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KEY INSIGHT:
B2B marketers don’t tend to have the same seasonality issues of consumer marketers, so year-round promotion is less influenced by holidays. Yet, it’s clear the overall trend of email promotions in the B2B space is growing. Comparing the seven months of 2010 against the first five months of 2011, average daily volume of email promotions has grown about 7%.
Email Delivery by Day
The B2B category day of email differs somewhat from that of all email marketers. Over 25% of B2B email is deployed on Tuesdays (compared to 18.7% of all email). Thursdays are second most popular with 22.5% of B2B email deployed then, compared to 19.1% of all email. Wednesday and Monday are less popular. As illustrated in the accompanying chart, by Friday B2B email promotion drops, and it’s no surprise that B2B marketers avoid weekends more than all email marketers.
KEY INSIGHT TO RIGHT:
http/www.TheListWarehouse.com recommends that if you’re a B2B marketer that with Tuesday being by far the most popular day to deploy that you test Monday to get a one-day jump on your competition, or wait until Wednesday after the competition. Weekends should be avoided.
Time of Day
There is another notable difference between B2B marketers and all other email marketers when it comes to time of day for email delivery. B2B email marketers send email at a higher rate between 8:00 am and 12 noon than all other emails (40.5% vs. 34.3%), most likely to get a jump on the business day. Yet, from 12 noon until 5 pm also sees a higher rate of deployment (28.4% vs. 25.4%) than all other email.
KEY INSIGHT:
For B2B promotion, http://www.TheListWarehouse.com recommends testing earlier in the morning before most competition deploys, in the 7 am to 8 am hour.
Most Repeated Subject Lines
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