How Marketers Plan to Improve Email’s ROI in 2015

December 9, 2014

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Analytics, Automated & MarTech | Data-driven | Digital | Email | Mobile Phone | Return on Investment | Tablet

RelevancyGroup-Top-Priorities-Improving-Email-ROI-in-2015-Dec2014Email is already considered the most effective digital marketing tactic, but that doesn’t mean it can’t improve. Indeed, recent research has demonstrated that some negative attitudes to email marketing persist, and a new Liveclicker-sponsored study [download page] from The Relevancy Group indicates that while mobile email adoption is high, significant proportions of consumers complain of overload and irrelevance. With that in mind, it’s worth looking at marketers’ top priorities for improving email’s ROI.

According to the study, which was based on a survey of 174 mid-market and 174 enterprise marketers, the top priority going into 2015 is the greater use of analytics in order to optimize communications. With improved segmentation and targeting the second priority among marketers, the topic of relevance is clearly at the forefront. Certainly a focus on relevance might be expected from a study conducted by The Relevancy Group, but this has been an oft-discussed topic for email marketers throughout this year.

As the analysts note, improving relevance is difficult without effective use of data and coordination across channels. Not surprisingly, then, centralizing customer data and utilization of real-time data emerge as other top-5 priorities for both enterprise and mid-market respondents.

Currently, some email tactics that can boost relevance are more in use than others: while 37% of enterprise respondents regularly change offer content at the time of open based on a subscriber’s location, only about half as many (18%) change offer content based on the weather. Dynamic content is another area of focus for marketers, with roughly 3 in 10 saying they’ll increase the relevance of their direct communications – and provide a lift to ROI – by using dynamic content.

For more on email best practices, see MarketingCharts’ Debrief, Why Consumers Open Brand Emails, which examines the influence of discounts, timing, and previews, among others.

About the Data: The study is based on 2 surveys. One was fielded among 1,011 US consumers, and the other among 274 marketers.

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