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Email Marketing: The Opportunity You Can't Afford to Miss CORINA OLINGER, EMAIL MARKETING STRATEGIST

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Email Marketing: The Opportunity You Can't

Afford to Miss

CORINA OLINGER, EMAIL MARKETING STRATEGIST

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About Geonetric

• Sophisticated CMS, VitalSite, designed for healthcare

• Responsively-designed websites and intranets

• Effective, cross-channel marketing campaigns

• Content development and strategy

www.geonetric.com

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Geonetric Clients

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Webinar Information• Webinar lasts one hour• Enter questions at any time• Recording will be posted in our webinar archive

within 48 hours • Please take the post-webinar survey which will

appear at the conclusion of the webinar• Follow along on Twitter using the #Geonetric

hashtag

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Email Checklist

Don’t send another email without using our Email Checklist!

Use this helpful resource to ensure you apply the tips and techniques from this webinar to all your email campaigns.

Request a copy in the post-webinar survey!

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Email ReviewRequest a free marketing email

review! From pre-headers to cadence considerations, there’s a lot you need to get right to get the most out of your email marketing campaigns. Why not try a free Email review from an expert?

Sign up for a free assessment in the post-webinar survey!

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Today’s Presenter

Corina OlingerEmail Marketing StrategistGeonetric

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Email Marketing: The Opportunity You Can't

Afford to Miss

CORINA OLINGER, EMAIL MARKETING STRATEGIST

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Web Is The Hub; Email Is The Most Successful Tool

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Rumors Of Email’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

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91% of Consumers Use Email At Least Daily

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We Use Email 6 hrs/day (30+ hrs/week)

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9 of 10 People Check Personal Email At Work And

Work Email From Home

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122,500,453,020 Emails Are Sent Every Hour

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Do you like to receive emails?

Yes Weekly More often

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Did you buy from an email?

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Email Marketing Return On Investment $44.25 For Every

$1 Spent

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ROI Isn’t Only Monetary• Return on impressions: Your brand receives

market exposure from the emails.• Return on opportunity: The indirect marketing

potential in creating downstream revenue.• Return on engagement: You can analyze how and

when people are engaging with your brand and content.

• Most importantly, it can mean measuring your brand’s performance in terms of building and maintaining relationships.

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14 Best Practices for Email

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#1 Always Be Collecting Opt-in Email Addresses

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Collect EmailsMake subscribing to your list easy.• On your website• Cross promote in your emails (in your general

newsletter you could add a sign up to a more specific topic like “Diabetes news”)• In your email signature – add a sign up for your

newsletter• On Social – add a sign up button as part of your

Facebook navigation• Collect emails offline in your office or at your

events.

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#2 Segment Your List

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Use your content to guide you when narrowing your audience.

• Opens / non-openers• Birthday• Last date visited• Interests – healthy living tips, diabetes, training tips• Service lines – for example Sports Medicine, Oncology,

Birthcare• Gender• Zip codes• Past attendees to classes (by class topic)

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Examples of segmented emails

• Announcing a new OB/GYN physician to your practice - segment your list to mail only to females.

• Upcoming diabetes class announcement to the subscribers who asked for diabetes news.

• Birthday cards to customers a week before their birthday – to remind them of relevant health check ups – segmented by month, age and gender.

• Invitation to join you at the new clinic open house by segmenting by zip codes in that neighborhood.

• Parenting tips sent out on the month of the child’s birthday – giving them child age appropriate tips.

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#3 Create Engaging Subject Lines

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Engaging Subject LinesSimple and honest description of what is inside and why you should open

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Personalize Your Subject Line

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Keep It ShortThis is what 50 characters look like - very short.

This is what 32 characters look

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Test, Test, TestA/B test your subject lines• Test two separate subject lines using the same

content/email

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Write Good Subject Lines• Promotion

– 20% off on women’s tees• Curiosity / offer

– My Gift to you…• In the form of a question– Who’s the worse person in your office?

• Negative statement – 7 Reasons why you shouldn’t test your

subject lines• Descriptive of what is in the newsletter – Got the summer blues? | See Miracles in

Motion | Fall class schedule

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Not So Good Subject Lines• 3-Part Follow up Series• Week 51 of 52 Weekly Tips• eNewsletter September 2015

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#4 Always Use APre-header

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Pre-header is a prescreening tool

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ExampleSubject:That was fast

Pre-header copy:It’s time to return your frames.

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Don’t Waste The Pre-header

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#5 Create a ClearCall-to-Action

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Make it Easy to Take Action

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Test Different Calls-to-Action• Test the copy– Try “Learn now” vs. “Buy now”– Try text links in a different font vs. a button

• Test the placement of the CTA button• Test the color of button– Use corporate colors– Red denotes urgency/green relates to money

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#6 Write Scannable Copy

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Easy to read

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#7 Show Off Your Brand

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#8 Design Responsive Emails

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#9 Track Your Links

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#10 Include Social Sharing Icons

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Be social - everywhere

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#11 Don’t Forget Company Name & Unsubscribe

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Business Name & Address

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Make the Unsubscribe Accessible

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#12 Test Your Email

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Test and Test Again Spellcheck and proof all of the content

(both HTML and text versions) Does all the dynamic or personalized content pull

into the email correctly? [%%first_name%%, %%email%%, etc.]

Do all the links resolve to where they should? Do the links have analytics tracking parameters?

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How Does Your Email Look?

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#13 Best Time to Mail

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How can I determine the best time to mail?

According to Constant Contact – Monday morning at 6:00 a.m. is ideal for Health services

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How can I determine the best time to mail?

• Review trends – both overall industry and within your organization– Take a look at the Opens reports for your past emails

and see if you notice any patterns.• A/B Test time and day you mail to see what works

for you

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#14 Always Analyze

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What metrics should you track?

•Opens• Clicks• Conversions •Unsubscribes•Hard Bounces• Soft Bounces

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How do you track these metrics?

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Healthcare Industry Averages

Source: 2015 Email Marketing Metrics Benchmark Study by Silverpop

23.4% 17.4

%

Open Rate

2.0% 1.4%

Click-Through Rate

Click-To-Open Rate10.1

%9.4%

Hospitals, Healthcare & Biotech

Overall Hospitals, Healthcare & Biotech

Overall

Hospitals, Healthcare & Biotech

Overall

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Web Is The Hub; Email Is The Most Successful Tool

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Email Workshop

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Abington-Jefferson Health• Good information• Social icons • Branding

• Pre-header overload• Header link• Non-responsive • Tighten design

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Altru Health System• Relevant content• Banner height • Scannable layout

• Branding – no logo• Header link• Subject • Tracking codes

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Billings Clinic• Relevant content• Billings specific

plus topic area info

• Branding

• Award banner – move to Header graphic

• Non-responsive• Pre-header

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Cape Code Healthcare• Great visuals• Scannable copy• Branding• Descriptive Subject

• Acronyms• Add Social Icons• Non-responsive• CTA text color

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Cone Health• Logo prominent• Tracking links• Social Icons• Scannable content

• Intro paragraph• Header • Non-Responsive• Subject

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Mercy Medical Center• Branding• Subject• Social Icons• Good content

• Header – no link• Content order• Spacing• Non-Responsive

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Milford Regional Medical Center

• Branding • Links to Site• Patient Story• Lecture Series

• Content heavy• Non-responsive• Social Icons• Grand Opening

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Questions?

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Thank You