The Point

OCTOBER 7, 2010

On Focus.com , Adam asks: ““What percentage success rate do people (expect from) direct mail campaigns? We (get) 7% response rate when marketing to existing customers and 2% to new customers.”. A survey invitation generates much higher response rates compared to say, a free trial offer.

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The Point

JANUARY 6, 2011

In the client scenario above, however, even if the email campaign in question were to generate a response rate of say, 4 percent, the two test cells would need to differ by a significant margin (much more than 1 percent) in order to achieve statistical significance. For example: 1,500 names x 4 percent = 60 responses.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Note: the source for this statistic wasn’t quoted, so if someone from Marketo reads this, feel free to provide any source reference in the comments.]. In contrast, for Marketo, the proportion of sales derived from slow leads is an astounding 50 percent.

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The Point

JULY 1, 2010

The ugly truth is this: an open rate is NOT an accurate measure of how many people opened or read an email, neither is it an absolute measure of a subject line’s success. So why are there misconceptions about what an open rate means, and how can it be used as a valid statistic in measuring the success of email campaigns, if at all?

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