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The State of the Message
A Marketo Email
Benchmark Study
Industry trends, best practices, and
the technology designed to help
2019
Email marketing isn’t
going anywhere.
Those who do it well have crafted a strategy
that puts the right people, processes, and
technology in place. So what does their
strategy look like?
Knak recently commissioned our second
Marketo Email Benchmark Study,
designed to break down the email
creation process and overall results
at organizations of all different sizes.
It’s an in-depth look at what’s
working, what’s frustrating, and
what you should be asking as you
develop your own amazing email
marketing plan.
But successful email marketing
depends on your game plan.
Introduction 2
Here’s what you’ll
see in the report
Strategy, Structure, and Performance: 2019 vs. 2018
Year Over Year Comparison (p. 4-7)
What goes in your emails?
How does it affect your results?
Email Elements (p. 16-20)
What questions you should be asking?
What are the biggest challenges facing email Marketers right now?
Conclusion (p. 21-24)
Email Creation Process
Design
SMB vs. Enterprise Results
Process and Resources (p. 8-15)
We’ve included some common
Pain Points and Tech to
Consider to help guide you
through the results.
And as a bonus
Introduction 3
16.9%
0.3%
93%
11%2019
Year Over Year
Comparison
Strategy, Structure,
& Performance
Section 1:
What’s your email
marketing strategy?
Year Over Year Email
Performance
Open
Rate
Unsubscribe
Rate
Deliverability
Rate
Click-Thru
Rate
19.3%
0.3%
94%
11%2018
Batch and Blast
with Some Lead
Nurturing
Mostly Nurture
with Some
Batch and Blast
Batch and Blast,
No Nurturing
2018 2019
59%
55%
2018 2019
36%
33%
2018 2019
8%
4%
4
How many people are building emails at
your organization?
What is your email
creation process?
94%
6%
74%
22%
Use existing
templates
Use Email Creation
Platforms (ECP)
or Agency
2018 20182019 2019
31+
11-30
0%
0-10
60% 80%20% 40% 100%
Year Over Year Comparison 5
2018
2019
86%
10%
3%
4%
3%
94%
An Email Creation Platform, or
ECP, helps facilitate the email
creation process by enabling
teams to build emails in-house
easily.
Note
What in-house
resources do you have?
76%
59%
81%
59%
Graphic
Designers
HTML/
Development
How do you manage
email approvals?
86%
49%
87%
63%
Email approval is
required
We have a formal
email approval
process in place
2018 2018 2018 20182019 2019 2019 2019
Year Over Year Comparison 6
Our Take
Batch & Blast is Increasing
The Batch & Blast approach to email marketing has increased. This is
a bit alarming since a nurture strategy has consistently proven to be
more effective, and we’re seeing the effects of this play out in email
performance results. Batch & Blast increases, and deliverability and
open rates take a hit.
Team Size is Increasing
The teams responsible for email creation are also getting bigger —
note the increase in teams with 11-30 people involved. This tends to lead
to a decrease in efficiency and flexibility throughout the process —
potentially another reason for the increase in Batch & Blast.
Approval is Challenging
The approval process is still a challenge. Even though 87% of teams
require email approval, only 63% have a formal process in place. This
is a prime area of opportunity: a smoother approval process = shorter
time-to-market for your campaigns.
We’re also seeing a marked increase in the number of organizations
of all sizes that rely on third-party Email Creation Platforms (ECPs).
Though 94% of organizations built emails in-house just 1 year ago,
today the number stands at 74%.
In organizations where
large teams are involved
in getting campaigns out
the door, a collaboration or
workflow software is key.
If you aren’t using an ECP,
consider Workfront, Wrike,
or Asana to help you
coordinate and streamline
the process.
Year Over Year Comparison 7
Process &
Resources
Section 2:
30%
5%
40%
25%
Less Than A Year
5+ Years
3-4 Years
1-2 Years
How many years have you
been using Marketo?
Are you confident that
your emails render
properly across all
email clients?
Is your email creation
process efficient?
Does your current
editing process
provide sufficient
flexibility?
Do you conduct A/B
testing on your emails?
Do you feel that
Marketo’s collaboration
capabilities are helpful
when it comes to
assisting you with your
email creation process?
Let’s take a closer look at the people and process
that companies are using to put emails together.
