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Memorial Day Email and SMS Marketing Best Practices

SmartBug Media

You can also use your subject lines to relay that sense of urgency to help increase open rates. According to Pew Research Center, 85 percent of Americans own a smartphone —up from just 35 percent in 2011. Memorial Day Deals Ending Soon" 4. Optimize for mobile.

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Mobile-Optimization Basics for Email

BenchmarkONE

Recent trends show us that mobile open rates are only likely to increase. Since 2011, they’ve grown by more than 100 percent , with pretty consistent growth year after year. And with nearly 1.7 Meet your subscribers where they are. The post Mobile-Optimization Basics for Email appeared first on BenchmarkONE.

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B2B Email Benchmarks: Answers Vary Widely

Customer Experience Matrix

Silverpop is also the only study to give both bounce and unsubscribe rates – the others give one or the other. In general, this study shows substantially lower open rates than other studies, somewhat higher click rates, and higher bounce rates. These vary pretty widely, especially for open rates.

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A Checklist for 2012 Content Marketing Plans

Writing on the Web

I’ve been reviewing my 2011 blog posts, email broadcasts, videos , and taking stock. Here’s a checklist for reviewing your 2011 content marketing results so you can know where to spend your time and energy in 2012: What were your most effective blog posts in terms of numbers of page views? What about you? Happy writing!

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The Danger of Email Marketing Benchmarks « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

Studies from multiple email marketing service providers show different numbers when it comes to delivery rates, bounce rates, open rates, clickthrough rates, and more. Our open rates average 30%. How can we improve open rates? Is this good? United States License.

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How to Devise a Strategic Email Marketing Plan for 2011

Hubspot

2011 is quickly approaching and you need to gain a clear understanding of what your new email marketing plan will look like. How are you going to meet your new goals in 2011? To get us started now, here are some ways to devise a strategic email marketing plan for 2011: Explore Top Challenges. What have you had most trouble with?

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New Chart: Most Effective Email Marketing Objectives for 2011

Hubspot

According to MarketingSherpa’s 2011 Email Marketing Benchmark Report , the most effective email marketing objective is increasing website traffic. To begin with, most business emails are not opened. According to eMarketer, the average open rate for a marketing email is 19.1%. So which objectives are most effective?