When someone subscribes to your emails, where does the relationship go from there? Lifecycle email marketing takes you from disengaged subscribers and tired emails to vibrant, creative campaigns and readers who love you.
During this webinar, Lindsey Paolucci, marketing manager at True Citrus (a WhatCounts client), and Sean McGarry, strategic account manager at WhatCounts, will walk you through best practices and examples of:
A re-engagement campaign series
A subscriber anniversary campaign series
Marrying email and social media
Get ideas for your own lifecycle email marketing!
4. Winback
Acquire
Convert
Grow
Retain
• On average, Lifecycle emails have at least 60% higher click rates as compared to traditional batch-
n-blast emails.
• The volume of emails sent is lower, but the revenue per email (RPE) is 4-5X higher.
LIFECYCLE MARKETING
Goal is to move customers up the “value” chain…
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7. ACQUIRE: EMAIL SIGN-UP
Create a “natural” flow from your website to your email campaigns.
Links to social media
pages are a primary
part of the
homepage.
Email signup
form is
accessible.
Reflects your brand
through color,
scheme, font, tone,
and images.
Sign up right now at http://www.truelemon.com/ 8
8. ACQUIRE: EMAIL SIGN-UP
Offer a clear path forward to subscribe with calls-to-action.
Email
Signup
Location #2
Email
Signup
Location #3
Email
Signup
Location #1
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9. ACQUIRE: EMAIL SIGN-UP
Gather specific information about gender, age, and location in order to send
subscribers targeted, personalized emails later on.
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10. ACQUIRE: EMAIL SIGN-UP
No secrets here! Your customers should know what to expect before signing up.
Each email
description details
exactly what content
subscribers can
expect.
The email
descriptions also
divulge how often
subscribers will
see this email in
their inboxes.
Better safe than sorry:
Confirming a subscriber’s
email address before leaving
the Preference Center is a
good idea.
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11. ACQUIRE: EMAIL SIGN-UP
Set the expectation for your subscribers.
Prominently
display your
contact
information.
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13. ACQUIRE: SOCIAL SIGN-UP
Facebook allows you to embed an email sign-up form as one of your apps.
Encourage your fans to opt into your email list.
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15. ACQUIRE: SOCIAL AWARENESS
Using Google Analytics reporting, determine where your inbound traffic is coming from.
Stimulate your social networks by sending email subscribers content optimized for sharing on
social media.
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17. CONVERT: WELCOME
Email #1: Includes links to
your social media sites,
blog, rewards program, and
a message about adding
your company’s email to
their safe sender list.
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18. CONVERT: WELCOME
Email #2: Focus on getting to know
your subscriber and vice versa.
Email #3: Elaborate the benefits of all your email
campaigns, and link each of them to their subscriber
preference center (your main call-to-action).
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20. CONVERT: SHOPPING CART ABANDONMENT
Benefits:
• Up to 70% of consumers will abandon online
shopping carts this year.*
• Timely, ultra-relevant email well-received by
subscriber, driving amazing results
• Targeting customer while they are in the
market for your products
• Automated program delivers outstanding ROI
Results to expect:
Compared to a standard promotional email:
41% higher open rate
47% higher click rate
28% more time on site
151% decrease in bounce rate
23% increase for average value spent
71% increase in per value spent
69% higher order conversion rate
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22. GROW: LOYALTY
Support your social media efforts with an email campaign designed to acknowledge and
thank loyal subscribers who share email content.
Email #1: Thank those
subscribers who have
shared your content on
their social media
channels.
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23. GROW: LOYALTY
Support your social media efforts with an email campaign designed to
acknowledge and thank loyal subscribers who share email content.
Email #2: Escalate your appreciation
with a special limited-time offer for
your subscribers.
Email #3: Offer your subscribers a
friendly reminder.
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25. RETAIN: ANNIVERSARY
Promote brand loyalty and nurture the growing relationship with a surprise subscription
anniversary campaign.
Email #1: Offer customers a
special time-sensitive discount
as “thank you” for being a
subscriber.
