making email work in 2014: a guide for marketers and designers
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There's a lot of noise in the ether around what makes for great email design and how to get the best results from email marketing. Things are continually changing and evolving, so keeping pace can be challenging. To help out, we've pulled together our own views on the basics. Here are 12 considerations for how to use and design for email in 2014, based on our experiences with NZ clients and other sources. About the author: Jack Cunningham is head of digital at Twenty NZ. He has worked in the digital industry ever since there was one. He was the co-founder of a UK-based agency and has worked on numerous global brands before emigrating to NZ in 2011. At Twenty he is involved in all aspects of the agency's online output, applying the Science of Persuasion at every stage of the development of our digital comms. When he's not at work he lives and surfs at Muriwai on the wild west coast of Auckland. To contact Jack, email [email protected] or visit www.twenty.co.nzTRANSCRIPT
making email work today. November 2014.
Making email work
today
Making email work today. November 2014.
12 considerations for how to use and
design for email in 2014, based on our experiences
with NZ clients and other sources.
1) subject lines and pre-headerswhat the decision to open or delete an email is based on.
Making email work today. November 2014.
with a 40% open rate, 60% of interactions
with the customer end here.
2) primary messageshould the call to action be above the fold? probably not.
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mobile email can be a hostile environment for
the marketer. aim for 80% of the message
in the first 20% of the email.
3) what makes a good call to actionset the expectation of the action.
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3) what makes a good call to actionsquint and see what’s left.
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3) what makes a good call to actionSome nice examples...
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4) where do users click the most?... and are different types of content clicked more often?
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4) where do users click the most?Some real examples.
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34%24%
1%
9%
18%
5) understanding modes of use
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lean forward vs lean back
A/B tests carried out for our clients have shown that a 7pm, after drive-time send, vs during the working day, can result in both higher device usage and higher click rates. This is consistent with engagement associated with a ‘lean back’ mode of users at that time.
6) How big should it be?
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6) How big should it be?Some actual sizes customers will see the message
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EXAMPLE email client breakdown for two different
new zealand based clients
during 2014
DESKTOP
webmail
devices
?
DESKTOP
webmail
devices
?
7) ios vs androidstill not clear what android devices are actually used for.
Market Share evidence of usage
Smartphone market share in Australia, in August 2014, according to Kantar World Panel.
Device email client usage for New Zealand based customer email, opened by 10,775 customers.
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ios devices are still 80%+
of the device based usage, across all
our clients’ emails
8) fixed vs responsive
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! text is illegible by default in fixed width email, on your phone.
9) designing for responsive! headlines in resonsive mastheads and hero graphics can become smaller than the body text.
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9) designing for responsiveExample emails that respond to the device size without compromising the message.
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Hi Beverly
Hi Beverly
Hi Ben
Hi Ben
10) supporting retina devicestraditional versus retina optimised methods of outputting images for web and email.
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support retina devices and save 20%
file-size, with no downsides
11) making emails easy to scanexamples of the undesirable ragged edge in typography...
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It’s harderto scan content if
your eye has to move left to right as well
as up and down.
11) making emails easy to scan...in navigation
Making email work today. November 2014.
It’s harderto scan content if
your eye has to move left to right as well
as up and down.
Making email work today. November 2014.
11) making emails easy to scan...and in email layout.
It’s harderto scan content if
your eye has to move left to right as well
as up and down.
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12) Rules
Sometimes intuition and a
good idea trumps best practice
13) IN EDITION TWO...
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animation, DYNAMIC CONTENT
TO PERSONALISE EMAIL CONTENT, balancing
relationship and retail multi-device...
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thanks.twenty.co.nz