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Optimizing Mm In Down Economy Nov08

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The document provides tips for optimizing email marketing campaigns using MagnetMail to improve relevance, reputation, deliverability, and return on investment. It discusses executing on relevancy by understanding recipients and sending relevant content. It recommends improving deliverability by adhering to CAN-SPAM requirements, maintaining a good reputation through consistent sends and low complaint/bounce rates, and properly managing complaints and bounces. The document also suggests testing campaigns to improve performance and ROI.

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Optimizing MagnetMail When ROI Matters the Most By Tom Pines, CEO Real Magnet November 24, 2008 Audio Coordinates: 866-206-0240 Pin: 789736#
In 2009, ad spending will slump, but email is up
Get to the Top of Your Game Todays comments focus on three broad areas: Execute on Relevancy Delivering content recipients want to receive. Reputation / Improved Deliverability Key measures you can take to improve your reputation and deliverability. Campaign Testing Available tools to improve campaign performance and ROI.
Give recipients valuable, relevant content. Greater Relevance = increased opens, click-throughs and ROI. Inverse also true: unwanted content undermines brand and deliverability. Two pillars of a successful relevancy program: Understanding the wants of your recipients Development and delivery of relevant content Relevancy
Goal: Send to highly targeted lists. The more targeted, the higher the open and click-through rates. Best Practice: make your customer management database system (or CRM) the central repository for customer data points. SalesForce, Avectra, NetSuites, iMIS, TMA Resources Relevancy - Segmentation
Relevancy - Segmentation Leverage what you have: Gather customer data from in-house resources. Analyze MagnetMail tracking Take pro-active measures: Conduct a survey: ask recipients what they want Always provide them with a means to express their preference host subscription management Page
Relevancy - Develop / Deliver Relevant Content Content is King - requires interesting subject matter that is well-written for email. Relevancy is a branding campaign. Goal: Your messages = trusted, value content Dont inundate senders! Shot-gun approach undermines relevancy and brand.
Relevancy Dynamic Content facilitates delivery of relevant content. Dynamic Content= customized content based on demographic and / or preference data of recipients.
Improved Deliverability Relevancy is useless unless accompanied by high delivery rates. Every message not delivered is an opportunity lost. Make distinction between requirements of CAN-SPAM and requirements for good email reputation. Adhering to CAN-SPAM only could hurt your reputation and delivery rates.
Improved Deliverability Good Reputation = Consistent sending + Low complaint rate + Low bounce rate
Improved Deliverability Managing Complaints Recipients who do not want to receive your messages can complain by: Forwarding unwanted message to ISP, anti-spam watch dog group (e.g. SPAMHAUS). Report as SPAM option on free email system, such as Gmail, MSN, Comcast, etc.
Improved Deliverability Managing Complaints Access Spam Complaint Report: Tools > View Spam Complaints
Be aggressive about reducing complaints: When renting lists, perform proper due diligence - dont use lists that are non-permission-based Execute on relevancy Always provide means for recipients to express preferences Honoring recipients unsubscribe requests Meticulous management of suppression lists Improved Deliverability Managing Complaints
Your reputation and deliverability will suffer if you fail to properly manage bounces. MagnetMail categorizes bounces into 6 different types: Improved Deliverability Bounce Management
Improved Deliverability Managing Bounces Six bounce types in MagnetMail
Be cautious about purging soft bounces. MagnetMail re-tries bounces: 4-6 times in the hours after message is sent One more time in the middle of the night User-unknown bounces are damaging to your reputation and delivery rates. MagnetMail automatically suppresses user-unknown addresses after 2 bounces in 30 days. Improved Deliverability Managing Bounces
Use MagnetMails Campaign Tool to create customized suppression rules if the MagnetMail default rule is too liberal. Considering removing bad domains bounces once concluded they are fatally-flawed. Improves tracking reports and ROI calculation Saves costs of sending to bad addresses Improved Deliverability Managing Bounces
Thank you for joining! Getting the Most From MagnetMail When RIO Matters Most Questions? Comments? Contact 301-652-4025 or email tpines@realmagnet.com

