Don't Miss the Next Gold Rush! rahman Are your emails prepared for mobile? Studies find that mobile marketers buy. Exact Target reports that over half of those who've purchased from their smartphone say they did so in response to a mobile email they received. Mobile email opens over the last year have grown 82.4% according to Return Path. Take a look at these 2 charts that show the devices use to read DEMC E-Magazine emails. October 7, 2011 May 4, 2012 Notice in the last 6 months opens of DEMC E-Magazine on a mobile device have increased about 10% . It was at 15% and now it's at about 25%. Return Path predicts by the end of 2012 mobile email readership will surpass a combine web and desktop email readership. Yes, mobile email readership is increasing fast! The important point for email marketers to note is that 63% of Americans and 41% of Europeans will close and delete email not optimized for mobile readership! These individuals will not go back to your email later on their desktop. If your email doesn't look good when they check it on their mobile device it's trashed! 88% of mobile users check their email daily on their mobile device. Now is the time to optimize your email for mobile devices! If nothing else focus on optimizing for readership on an Apple's iphone and ipad. Return Path shows that 85% of mobile email readership occurs with Apple devices. Here's my 10 Point Mobile Email Check List to get your emails ready for the mobile gold rush! ### Abbie Drew DEMC Editor |