Process
70%
30%
65%
35%
61%
%
39
32%
%
68
54%
%
46
8
Collaboration
61% of users find Marketo’s collaboration capabilities to be
unhelpful. The lack of collaboration here leads to inefficiency in the
email creation process, especially in organizations that are fairly new to
Marketo.
Efficiency
Nearly a third of users feel their email creation process is efficient.
Whether the lack of efficiency is due to team size or lack of a formal
process, it’s an area that continues to be a challenge.
A/B Testing
Conducting A/B testing is key to understanding what’s working
and what’s not. Unfortunately, rendering concerns and non-existent
approval processes coupled with insufficient collaboration capabilities
mean it can take forever to build an email. When that happens, A/B
testing is frequently dropped in favour of simply getting something out
the door.
If this is a struggle at your organization, know that experience matters.
Someone with in-depth Marketo experience can help you navigate this
and simplify your workflow.
Process & ResourcesProcess & Resources 9
Pain Points
What’s the process
at your organization?
Process & Resources 10
26%
15%
59%
What’s your team
structure?
Decentralized:
all marketers are
enabled to create
emails
Centralized:
a small group
manages
Marketo and
email creation
We’re a small
team: we do
everything
5%
21%
74%
On average, how
quickly can you build a
new email?
Minutes
Hours
Days
6% 2%
39%
53%
When did you last
refresh your email
design?
Less Than A
Year Ago
1 Year Ago
2 Years Ago 3+ Years Ago
Our Take
The takeaway here comes down
to maturity. A more mature,
centralized team will generally
have a more efficient process, like
the 74% that are building emails
within minutes.
We also see that marketers are
constantly refreshing their design,
with 92% updating their look
within a year or so.
Design updates tend to have
a really positive impact on key
metrics like click-thru rates
(nearly a 13% increase for those
who’ve refreshed their design
within a year), so if your look is
starting to feel stale, it’s time to
give it an update.
92% of you have refreshed your design
within the last year! Can your design
team keep up? Building new templates is
neither quick nor easy. If you update the
look and feel of your emails frequently,
you need a system that adapts quickly.
Process & Resources 11
Speaking of
Design Refreshes...
43% more likely to be
happy with the look
and feel of their emails
26% more likely to think
they’re on-brand.
86%
Yes
Yes
60%
Are you happy with the
current look and feel of
your emails?
Design
Refreshed 1+
Years Ago
Design
Refreshed
This Year
92%
73%
Are your company’s
emails consistently
on-brand?
Yes
Yes
Design
Refreshed 1+
Years Ago
Design
Refreshed
This Year
60%
67%
Do you have a
formal email
approval process at
your company?
Yes
Yes
Design
Refreshed 1+
Years Ago
Design
Refreshed
This Year
Those with an
updated design are:
If you haven’t updated
your design in a while,
it’s definitely time to
consider some changes.
Process & Resources 12
Design Teams
Do you have graphic
designers in-house?
76.9%
84%
Do you have HTML/
Development
resources in-house?
30.8%
66.7%
As you saw in the earlier chart, the number of in-
house graphic designers has increased since the
2018 survey. Those who rely on existing templates
are more likely to need in-house design, HTML,
and development resources.
Use
Templates
Use
Templates
Use
Templates
Use an
ECP
Use an
ECP
Use an
ECP
Click-Thru
Rates
12.5%
10%
All-time click-thru
rates for both groups
show a 20% higher
result for those using
an ECP.
The click-thru rate is the most important
metric to note when it comes to judging the
effectiveness of your email.
Deliverability and Open statistics are also
important, but the click-thru rate shows you
the percentage of readers who thought your
content was compelling enough to click on,
giving you a more complete picture of how
your email is performing.
Process & Resources 13
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pro Tip
Download Marketo’s Email
Deliverability eBook for some
additional insider tips.
If you’re looking to
improve deliverability
rates, our Marketo experts
recommend the following:
Maintain data
cleanliness
Send to opted-in
recipients only
Consider using a
dedicated IP address
Set up SPF/DKIM and
DMARC
Business Size
& Satisfaction
Are you a small or mid-size business? A
global enterprise? See how it’s going at other
organizations of your size.
81 %
71 %
94%
58%
74%
40%
Enterprise
(AR of $500M+)
Are you happy with the current look and feel of your
emails?
Is your email creation process efficient?
Are your company’s emails consistently on-brand?
