Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Top Five Tips for Mobile Email Marketing

Mobile Email Marketing
TIP #1: THINKING ABOUT MOBILE EMAIL? FIRST, HAVE A MOBILE SITE

Mobile readers will be frustrated if they touch through from an email to a website that hasn't been adapted for mobile browser access.

Even if the site functions properly and loads in a reasonable time, navigation will be difficult, and many visitors will not have the patience to complete a purchase or other desired action.

51% of smartphone users are more likely to purchase from retailers with a mobile specific website, but despite this, 79% of the largest advertisers still do not have mobile sites. [Google Adweek Presentation]

Vendors who are not prepared with a mobile web strategy are quite literally leaving money on the table.

For more on building mobile-ready sites, read the Econsultancy Mobile Websites and Apps Best Practice Guide.

TIP #2: PREPARE FOR A QUICK GLANCE

There are no rules for what to do - but keep the small screen form-factor of emails in mind at all times.

The arts blog Hyperallergic attempts to address this problem by formatting its rich-format newsletter as a single vertical column with discretely blocked niches. There's a big eye-catching logo leader, a photo, some text, and an ad.

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