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26. RETAIN: ANNIVERSARY
Promote brand loyalty and nurture the growing relationship with a surprise subscription
anniversary campaign.
Email #2: Provide them with value-
added content.
Email #3: Encourage subscribers to
share, and they shall receive.
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28. RETAIN: NEWSLETTERS
Newsletter Advantages
• Spread brand awareness
– Consumer relationship building
through consistent
communication
• Leverage existing content
– Utilize content from blog posts,
social media channels or
curated content from outside
sources
• Freedom to include a variety of
content important to organization
– Blog post, new offer, event
announcement, information
about a discount, industry and
company information, etc.
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32. RETAIN: APOLOGY
Accidents happen. A tasteful apology email such as this one can calm down
annoyed and riled subscribers.
No promos here. Just a
piece of humble pie!
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34. WIN-BACK: SUBSCRIBER REACTIVATION
Support your social media efforts with an email campaign designed to acknowledge and
thank loyal subscriber who share your content.
Email #1: Acknowledges
True Citrus has noticed the
subscriber has not been
engaged lately, explains the
benefits of each of True
Citrus’ campaigns, invites
subscribers to update their
email preferences, and
features a special offer.
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35. WIN-BACK: SUBSCRIBER REACTIVATION
Support your social media efforts with an email campaign designed to
acknowledge and thank loyal subscriber who share your content.
Email #3: Gives subscribers one last chance to
renew their subscriptions. The main call-to-action is
to update the subscriber’s email preferences, and it
links to the True Citrus Preference Center. The
special offer is still up for grabs and True Citrus still
wants the subscriber as a friend on Facebook.
Email #2: Includes obvious calls-to-
action and a headline that is intended to
grab a subscriber’s attention.
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37. TRUE CITRUS: CAMPAIGNS IN THE WORKS
• Refer-A-Friend Campaign
• First Purchase
• Dedicated Cross Sell
• Inactive Customer Win Back
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38. KEY TAKEAWAYS
Life Cycle Marketing
• Map your subscriber experience from opt in to opt out.
• Develop strategies to move subscribers up your value chain
• Develop a positive experience for removing the very disengaged portion of your list
• Integrate your email lifecycle with other communication channels
• Optimize your digital presence for email collection; website, Facebook.
• Deliver content optimized for sharing on social media
• Treat customers like friends, not strangers
• Connect with your customers and prospects on a personal level
• Design emails to reach them at pivotal points throughout their lifecycle
• Build Campaigns based on subscriber preferences and subscriber behavior
• Deliver relevant, thoughtful, timely content
• Every campaign should have a clear business purpose and a strong value proposition for the
recipient – send the right message at the right time
• Effective list segmentation is essential to improve the relevancy of content delivered
• Subscriber Preference Centers should make subscribers feel like they are in control of
communications and their data
• Use your Google Analytics to understand how visitors are being driven to your site and use that
data to create compelling, targeted campaigns
• Stay true to your brand
• Examine all design elements of your email against the overall look & feel of your brand, ensuring
that they stand out and resonate with your subscribers
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39. A SPECIAL TREAT FOR OUR ATTENDEES
Try True Citrus for yourself! Use discount code TRYTRUEWC25 during
checkout at www.truelemonstore.com to receive 25% off everything + $2.95
standard shipping with any order of $9.98 or more.
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40. WHATCOUNTS SERVICES
If you would like help mapping out your subscriber lifecycle or assistance from
our professional services team in researching, designing or executing a specific
campaign visit the newly redesigned WhatCounts website and check out the
Services tab.
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41. WE LOVE EMAIL INNOVATION TOUR – SAN FRANCISCO
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We love email and we’re coming to San
Francisco to tell you why!
When: June 26, 2 – 6 p.m. (Pacific)
Cost: FREE
RSVP: www.whatcounts.com/innovationtour
42. DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA $10 MILLION?
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Canadian’s Anti-Spam Legislation
takes effect on July 1, 2014; it
features some severe penalties for
sending unsolicited email.
Make sure you are prepared with this
FREE checklist prepared by our
Director of Deliverability:
www.whatcounts.com/casl
43. REACH OUT TO US
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