Does your current editing process provide sufficient
flexibility?
Are you confident that your emails render properly across
all email clients?
Do you conduct A/B testing on your emails?
Do you agree with the following
statements?
Say Yes
Say Yes
Say Yes
Say Yes
Say Yes
73%
67%
84%
65%
69%
47%
SMB
(AR of $0-500M)
Say Yes
Say Yes
Say Yes
Say Yes
Say Yes
Say Yes Say Yes
Process & Resources 14
Larger organizations appear to have a few
advantages, namely:
•	 A more efficient email creation process
•	 Greater confidence in the look and feel of
their emails
Part of this can be attributed to the maturity of
their team:
More experience + a more centralized Marketing
team = faster time to market.
But the smaller guys have advantages also. They
report:
•	 Greater flexibility throughout the email
creation process
•	 A greater propensity to conduct A/B testing
Their curiosity about what’s working combined
with their natural agility can help them quickly
implement the changes that will drive results.
Does
Scale Matter?
Pain Points
Agility
Larger organizations could benefit
from a bit of the agility that smaller
organizations enjoy so emails don’t get
bogged down in the approval process.
Efficiency
Smaller organizations should focus
on developing a more efficient email
creation process and could benefit from
a renewed focus on email testing to
ensure that emails render properly.
Flexibility
The use of tokens also tends to slow
down the editing process. They’re a
great way to increase the functionality of
your emails, but they can put a damper
on flexibility.
Process & Resources 15
Email
Elements
Section 3:
What Goes in
Your Emails?
Let’s take a look at five
common email elements as well
as their overall effect on click-
thru rates.
Do you use animated
GIFs?
Animated GIFs are not
widely used, so this could
be a good way to make
your emails stand out from
the crowd. Thorough A/B
testing should give you
a clearer picture of their
value.
Animated GIFs
31%
69%
Yes
No
For more on making your
emails stand out, check out
our post on using GIFs to
improve click-thru rates.
16
Do you add URL
parameters to
your email links for
tracking purposes?
Pain Point
Adding URL parameters is common,
with 89% reporting that they use
them. Though the collaboration with
Marketo is a source of frustration here,
the added ability to understand and
analyze customer engagement makes it
worthwhile.
Marketo’s platform doesn’t add
URL parameters automatically,
so if you’re working from
existing templates or coding
emails in-house, they have to
be added manually.
An ECP adds them
automatically and eliminates
human error, but if you’re
coding in-house, an email
testing tool like Litmus or Email
on Acid can help make sure
they’re rendering correctly.
Human Error
URL Parameters
Yes
No
89%
11%
Email Elements 17
Pain Point
Many customers don’t
understand how custom
fonts work, which leads to
lower confidence that emails
are rendering properly.
The engagement benefit
gained here is well worth the
investment in learning more.
Lack of Confidence
Do you use
custom fonts?
Yes
No
This is another great way to make your
emails stand out: custom font users have
click-thru rates 27% higher than those
that don’t use them.
While not all platforms support custom
fonts, your emails will look amazing
on those that do (and those on other
platforms will never know the difference.)
Custom Fonts
For more on custom and web fonts,
check out the Ultimate Guide to Web
Fonts from Litmus.
37%
63%
Email Elements 18
Click-Thru
Rates 12.6 % 9.9 %
For more on dynamic
content, check out
Understanding Dynamic
Content from Marketo.
Yes
No
58% 42%
Do you use
dynamic
content?
Dynamic Content
Check out the tremendous difference in
click-thru rates here:
56% better for those using dynamic
content.
Dynamic content users also report:
•	 Greater confidence that emails render
properly
•	 Greater efficiency and flexibility
throughout the process
If you’re not already
using dynamic content,
it’s definitely worth some
consideration.
Used correctly, it can
build trust, deepen client
relationships, and boost
engagement. Coupled with
the added benefit to click-
thru rates, it’s a technology
that can make a major
impact.
Tech to Consider
Email Elements 19
Click-Thru
Rates 12.5 % 8 %
Pain Point
Email testing can be time-consuming, which is why
only 51% of users report regularly testing their emails.
In a process already bogged down by labor-intensive
email creation, approval, and editing steps, testing
can seem to further delay deployment.
Testing your emails to make sure they render
properly is an important step. A testing tool
like Litmus or Email on Acid can be a valuable
addition to your MarTech stack, especially if
you’re using some of the special components
listed here, like dynamic content.
