Based on our 2017 State of Email Survey of more than 3,500 marketers, our second annual State of Email Workflows report takes a detailed look at every stage of email creation—from planning and creation to quality assurance and sending.That report is focused on industry averages, but what does the exceptional email workflow look like?
We answer that question in this slide deck, where we share insights about the behaviors and processes that separate successful email programs from less successful ones. Some of those behaviors include the use of a year-round content calendar, the create of email briefs for every email, the use of partials, and utilizing an extensive pre-send checklist.
2. Based on our 2017 State of Email
Survey of more than 3,500 marketers,
our second annual State of Email
Workflows report takes a detailed look
at every stage of email creation—from
planning and creation to quality
assurance and sending.
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3. While the report focuses on industry
averages, over the next 40 minutes,
we’ll focus on the email workflows of
self-described successful email
marketing programs.
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4. Chad S. White
Research Director at Litmus
Author of Email Marketing Rules
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Kevin Mandeville
Product Manager, Builder
Litmus
5. Litmus’ web-based software works
with your existing email service
provider to give you better visibility
into subscriber experience problems—
and easily fix them.
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6. Litmus offers:
• Email Previews in 70+ clients
• Builder, our email HTML editor
• Spam Testing in 20+ filters
• Checklist for quality assurance
• Email Analytics for new insights
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15. Successful email programs spend…
• 1.3% less time on copywriting
• 8.0% less time on graphics & design
• 5.3% less time on coding & dev.
• 2.5% more time on data pulls/logic
• 1.7% more time on testing & QA
• 0.9% more time on analytics/analysis
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16. For the most part, there’s very little
difference in the amount of time spent.
The competitive differentiator is how
efficiently that time is spent and how
much can be accomplished during that
time.
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Successful email programs are slightly:
• More likely to code from scratch
• More likely to use Emmet
• More likely to use a framework
• More likely to use a static site generator
• More likely to use task runners
• More likely to use preprocessors
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Factors that impact approval process:
• Number of approvers
• High-level executive signoff needed
• Frequency of last-minute changes
• Approval lead time
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Why do successful programs make
more apology-worthy mistakes?
1. Successful programs lean forward.
2. Successful programs have better
visibility into performance.