factors. By our…
Our Favorite Litmus Reports of 2018
Litmus published five reports and six whitepapers during 2018, covering a wide range of email marketing topics from analytics to email service providers and interactive emails to email’s return on investment. The reports and whitepapers we released during 2018 include: 2018 State of Email Analytics 2018 State of Email Service Providers 2018…
Webinar Recording + Q&A: Key Insights from a Year of State of Email Research
If you didn’t have time to read all of the hundreds of pages worth of reports and research insights that came out of our 2018 State of Email Survey, you’re in luck: We’ve condensed the key stats, trends, and takeaways from all our research into a single webinar. In this webinar, I…
3 Reasons Brands’ Email Marketing KPIs Are Overly Focused on Engagement
Email success looks different to different kinds of companies because they don’t all have the same business models and goals. This was made clear when we asked nearly 400 marketers what their email marketing key performance indicators are. The vast majority indicated that clicks and opens are key. Half said conversions are….
Total Retail: Email Marketing’s ROI – Three Insights for Retailers
Email remains one of the most effective marketing channels, generating a 38-to-1 return on investment across all industries, according to Litmus’ Email Marketing ROI: The Factors That Lead to Better Returns whitepaper. Companies in the retail and consumer goods and services industries generate email marketing ROIs nearly as high, getting 37 times…
Report: 2018 State of Email Analytics
Brands use analytics to listen to what their subscribers and inbox providers are telling them. Without analytics, brands are deaf to both their cheers of happiness and their shouts of frustration. Based on our State of Email Survey of 3,000 marketers, our first-ever State of Email Analytics report takes a detailed look…
Email Interactivity: Opportunities and Challenges
Enthusiasm for email interactivity is at an all-time high. Marketers told Litmus that creating interactive email experiences was going to be the biggest design trend of 2018, and that’s a year after marketers declared that 2017 is the year of interactive email. Marketers are right to be excited. Allowing subscribers to click…
The Financial Brand: 6 Strategic Trends Reshaping the Future of Email Marketing in Banking
Email remains the workhorse of digital marketing. But how do companies in the banking industry create email campaigns that increase conversions, drive more traffic to your website, and generate more sales? In this post, Bill Streeter, Editor at The Financial Brand, discusses six big email marketing trends, sharing insights from several email…
The Good News and the Bad News about Email Marketing’s ROI
Email marketing’s return on investment is 38:1 on average, according to a Litmus survey of 372 marketers worldwide. That’s both good news and bad news… [Tweet this] The good news is… That’s a ringing endorsement of email’s acceptance among consumers, its targeting and personalization capabilities, and its business utility. By most measures,…
Holistic Email Metrics Matrix Helps You See the Whole Picture
Email analytics are powerful… and also dangerous. Used correctly, analytics can inform both wise strategic decisions and smart tactical improvements. Used incorrectly, analytics give you complete confidence to make bad decisions. Unfortunately, there are lots of ways to reach the wrong conclusions with analytics, including: Being overly focused on campaign metrics like…
Welcome! Email Marketing Rules is your guide to understanding the best practices of this complex, often misunderstood channel as you craft the best executions for your brand. Every week, we’ll explore strategies and tactics, discuss tips and inspiration, and dig into industry news and trends.
Chad S. White
Head of Research
Oracle Digital Experience Agency
Author of Email Marketing Rules and nearly 4,000 articles about digital and email marketing
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