Timing
Tech to Consider
Do you test
your emails
using an email
testing tool
(Litmus/Email
on Acid)?
Yes No
Organizations using an email
testing tool report:
•	 11% higher click-to-open rates
•	 22% greater confidence that
emails render properly
•	 Greater efficiency throughout the
email creation process
Email Testing Tools
51% 49%
Email Elements 20
Click-Thru
Rates 11.1 % 10 %
Conclusion
Section 4:
What You Should Be
Asking
Email marketing requires thoughtful
strategy and careful planning. While it’s
easy to fall into the “that’s what we’ve
always done” rut, the truth is that the
Marketers who are making the greatest
strides are willing to look at email
a different way and implement the
changes that will drive results.
As you consider your own strategy,
we’d encourage you to take a look
at your results and ask yourself
some key questions:
Is there more we could be doing with our email
marketing?
What commonalities with my peers do I see here,
and where do we have room to improve?
What can we do creatively to stand out and stay
on trend without compromising our brand?
21
From our perspective, these are three of the biggest
challenges facing Marketing teams right now:
No matter your approach
to email creation, using
the right tools is critical.
Conduct some A/B
testing and dive into your
attribution reporting to see
what’s working. The results
may or may not line up
with your expectations, but
it’s critical to evaluate and
analyze your approach.
Choosing the
Right Tools
Email Marketers’
Biggest Challenges
No matter the size of
the team, collaboration
continues to be problematic.
Organizations of every size
need to solidify a formal
email creation and approval
process to eliminate
frustration and speed up
time-to-market.
Collaboration
There’s no shortage of
new technology. As AI
and Machine Learning
become more prevalent
in Marketing, Marketers
will need to rethink their
approach to the data they’re
receiving. Deciding what to
implement (and when to pull
the plug) requires careful
consideration.
New Technology
Conclusion 22
Email can be done better, and it can be
done without doubling the size of your
team or completely overhauling your
MarTech stack.
If it’s time to move from a batch-and-blast approach
to a nurture strategy (and it’s definitely time for that),
find out how to make the switch.
If you don’t have a formal approval process, rally your
team and make one.
If you’re ready to think about some next-level
technology, do the research and get ahead of
the curve.
If your team is ready to simplify the email creation
process, an ECP can help.
Use the information you see in this report to determine
which changes will lead to the results you want.
Conclusion 23
When conducting research for this report, we
surveyed thousands of marketers - both Knak and
non-Knak customers - to get an unbiased look into
the state of email marketing in 2019.
Knak is dedicated to making marketers’ lives easier.
We are the first email creation platform built for
teams. We empower anyone to build beautiful,
responsive, on brand emails - no coding required.
If you have questions about the information in this
report, we’d love to help. Please reach out to us here
or visit us at knak.com.

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2019 email benchmark report final

  • 1. The State of the Message A Marketo Email Benchmark Study Industry trends, best practices, and the technology designed to help 2019
  • 2. Email marketing isn’t going anywhere. Those who do it well have crafted a strategy that puts the right people, processes, and technology in place. So what does their strategy look like? Knak recently commissioned our second Marketo Email Benchmark Study, designed to break down the email creation process and overall results at organizations of all different sizes. It’s an in-depth look at what’s working, what’s frustrating, and what you should be asking as you develop your own amazing email marketing plan. But successful email marketing depends on your game plan. Introduction 2
  • 3. Here’s what you’ll see in the report Strategy, Structure, and Performance: 2019 vs. 2018 Year Over Year Comparison (p. 4-7) What goes in your emails? How does it affect your results? Email Elements (p. 16-20) What questions you should be asking? What are the biggest challenges facing email Marketers right now? Conclusion (p. 21-24) Email Creation Process Design SMB vs. Enterprise Results Process and Resources (p. 8-15) We’ve included some common Pain Points and Tech to Consider to help guide you through the results. And as a bonus Introduction 3
  • 4. 16.9% 0.3% 93% 11%2019 Year Over Year Comparison Strategy, Structure, & Performance Section 1: What’s your email marketing strategy? Year Over Year Email Performance Open Rate Unsubscribe Rate Deliverability Rate Click-Thru Rate 19.3% 0.3% 94% 11%2018 Batch and Blast with Some Lead Nurturing Mostly Nurture with Some Batch and Blast Batch and Blast, No Nurturing 2018 2019 59% 55% 2018 2019 36% 33% 2018 2019 8% 4% 4
