Archive for the ‘Statistics’ Category
Last week I returned from the Google top 3 positions more crucial than ever before
A quick post to point out some very revealing and interesting data from ‘Think Eyetracking‘. After fitting 30 participants with what I assume to be the crazy Clockwork Orange-style headkit, the searchers viewed a Google SERP for the term ‘Oasis’.
Anyone who works in SEO or SEM… Your job just got harder.
The Reverse Tipping Point: Say goodbye, IE6
I really identify with Gladwell’s ‘The Tipping Point’. With web tools like Twitter available to all, positive momentum can grow within hours, not days or weeks, potentially creating a success overnight.
So the same can be said about negative momentum – where a community backlash can reach a tipping point and something starts to happen. I’m hoping that by intentionally publishing this article alongside a recent post by Elliot Jay Stocks, a new script by Chris Coyier, a dedicated upgrade campaign, and a new browser from Google (to name but a few), we’ll all be riding the crest of a large wave that sees Microsoft’s bastard child IE6 finally come crashing to a halt.
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Image-only email campaigns lose you money
Apple, are you listening? According to a survey by the EEC (Email Experience Council) and reported by The DMA, most retail email marketers (57%) are still sending image-only or heavy image-based email campaigns to their subscribers. Interesting considering the fact that image-based campaigns are known to trigger higher spam scores and reduce open rates based on their large size and, of course, don’t get seen if images are turned ‘off’ in the email client.
Email Standards Project
It seems that the guys at Australia-based Campaigner Monitor are officially carrying the torch for email marketing design and implementation. I for one couldn’t be happier, and think they are doing a fantastic job with their new initiative.
It’s called the Email Standards Project; its aim: to create a universal standard for email design, akin to the existing universal Web Standards that every web designer adheres religiously to, so that we can all code faster, easier and better HTML emails that will work across all email clients.
The 18-34 woman now UK’s most prevalent online demographic
The other day on London’s Oxford Street , as I was pulled by my fiancee into every clothing store imaginable, I couldn’t help but notice that every single one of them dedicated the ground floor to women shoppers. The men’s sections were almost always upstairs or downstairs. Mentioning this to my fiancee, she simply stated the obvious - women shop more.
David Baker: ‘Email isn’t going away, but it may change’
I’m blatantly syndicating this blog post by David Baker of Avenue A/Razorfish as it does the rounds, because I feel it adroitly simplifies what email marketing should (and might) become in the near future. I saw David speak at a WOMMA conference in 2006, and was as impressed then as I am now with his views and generally 360 grasp on online marketing today.
Email Marketing still won’t die.
This is likely old news by now, but newsworthy nonetheless. As reported by a recent Forrester Research study, a very healthy 97% of consumers now use email, and 94% of marketers are now using email as part of their larger marketing mix.
Image-only email marketing campaigns - just don’t!
As more and more well-known multi-national companies seem to be turning to email marketing for lead and customer communications, it seems that regardless of their huge budgets they’re overlooking some classic best practices that are crucial in getting their message delivered and acted upon. Subject lines, content, copy, and choice of ESP all play huge roles, but by sending all-image email campaigns to their subscribers, these companies are sabotaging all their pre-send efforts.
