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9 Ways to Dramatically Reduce Email Unsubscribe Rates. Email marketers have to accept a certain amount of expected email list depreciation every year, but when that list dwindles down more and more due to unsubscribes, it's time to press 'pause.' Unsubscribes are, in very technical terms, a huge bummer.

9 Ways to Dramatically Reduce Email Unsubscribe Rates

Sure, a certain amount of self-scrubbing is good for every email list , but you can't help but wonder if there's something you could have done differently to save some of those subscribers. Well, it turns out there might be some things you can do to reduce the amount of email unsubscribes you experience.

If your email marketing strategy doesn't include some of these measures, consider implementing them now and, tracking the effect they have on your unsubscribe rates. We bet including just a few (or even better, all) of these into your email marketing strategy will result in a significantly diminished unsubscribe rate. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) Research. Average Email Campaign Stats of MailChimp Customers by Industry There are a lot of numbers in MailChimp's free reports, but you might be wondering how your email-marketing stats compare to others in the same industry.

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What kind of open rates should companies like yours expect? How many bounces are too many? What’s an acceptable abuse complaint rate? The more context, the better. MailChimp sends billions of emails a month for more than 10 million users. We only tracked campaigns that went to at least 1000 subscribers, but these stats aren’t pulled from a survey of giant corporations with million-dollar marketing budgets and dedicated email-marketing teams.

Updated: March 1, 2016. Good Ideas Are a Dime a Dozen, But Implementation is Priceless. Do you email a newsletter or other publication to subscribers?

Good Ideas Are a Dime a Dozen, But Implementation is Priceless

Do you subscribe to RSS feeds or email newsletters? I have two marketing tools I use that have subscribers; a monthly newsletter for my email stationery clients (www.inboxfx.com) and this blog which has almost 300 subscribers. Thanks to all of you for giving me the incentive to keep posting) I attract subscribers to this blog by adding the following to the bottom of the email. If you enjoyed this article and don’t want to miss the next one click here to get my marketing posts by email as soon as they are published. According to an Epsilon and ROI Research study, 55% of email subscribers in the US and Canada unsubscribe from opt-in emails occasionally—and 14% do so frequently. The top 5 reasons people give for unsubscribing are as follows: 67% – Irrelevant content64% – Receive too frequently50% – Think their email address is being shared or sold48% – Don’t recall signing up32% Privacy concerns Like this: Like Loading...

6 Smart and Effective Email Marketing Tactics. The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot , which offers inbound marketing software that helps small and medium sized businesses get found on the Internet by the right prospects and converts more of them into leads and customers. Learn more . Although consumers' communication habits have evolved with the rising popularity of social media and smartphones, brands are still turning to their dependable friend — email — to attract and retain customers and boost their bottom lines.

There's no denying that email is showing signs of decline — the number of visitors to web-based email sites fell 6% in 2010 compared to the previous year, and email engagement declined at an even greater rate, according to a report from digital analysis company comScore . In response to these changes, brands are quickly adapting by combining email, social media and even mobile marketing tactics. Despite the decline in email, new communication channels won't replace email. 1. He suggests these tips: 2. 3. 4. Email Newsletters: Best Practices for Small Businesses. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Email Newsletters: Best Practices for Small Businesses

6 Common Email Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

6 Common Email Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make

If email seems a little old school to you, you’re right. Email turns 40 this year, and it's being outpaced by texting, instant messaging and Facebook messaging. As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pointed out last year, email is too much of a “cognitive load” for younger people. Yet you probably haven’t given up your Gmail account yet, have you? That’s because, despite the stigma of being a middle-aged technology, email is still useful and universally accepted. “Email marketing is getting more exciting because of some of the things you’re able to do with it,” says Chip House, vice president of relationship marketing at ExactTarget, “because of the ability to bake in social sharing. For small businesses, email still represents a cheap, effective way to establish or maintain a relationship with clients. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.