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Optimizing Mm In Down Economy Nov08

  • 1. Optimizing MagnetMail When ROI Matters the Most By Tom Pines, CEO Real Magnet November 24, 2008 Audio Coordinates: 866-206-0240 Pin: 789736#
  • 2. In 2009, ad spending will slump, but email is up
  • 3. Get to the Top of Your Game Todays comments focus on three broad areas: Execute on Relevancy Delivering content recipients want to receive. Reputation / Improved Deliverability Key measures you can take to improve your reputation and deliverability. Campaign Testing Available tools to improve campaign performance and ROI.
  • 4. Give recipients valuable, relevant content. Greater Relevance = increased opens, click-throughs and ROI. Inverse also true: unwanted content undermines brand and deliverability. Two pillars of a successful relevancy program: Understanding the wants of your recipients Development and delivery of relevant content Relevancy
  • 5. Goal: Send to highly targeted lists. The more targeted, the higher the open and click-through rates. Best Practice: make your customer management database system (or CRM) the central repository for customer data points. SalesForce, Avectra, NetSuites, iMIS, TMA Resources Relevancy - Segmentation
  • 6. Relevancy - Segmentation Leverage what you have: Gather customer data from in-house resources. Analyze MagnetMail tracking Take pro-active measures: Conduct a survey: ask recipients what they want Always provide them with a means to express their preference host subscription management Page
  • 7. Relevancy - Develop / Deliver Relevant Content Content is King - requires interesting subject matter that is well-written for email. Relevancy is a branding campaign. Goal: Your messages = trusted, value content Dont inundate senders! Shot-gun approach undermines relevancy and brand.
  • 8. Relevancy Dynamic Content facilitates delivery of relevant content. Dynamic Content= customized content based on demographic and / or preference data of recipients.
  • 9. Improved Deliverability Relevancy is useless unless accompanied by high delivery rates. Every message not delivered is an opportunity lost. Make distinction between requirements of CAN-SPAM and requirements for good email reputation. Adhering to CAN-SPAM only could hurt your reputation and delivery rates.
  • 10. Improved Deliverability Good Reputation = Consistent sending + Low complaint rate + Low bounce rate
  • 11. Improved Deliverability Managing Complaints Recipients who do not want to receive your messages can complain by: Forwarding unwanted message to ISP, anti-spam watch dog group (e.g. SPAMHAUS). Report as SPAM option on free email system, such as Gmail, MSN, Comcast, etc.
  • 12. Improved Deliverability Managing Complaints Access Spam Complaint Report: Tools > View Spam Complaints
  • 13. Be aggressive about reducing complaints: When renting lists, perform proper due diligence - dont use lists that are non-permission-based Execute on relevancy Always provide means for recipients to express preferences Honoring recipients unsubscribe requests Meticulous management of suppression lists Improved Deliverability Managing Complaints
  • 14. Your reputation and deliverability will suffer if you fail to properly manage bounces. MagnetMail categorizes bounces into 6 different types: Improved Deliverability Bounce Management
  • 15. Improved Deliverability Managing Bounces Six bounce types in MagnetMail
  • 16. Be cautious about purging soft bounces. MagnetMail re-tries bounces: 4-6 times in the hours after message is sent One more time in the middle of the night User-unknown bounces are damaging to your reputation and delivery rates. MagnetMail automatically suppresses user-unknown addresses after 2 bounces in 30 days. Improved Deliverability Managing Bounces
  • 17. Use MagnetMails Campaign Tool to create customized suppression rules if the MagnetMail default rule is too liberal. Considering removing bad domains bounces once concluded they are fatally-flawed. Improves tracking reports and ROI calculation Saves costs of sending to bad addresses Improved Deliverability Managing Bounces
  • 18. Thank you for joining! Getting the Most From MagnetMail When RIO Matters Most Questions? Comments? Contact 301-652-4025 or email tpines@realmagnet.com