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Are Letter-Style Emails Still Effective?
New research reveals how customers read emails today
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Today's Speaker
@FlintsNotes
Dr. Flint McGlaughlin – Managing Director, MECLABS
Flint McGlaughlin is the Managing Director of MECLABS Group. The organization has
partnered with key market leaders including The New York Times, Microsoft
Corporation, and Reuters Group.
Dr. McGlaughlin also serves as the Director of Enterprise Research at the
Transforming Business Institute, University of Cambridge (UK), as the Chairman of
the Board of Governors for St. Stephen’s University, and as a Trustee for
Westminster Theological Centre. Dr. McGlaughlin originally studied Philosophy and
Theology at the University of London’s Specialist Jesuit College.
Today, his primary research is focused on enterprise as transformative agent. His
work has won multiple awards and has been quoted in more than 13,000 online and
offline sources.
Experiment: Background
Experiment ID: TP2137
Record Location: MECLABS Research Library
Research Partner: [Protected]

Research Notes:
Background: A large international media company focusing on increasing
subscription rates.
Goal: To increase the number of conversions based on the value proposition conveyed
through the email.
Primary Research Question: Which email will generate the highest conversion rate?
Approach: A/B multifactor split test
Experiment: Control
CONTROL: Promotional style email
• Uses popular design principles to
create balance and hierarchy on the
page.
• Heavy use of images and graphics to
catch the reader’s attention.
• Multiple call-to-action buttons for
increased points of entry.
Experiment: Treatment
TREATMENT: Letter style email
• Designed to look and feel more
like a personal letter.
• Limited use of graphics and
images.
• One call-to-action button

Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product] with
Home Delivery
Experiment: Side by side
Treatment

Control

Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product]
with Home Delivery

Subject Line: Open this now for Special Savings

VS.

181%

Increase in Conversion
Experiment: Results

181% Increase in conversion
The overall conversion rate increased 181% due to a
clearly stated value proposition.

Conversion Rate
Treatment – Letter-style Email

0.04%
0.12%

Relative Difference

181%

Control – Standard Email

!

What You Need to Understand: By limiting the amount of graphics, and focusing on engaging the
customer in a conversation, the treatment outperformed the control by 181%
Why?
Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product] with
Home Delivery

Why did the
letter-style email win?
Effective Email Messaging

F

Key Learnings

1. An email message is not a monologue; it is a dialog. People don’t buy from emails;
people buy from people.

2. If the marketer can learn to participate with the prospect’s conversation, they can
guide it (with messaging) towards a satisfactory conclusion (the purchase).

3. Therefore, effective email messaging requires one often overlooked skill on the part
of the marketer: Empathy.
Effective Email Messaging
Empathy: For the marketer, empathy is their ability to discern – through
listening and hearing – the ontology (nature or being) of the customer.
• Selfishness, if a benign version, is the primary driver of sales velocity. It is the selfishness of the
prospect which empowers the transaction.
• The concept, selfishness, has a negative connotation. But this can be unfortunate…how can a
self be faulted for being self(ish)? In one sense, selfishness is essence(tial).”
• Empathy enables the marketer to identify with the market and experience its “selfishness”.
Empathy is the marketer’s intuition.
• The marketer does not eliminate their self; we seek to empty ourself, identifying with the "self"
of the prospect – This paradoxical move enables us to achieve that empathetic messaging
which powers true conversion.
Effective Email Messaging
Problems with the promotional style email:
• The control is not empathetic toward the
customer. Commanding the customer to
act in the subject line and CTA.
• Feels like a promotional email, therefore
customers feel like they are being
marketed to, not communicated with.
• The email is relying on a design approach
to grab the customers interest, rather than
a conversation.

Control
Subject Line: Open this now for Special Savings
Effective Email Messaging
Why the personal style email won:
• More conversational in the subject line
than control.
• Empathizes with the customer, using a
personal email style, the customer feels like
they are having a conversation.
• The design is crafted into one clear
message.

Treatment
Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product] with
Home Delivery
Summary

Control
Subject Line: Open this now for Special Savings

Treatment

• With the use of empathy,
we were able to craft an
email message which…
1. Connected to the
recipient in a personal
way.
2. Engaged the participate
in an actual
conversation.
3. Increased email
response by 181%.

Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product]
with Home Delivery
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• Connect Clicks to Sales
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Are Letter-Style Emails Still Effective? New research reveals how customers read emails today

  • 1. Are Letter-Style Emails Still Effective? New research reveals how customers read emails today
  • 2. We’re sharing on Twitter! #Webclinic
  • 3. Today's Speaker @FlintsNotes Dr. Flint McGlaughlin – Managing Director, MECLABS Flint McGlaughlin is the Managing Director of MECLABS Group. The organization has partnered with key market leaders including The New York Times, Microsoft Corporation, and Reuters Group. Dr. McGlaughlin also serves as the Director of Enterprise Research at the Transforming Business Institute, University of Cambridge (UK), as the Chairman of the Board of Governors for St. Stephen’s University, and as a Trustee for Westminster Theological Centre. Dr. McGlaughlin originally studied Philosophy and Theology at the University of London’s Specialist Jesuit College. Today, his primary research is focused on enterprise as transformative agent. His work has won multiple awards and has been quoted in more than 13,000 online and offline sources.
  • 4. Experiment: Background Experiment ID: TP2137 Record Location: MECLABS Research Library Research Partner: [Protected] Research Notes: Background: A large international media company focusing on increasing subscription rates. Goal: To increase the number of conversions based on the value proposition conveyed through the email. Primary Research Question: Which email will generate the highest conversion rate? Approach: A/B multifactor split test
  • 5. Experiment: Control CONTROL: Promotional style email • Uses popular design principles to create balance and hierarchy on the page. • Heavy use of images and graphics to catch the reader’s attention. • Multiple call-to-action buttons for increased points of entry.
  • 6. Experiment: Treatment TREATMENT: Letter style email • Designed to look and feel more like a personal letter. • Limited use of graphics and images. • One call-to-action button Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product] with Home Delivery
  • 7. Experiment: Side by side Treatment Control Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product] with Home Delivery Subject Line: Open this now for Special Savings VS. 181% Increase in Conversion
  • 8. Experiment: Results 181% Increase in conversion The overall conversion rate increased 181% due to a clearly stated value proposition. Conversion Rate Treatment – Letter-style Email 0.04% 0.12% Relative Difference 181% Control – Standard Email ! What You Need to Understand: By limiting the amount of graphics, and focusing on engaging the customer in a conversation, the treatment outperformed the control by 181%
  • 9. Why? Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product] with Home Delivery Why did the letter-style email win?
  • 10. Effective Email Messaging F Key Learnings 1. An email message is not a monologue; it is a dialog. People don’t buy from emails; people buy from people. 2. If the marketer can learn to participate with the prospect’s conversation, they can guide it (with messaging) towards a satisfactory conclusion (the purchase). 3. Therefore, effective email messaging requires one often overlooked skill on the part of the marketer: Empathy.
  • 11. Effective Email Messaging Empathy: For the marketer, empathy is their ability to discern – through listening and hearing – the ontology (nature or being) of the customer. • Selfishness, if a benign version, is the primary driver of sales velocity. It is the selfishness of the prospect which empowers the transaction. • The concept, selfishness, has a negative connotation. But this can be unfortunate…how can a self be faulted for being self(ish)? In one sense, selfishness is essence(tial).” • Empathy enables the marketer to identify with the market and experience its “selfishness”. Empathy is the marketer’s intuition. • The marketer does not eliminate their self; we seek to empty ourself, identifying with the "self" of the prospect – This paradoxical move enables us to achieve that empathetic messaging which powers true conversion.
  • 12. Effective Email Messaging Problems with the promotional style email: • The control is not empathetic toward the customer. Commanding the customer to act in the subject line and CTA. • Feels like a promotional email, therefore customers feel like they are being marketed to, not communicated with. • The email is relying on a design approach to grab the customers interest, rather than a conversation. Control Subject Line: Open this now for Special Savings
  • 13. Effective Email Messaging Why the personal style email won: • More conversational in the subject line than control. • Empathizes with the customer, using a personal email style, the customer feels like they are having a conversation. • The design is crafted into one clear message. Treatment Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product] with Home Delivery
  • 14. Summary Control Subject Line: Open this now for Special Savings Treatment • With the use of empathy, we were able to craft an email message which… 1. Connected to the recipient in a personal way. 2. Engaged the participate in an actual conversation. 3. Increased email response by 181%. Subject Line: Get Unlimited Access to [Product] with Home Delivery
  • 16. BECOME A CERTIFIED EMAIL MARKETING PROFESSIONAL Email Messaging Online Course • Build strong lists • Craft effective emails • Connect Clicks to Sales Save $100 before 10/31 Discount Code 478-OC-3002 MECLABS.com/EmailCourse
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Notas do Editor

  1. Chris
  2. Shawn“Our tests have not shown a difference between an email coded as text+imagesvs image-only (using link map if needed). Have you tested this? Coding is faster using a template & single image containing all text+images & works across all email clients. “
  3. Theresa“We are using letter-style emails and are curious to hear what you think. Our current response levels are about average on opens and clicks, but we are not reaching our goal of getting requests to speak with the expert.”
  4. Linda
  5. Maeghan
  6. MiraHow would you change - the text to achieve higher click through rate and sharing?- the subject line to achieve higher open rate?The subject line was: "If a 10 year old can understand it...", (24% open rate,12% click rate)Thanks!
  7. KathyHow do we keep our letters from going to spam mail even though customers requested or gave permission for us to send?
  8. Juan
  9. Lisa
  10. Becky