Why Mobile Email Matters

Marketing Profs recently rounded up the details of what consumers dislike about mobile email and found that — in addition to too many, poorly targeted emails:

“Messages are too small to read and interact with (32% don’t like); difficulty seeing full websites on devices after clicking through (26%); and messages are often jumbled/not well-formatted for phones (21%).”

I’ve noted before :

“While the numbers for the US weren’t quite as strong — with “only” 48% of opens coming on mobile — they’re still mighty impressive. Data I’ve looked at in the past puts those numbers a bit above 50% and other data suggests that 50% of email users only read email on mobile. But why quibble over a couple of percentage points? If your customers can’t easily read your message on mobile, you’re still making a major email marketing mistake. As eMarketer rightly notes, “…mobile should now be considered a central part of any email marketing strategy.” [Emphasis mine.]”

The lesson is clear: Mobile email matters and it’s long past time to get on-board. Seriously.

Not sure what to do? Here’s a list of ways articles that can help:

• 7 Key Tips for More Effective Email Marketing
• E-commerce Best Practices: How to Grow Your Email List
• Will Millennials Use Email?
• Want Better Email Marketing Results? Think Mobile
• How to Improve Your Email Marketing in Just 5 Minutes
• Why Email Marketing Still Works – Thinks Out Loud Episode 85

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You can also check out these slides I had the pleasure of presenting recently about how to lead mobile-focused digital transformation within large organizations (a topic we’ve been talking about a fair bit lately). Here are the slides for your reference:

And, finally, you might want to take a look at some of our past coverage of the e-commerce, mobile commerce, and digital marketing overall, including:

• 10 Key Posts about Millennials and Mobile: E-commerce Link Digest
• The Secrets Behind “It’s All E-commerce” for 2014
• The Zen of Digital Marketing Strategy
• 7 Steps to E-Commerce Heaven
• Today and Tomorrow: Mobile and The Changing Customer Journey
• Mobile Makes E-commerce Even More “Frictionless”
• Your 2014 Internet Marketing New Year’s Resolutions – Thinks Out Loud Episode 56