  • 5. How many people are building emails at your organization? What is your email creation process? 94% 6% 74% 22% Use existing templates Use Email Creation Platforms (ECP) or Agency 2018 20182019 2019 31+ 11-30 0% 0-10 60% 80%20% 40% 100% Year Over Year Comparison 5 2018 2019 86% 10% 3% 4% 3% 94% An Email Creation Platform, or ECP, helps facilitate the email creation process by enabling teams to build emails in-house easily. Note
  • 6. What in-house resources do you have? 76% 59% 81% 59% Graphic Designers HTML/ Development How do you manage email approvals? 86% 49% 87% 63% Email approval is required We have a formal email approval process in place 2018 2018 2018 20182019 2019 2019 2019 Year Over Year Comparison 6
  • 7. Our Take Batch & Blast is Increasing The Batch & Blast approach to email marketing has increased. This is a bit alarming since a nurture strategy has consistently proven to be more effective, and we’re seeing the effects of this play out in email performance results. Batch & Blast increases, and deliverability and open rates take a hit. Team Size is Increasing The teams responsible for email creation are also getting bigger — note the increase in teams with 11-30 people involved. This tends to lead to a decrease in efficiency and flexibility throughout the process — potentially another reason for the increase in Batch & Blast. Approval is Challenging The approval process is still a challenge. Even though 87% of teams require email approval, only 63% have a formal process in place. This is a prime area of opportunity: a smoother approval process = shorter time-to-market for your campaigns. We’re also seeing a marked increase in the number of organizations of all sizes that rely on third-party Email Creation Platforms (ECPs). Though 94% of organizations built emails in-house just 1 year ago, today the number stands at 74%. In organizations where large teams are involved in getting campaigns out the door, a collaboration or workflow software is key. If you aren’t using an ECP, consider Workfront, Wrike, or Asana to help you coordinate and streamline the process. Year Over Year Comparison 7
  • 8. Process & Resources Section 2: 30% 5% 40% 25% Less Than A Year 5+ Years 3-4 Years 1-2 Years How many years have you been using Marketo? Are you confident that your emails render properly across all email clients? Is your email creation process efficient? Does your current editing process provide sufficient flexibility? Do you conduct A/B testing on your emails? Do you feel that Marketo’s collaboration capabilities are helpful when it comes to assisting you with your email creation process? Let’s take a closer look at the people and process that companies are using to put emails together. Process 70% 30% 65% 35% 61% % 39 32% % 68 54% % 46 8
  • 9. Collaboration 61% of users find Marketo’s collaboration capabilities to be unhelpful. The lack of collaboration here leads to inefficiency in the email creation process, especially in organizations that are fairly new to Marketo. Efficiency Nearly a third of users feel their email creation process is efficient. Whether the lack of efficiency is due to team size or lack of a formal process, it’s an area that continues to be a challenge. A/B Testing Conducting A/B testing is key to understanding what’s working and what’s not. Unfortunately, rendering concerns and non-existent approval processes coupled with insufficient collaboration capabilities mean it can take forever to build an email. When that happens, A/B testing is frequently dropped in favour of simply getting something out the door. If this is a struggle at your organization, know that experience matters. Someone with in-depth Marketo experience can help you navigate this and simplify your workflow. Process & ResourcesProcess & Resources 9 Pain Points
  • 10. What’s the process at your organization? Process & Resources 10 26% 15% 59% What’s your team structure? Decentralized: all marketers are enabled to create emails Centralized: a small group manages Marketo and email creation We’re a small team: we do everything 5% 21% 74% On average, how quickly can you build a new email? Minutes Hours Days 6% 2% 39% 53% When did you last refresh your email design? Less Than A Year Ago 1 Year Ago 2 Years Ago 3+ Years Ago
  • 11. Our Take The takeaway here comes down to maturity. A more mature, centralized team will generally have a more efficient process, like the 74% that are building emails within minutes. We also see that marketers are constantly refreshing their design, with 92% updating their look within a year or so. Design updates tend to have a really positive impact on key metrics like click-thru rates (nearly a 13% increase for those who’ve refreshed their design within a year), so if your look is starting to feel stale, it’s time to give it an update. 92% of you have refreshed your design within the last year! Can your design team keep up? Building new templates is neither quick nor easy. If you update the look and feel of your emails frequently, you need a system that adapts quickly. Process & Resources 11
