Don’t Panic
Online marketers feeling the pressure to maintain sales in these straightening times may be tempted to start sending out more emails than usual to their customer base. This is no bad thing, so long as the messages are right. However industry figures show that while volumes are increasing and delivery rates are constant, the open rate and click through rate are declining which suggests the messages lack impact.
So the question becomes not so much how many emails to send but how good to make the offer. In the restaurant market, the days when the offer of free bottle of wine would significantly increase bookings are over. Email offers need to be compelling and differentiated enough to make them worthwhile. We recently ran a campaign for Slug & Lettuce to win a holiday in New York that led to a big increase in bookings, whilst for Novus Leisure a campaign that offered Champagne at half-price let to them selling the majority of their annual quota of Dom Perignon during September alone.
When the email offer is good, the promotion significantly unique then customers will take action. If you make it easy enough to take the action then it will go viral. A lot of people remember the Thresher offer from last year, so long as you have control of the parameters and are prepared for the offer to go wild, the results can be spectacular.
Relevant websites: http://www.latenightlondon.co.uk, http://www.slugandlettuce.co.uk
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