30-second summary : Email marketing conversions continue to climb : Email marketing’s performance continues to strengthen. In Q3 2020 alone, the conversion rate for promotional emails increased by 169% year-over-year. The metrics for automated emails are even more impressive. Marketing automation is a must for ecommerce brands : Email marketing automation drove 32% of email conversions while accounting for less than 2% of total email sends. Brands wanting to increase revenue should look to automate revenue-driving messages. SMS marketing is accelerating quickly : In Q3, there was a 237% lift in SMS messages sent over the same period in 2019, accompanied by a significant increase in both click and conversion rates. Expect SMS to increase in usage even more during the holiday shopping season. Push message marketing : While still in the early stages, push message marketing is showing signs of increased adoption by online stores. Year-over-year, we saw a …

A question: Do you know anyone who doesn’t have an email? Highly unlikely, right? After all, it’s mandatory to get an email address for all kinds of things – from opening a bank account to signing up for social media platforms to booking flights online. And that’s not it! Nearly 3.93 billion users have email addresses, out of which the clients you’re trying to target or retain already have active email addresses. What makes it even better is that most people don’t mind signing up for a product/service demo or a lead magnet in exchange for their email addresses. In short, you get a direct connection to your lead, where you can leverage your offerings and boost your chances of landing a sale. Let’s take a look at some email stats while we’re at it: Nearly 99% of consumers check their emails daily. 73% of millennials prefer receiving business communication …

30-second summary: Healthcare and educational institutes win consumer trust while media and government struggle March saw push notifications reach their highest direct open rates and 32% of website visits were through these mobile app push notifications Mobile remains the best way to engage people with push notifications DemandLab’s recent ‘Martech stack optimization survey’ reveals that 53% of marketing leaders have no plan in place for their martech stacks Deals have shown a positive graph, Australia and Germany are opening up their economies due to some relief from the COVID-19 hit Conviva study segments streaming behavior across regions and devices – TV, PC, live streaming, and video on demand Standard ads vs COVID-19 based ads, what performed better? More on what CMOs’ immediate budget actions should be Information is power and mental health is key. In light of current events, we took the onus to save you the effort and have …

30-second summary: Board members, C-level, and Director+ level executives from retail and ecommerce, technology, media and publishing, and other businesses participated in our ClickZ and Search Engine Watch: Benchmark survey 2020 29.3% marketing leaders thought their current marketing technology stack is average in terms of achieving their marketing goals 46.3% said their marketing budgets are staying the same, while 28.4% said their marketing budgets are increasing Marketing leaders are planning to increase their marketing technology spends The top six technology marketers want to evaluate and invest in were – Search and social advertising, ecommerce marketing tools, experience building and management Lots more to discover in a quick snapshot We picked the brains of Director+ level executives to bring you juicy data insights on martech spending budgets, the technology they are keen on buying with a further detailed drill-down of each segment. More observations from the industry’s biggest acquisitions in the …

What you will read in this post: Understand holiday season traffic trends Optimize for strong SEO and PPC keywords Analyzing keyword-driven traffic for seasonal marketing Which sites won the most keyword traffic? Black Friday marketing: November 2019 Christmas marketing strategy: December 2019 Build strong display and referral partnerships Analyze historic conversion data The biggest display and referral sites (and the brands winning traffic) Black Friday marketing strategy: November 2019 Christmas marketing: December 2019 Already imagining the taste of the delicious holiday meals and the laughter of your kids when the entire family comes together? Sorry, we know you’re a marketer; you don’t have time for that. You’re busy worrying whether you have everything you need so your marketing strategy can ensure the biggest possible chunk of holiday traffic and generate maximum sales. This post investigates seasonal marketing statistics of the past few years and provides some eye-opening insights from SimilarWeb’s …

30-second summary: Consumers are becoming more conscious of how they shop, with an increased focus on small, minority-owned, women-owned, and Black-owned businesses. Shopping this year has more sentimental value as shoppers look for a morale boost. Nearly, half, (43%) of consumers used shopping as a means to cheer up family and friends. Mastercard predicted that 77% of Americans will choose to shop local while 75% of consumers intend to prefer shopping from businesses that share their personal values. Email and content marketing have stood as pillars for brands through 2020, these will be a make or break factor for businesses to succeed in 2021. Email marketing has an average ROI that is 4X higher than any other channel with APAC getting the highest open rates and EMEA winning the highest CTR. The top seven industries in terms of open rates and CTR revealed. Top priorities businesses must-have for email marketing …

Inbox placement rates have declined in the US, with an average of 82% of promotional emails from US senders reaching the inbox in the fourth quarter of 2019, down from 85% during the same quarter of 2018. This is according to Validity’s latest annual Email Deliverability Benchmark report [download page], which looks at deliverability across… Read More » The post Almost 1 in 5 Emails from US Senders Failed to Reach the Inbox Last Year appeared first on Marketing Charts .

30-second summary: Marketing technology spend has risen from the March slump towards the early phase of June A seven-day rolling of the statistics showed that 41% are increasing their marketing technology spend budgets Our benchmark survey revealed that 62% of marketers are confident about achieving their goals Search & Social Advertising, Ecommerce marketing, SEO, and Mobile & Web Analytics stand strong as marketers’ favorite technologies across April, May, and early June The chariot is only as fast as the slowest horse, so how will marketers achieve their goals? The world has moved from lockdown to an unlock phase into the new normal, and as that happens here’s a quick look at the progressions of the marketing mix. Current marketing technology stacks haven’t won confidence The chariot is only as fast as the slowest horse, so how will marketers achieve their goals? Our benchmark survey revealed that 62% of marketers are …

30-second summary: Email marketing is the most dependable and measurable channel for digital marketing. Also, 50% percent of consumers prefer to be contacted by a brand over email. An average consumer sees more than 5000 ads and marketing messages in a single day. The biggest challenge for marketers is to penetrate through this noise in order to get their message heard. The email production process requires marketers to juggle with multiple tools and spend approximately 2 weeks or longer to produce a single email, not to mention the complicated and lengthy collaboration and review processes. Even when these emails are able to go through the spam fiasco, over 70 percent of marketers say they can’t measure the ROI. Litmus is committed to helping its customers successfully hustle through the above hurdles with its industry-leading email workflow and collaboration solution. Successful email marketing campaigns are a hard nut to crack. At …

Mother’s Day spending is expected to hit a new record of $26.7 billion this year, per the NRF in a new forecast, representing a 7% increase from last year’s $25 billion. A full 86% of US adults plan to celebrate Mother’s Day, which is up from 84% in 2019 and equal to the percentage who… Read More » The post Mother’s Day Spending to Near $27 Billion This Year, Reach New Peak appeared first on Marketing Charts .