  • 12. Speaking of Design Refreshes... 43% more likely to be happy with the look and feel of their emails 26% more likely to think they’re on-brand. 86% Yes Yes 60% Are you happy with the current look and feel of your emails? Design Refreshed 1+ Years Ago Design Refreshed This Year 92% 73% Are your company’s emails consistently on-brand? Yes Yes Design Refreshed 1+ Years Ago Design Refreshed This Year 60% 67% Do you have a formal email approval process at your company? Yes Yes Design Refreshed 1+ Years Ago Design Refreshed This Year Those with an updated design are: If you haven’t updated your design in a while, it’s definitely time to consider some changes. Process & Resources 12
  • 13. Design Teams Do you have graphic designers in-house? 76.9% 84% Do you have HTML/ Development resources in-house? 30.8% 66.7% As you saw in the earlier chart, the number of in- house graphic designers has increased since the 2018 survey. Those who rely on existing templates are more likely to need in-house design, HTML, and development resources. Use Templates Use Templates Use Templates Use an ECP Use an ECP Use an ECP Click-Thru Rates 12.5% 10% All-time click-thru rates for both groups show a 20% higher result for those using an ECP. The click-thru rate is the most important metric to note when it comes to judging the effectiveness of your email. Deliverability and Open statistics are also important, but the click-thru rate shows you the percentage of readers who thought your content was compelling enough to click on, giving you a more complete picture of how your email is performing. Process & Resources 13 Yes Yes Yes Yes
  • 14. Pro Tip Download Marketo’s Email Deliverability eBook for some additional insider tips. If you’re looking to improve deliverability rates, our Marketo experts recommend the following: Maintain data cleanliness Send to opted-in recipients only Consider using a dedicated IP address Set up SPF/DKIM and DMARC Business Size & Satisfaction Are you a small or mid-size business? A global enterprise? See how it’s going at other organizations of your size. 81 % 71 % 94% 58% 74% 40% Enterprise (AR of $500M+) Are you happy with the current look and feel of your emails? Is your email creation process efficient? Are your company’s emails consistently on-brand? Does your current editing process provide sufficient flexibility? Are you confident that your emails render properly across all email clients? Do you conduct A/B testing on your emails? Do you agree with the following statements? Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes 73% 67% 84% 65% 69% 47% SMB (AR of $0-500M) Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Process & Resources 14
  • 15. Larger organizations appear to have a few advantages, namely: • A more efficient email creation process • Greater confidence in the look and feel of their emails Part of this can be attributed to the maturity of their team: More experience + a more centralized Marketing team = faster time to market. But the smaller guys have advantages also. They report: • Greater flexibility throughout the email creation process • A greater propensity to conduct A/B testing Their curiosity about what’s working combined with their natural agility can help them quickly implement the changes that will drive results. Does Scale Matter? Pain Points Agility Larger organizations could benefit from a bit of the agility that smaller organizations enjoy so emails don’t get bogged down in the approval process. Efficiency Smaller organizations should focus on developing a more efficient email creation process and could benefit from a renewed focus on email testing to ensure that emails render properly. Flexibility The use of tokens also tends to slow down the editing process. They’re a great way to increase the functionality of your emails, but they can put a damper on flexibility. Process & Resources 15
  • 16. Email Elements Section 3: What Goes in Your Emails? Let’s take a look at five common email elements as well as their overall effect on click- thru rates. Do you use animated GIFs? Animated GIFs are not widely used, so this could be a good way to make your emails stand out from the crowd. Thorough A/B testing should give you a clearer picture of their value. Animated GIFs 31% 69% Yes No For more on making your emails stand out, check out our post on using GIFs to improve click-thru rates. 16
  • 17. Do you add URL parameters to your email links for tracking purposes? Pain Point Adding URL parameters is common, with 89% reporting that they use them. Though the collaboration with Marketo is a source of frustration here, the added ability to understand and analyze customer engagement makes it worthwhile. Marketo’s platform doesn’t add URL parameters automatically, so if you’re working from existing templates or coding emails in-house, they have to be added manually. An ECP adds them automatically and eliminates human error, but if you’re coding in-house, an email testing tool like Litmus or Email on Acid can help make sure they’re rendering correctly. Human Error URL Parameters Yes No 89% 11% Email Elements 17
