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16% of mobile users' permission-based email is viewed on mobile devices - five points higher than last year. - Merkle Interactive Services (2009)
84% of mobile users' permission-based email is viewed on PCs. - Merkle Interactive Services (2009)
55% of retailers will use emails to highlight new product availability. - Forrester Research and Shop.org "Retailing Online 2009: Marketing Report" (2009)
53% of retailers will use emails to feature online-only promotions. - Forrester Research and Shop.org "Retailing Online 2009: Marketing Report" (2009)
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48% of respondents don't use preview panes when viewing the majority of their permission emails. - Merkle Interactive Services (2009)48% see pictures automatically (in HTML emails) while 52% do not. - Merkle Interactive Services (2009)
53% of all permission-based email recipients have added at least one company to their address books; they do so for 25 percent of the companies sending them email. - Merkle Interactive Services (2009)
Nearly 30% of marketers duplicate their site navigation in their emails. Of those, 15% find it more effective than the main content in driving clicks, while 11% of marketers find their navigation converts better than the main content of their email. - eROI's The Elements of Email (2008)
78% of the companies surveyed included links recipients could use to view the message as a Web page, compared to 59% who did so in 2005. - Silverpop (2007)
6% of the companies surveyed used the postcard style (one big single-pane graphic). - Silverpop (2007)
30% of the companies surveyed used a letter or newsletter format to communicate with customers. - Silverpop (2007)
19% of the companies surveyed used a single-pane graphic across the top of the page with rows and columns below. - Silverpop (2007)
Most common screen resoltion is 1024 X 768. - OneStat.com (April 2007)
64% of key decision makers are viewing your carefully crafted email on their BlackBerrys and other mobile devices, according to new data. - MarketingSherpa, in partnership with SurveySampling (2007)
34% of marketers surveyed said that creative optimization had the most impact on your email campaigns in 2006. - Datran Media Research, "The 2007 Email Marketing Survey: Looking Forward" (2007)
63.7% of online merchants believe they are creating the right mix of graphics and content to attract customers. - Internet Retailer (2007)
64% of online merchants keep key points of content high up in the body of the message. - Internet Retailer (2007)
Fewer than 50 percent of marketers create emails that render appropriately.
- Email Experience Council, Jan 2007
One in five emails are invisible and ineffective due to blocked images.
- Email Experience Council, Jan 2007
26.6% of online customers use preview panes (instead of look at your whole email). - MarketingSherpa (2007)
64% of people who are offered preview panes start using them as their default. - MarketingSherpa (2007)
69% of at-work email users usually view emails in their preview panes. - MarketingSherpa (2007)
80% of at-work users in the US rely on Outlook, which offers preview panes. - MarketingSherpa (2007)
38% of online consumers now use preview pane 'capable' email clients. - MarketingSherpa (2007)
59% of online customers routinely block images. - MarketingSherpa (2007)