3 Emails that Generate the Most Revenue rahman Email marketing is about engaging your subscribers. The goal of engagement is to drive revenue. Certain types of emails you send to your subscribers out perform others at generating sales. Here are 3 emails you can easily send that will make you the most money! 1. Welcome Emails An Experian CheetahMail study found that Welcome Emails are opened and read close to 4 times more than other promotional emails. Plus a series of Welcome Email messages get 5 times higher click through rates and earns significantly more revenue per email. A traditional email promotion earns $0.06 per email vs. a welcome email series promotion earns $1.29 per email. Invest the time and effort to craft great welcome messages and those new sign-ups to your list will make you money. For tactics on how to design a good welcome series see the article: How to Double Your Repeat Business. 2. Post Purchase Follow-up Emails Yes, a thank you note sent to your customers is another great revenue generator. Practical eCommerce research shows that only 5% of new customers who have made a purchase will ever return to your site. Only 3% of those new customers will ever make a second purchase! Thank you email messages, companies document, deliver 20% more revenue per email than their regular emails. One top thank you message strategy is to send a survey to your customers. Find out what your customer's liked and provide more of it! Find out what your customer's don't like and fix it. For tactics on how to design an email survey see the article: Tell Me About Yourself. 3. Transactional Emails When you email a receipt, a shipping confirmation, a password reminder, a subscription renewal or any type of notification email - these are transactional emails. EmailStatsCenter reports that 75% of customers open and read transactional emails more often than other email communication. What's more when you place a promotional message into a transactional email, 57% of consumers view it positively reports Marketing Sherpa. Start placing relevant promotions into your transactional messages and you'll drive more sales. ### Abbie Drew DEMC Editor |