  • 18. Pain Point Many customers don’t understand how custom fonts work, which leads to lower confidence that emails are rendering properly. The engagement benefit gained here is well worth the investment in learning more. Lack of Confidence Do you use custom fonts? Yes No This is another great way to make your emails stand out: custom font users have click-thru rates 27% higher than those that don’t use them. While not all platforms support custom fonts, your emails will look amazing on those that do (and those on other platforms will never know the difference.) Custom Fonts For more on custom and web fonts, check out the Ultimate Guide to Web Fonts from Litmus. 37% 63% Email Elements 18 Click-Thru Rates 12.6 % 9.9 %
  • 19. For more on dynamic content, check out Understanding Dynamic Content from Marketo. Yes No 58% 42% Do you use dynamic content? Dynamic Content Check out the tremendous difference in click-thru rates here: 56% better for those using dynamic content. Dynamic content users also report: • Greater confidence that emails render properly • Greater efficiency and flexibility throughout the process If you’re not already using dynamic content, it’s definitely worth some consideration. Used correctly, it can build trust, deepen client relationships, and boost engagement. Coupled with the added benefit to click- thru rates, it’s a technology that can make a major impact. Tech to Consider Email Elements 19 Click-Thru Rates 12.5 % 8 %
  • 20. Pain Point Email testing can be time-consuming, which is why only 51% of users report regularly testing their emails. In a process already bogged down by labor-intensive email creation, approval, and editing steps, testing can seem to further delay deployment. Testing your emails to make sure they render properly is an important step. A testing tool like Litmus or Email on Acid can be a valuable addition to your MarTech stack, especially if you’re using some of the special components listed here, like dynamic content. Timing Tech to Consider Do you test your emails using an email testing tool (Litmus/Email on Acid)? Yes No Organizations using an email testing tool report: • 11% higher click-to-open rates • 22% greater confidence that emails render properly • Greater efficiency throughout the email creation process Email Testing Tools 51% 49% Email Elements 20 Click-Thru Rates 11.1 % 10 %
  • 21. Conclusion Section 4: What You Should Be Asking Email marketing requires thoughtful strategy and careful planning. While it’s easy to fall into the “that’s what we’ve always done” rut, the truth is that the Marketers who are making the greatest strides are willing to look at email a different way and implement the changes that will drive results. As you consider your own strategy, we’d encourage you to take a look at your results and ask yourself some key questions: Is there more we could be doing with our email marketing? What commonalities with my peers do I see here, and where do we have room to improve? What can we do creatively to stand out and stay on trend without compromising our brand? 21
  • 22. From our perspective, these are three of the biggest challenges facing Marketing teams right now: No matter your approach to email creation, using the right tools is critical. Conduct some A/B testing and dive into your attribution reporting to see what’s working. The results may or may not line up with your expectations, but it’s critical to evaluate and analyze your approach. Choosing the Right Tools Email Marketers’ Biggest Challenges No matter the size of the team, collaboration continues to be problematic. Organizations of every size need to solidify a formal email creation and approval process to eliminate frustration and speed up time-to-market. Collaboration There’s no shortage of new technology. As AI and Machine Learning become more prevalent in Marketing, Marketers will need to rethink their approach to the data they’re receiving. Deciding what to implement (and when to pull the plug) requires careful consideration. New Technology Conclusion 22
  • 23. Email can be done better, and it can be done without doubling the size of your team or completely overhauling your MarTech stack. If it’s time to move from a batch-and-blast approach to a nurture strategy (and it’s definitely time for that), find out how to make the switch. If you don’t have a formal approval process, rally your team and make one. If you’re ready to think about some next-level technology, do the research and get ahead of the curve. If your team is ready to simplify the email creation process, an ECP can help. Use the information you see in this report to determine which changes will lead to the results you want. Conclusion 23
  • 24. When conducting research for this report, we surveyed thousands of marketers - both Knak and non-Knak customers - to get an unbiased look into the state of email marketing in 2019. Knak is dedicated to making marketers’ lives easier. We are the first email creation platform built for teams. We empower anyone to build beautiful, responsive, on brand emails - no coding required. If you have questions about the information in this report, we’d love to help. Please reach out to us here or visit us at knak.com.