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News Release from: Newsweaver | Subject: email marketing
Edited by the Marketingservicestalk Editorial
Team on 16 May 2008
B2B marketers accelerate use of email
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According to email marketing provider Newsweaver, email is now an essential part of the B2B marketing mix.
A recent survey conducted by B2B Marketing Magazine and sponsored by Newsweaver, found that 78 per cent of UK B2B marketers consider email to be either a "critical" or "very important" part of their marketing mix Of the 175 B2B marketers who completed the survey, 68 per cent believe that the versatility of email is on the increase and are integrating email more into the overall marketing mix - over 40 per cent of respondents said that they are now using email as part of integrated marketing campaigns
This article was originally published on Marketingservicestalk on 7 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Email is clearly an important B2B marketing tool.
Some 71 per cent of B2B marketers said that the number of email campaigns they send out has increased and 69 per cent said that the volume of email they send has also increased in the last year.
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"This year's survey shows that marketers are growing in confidence in their use of this channel, but as they increase the number of campaigns and the volume of email they are sending, companies must strike the right balance and strive to send only timely, targeted and relevant emails", said Denise Cox, Newsletter Specialist at Newsweaver.
In terms of who B2B marketers are communicating with, email is being used both for prospecting and customer retention.
Some 90 per cent of B2B marketers use email to communicate with prospects and 83 per cent to communicate with customers.
The survey showed that "prospecting" and "generating new sales leads" are the most popular uses of email followed by using email for "maintaining customer relationships".
"Although marketers recognise that email is an effective retention tool, they are relying more on email for prospecting or generating new sales leads," commented Joel Harrison, Editor B2B Marketing Magazine.
The results of the survey also highlighted that most B2B marketers are only using the minimum personalisation in their emails: 37 per cent of respondents only ever use name when personalising their email marketing and 22 per cent of respondents do not use any personalisation at all.
Only 22 per cent use more than just name to personalise their email and as few as 16 per cent are using dynamic content.
"Segmentation and personalisation allows for more targeted and relevant emails, which are key for B2B marketers to engage readers and achieve the best ROI possible from their email marketing," added Cox.
"There is clearly a lot of room for improvement through to get the maximum benefits from email marketing".
According to the survey, the biggest challenges facing email marketing are "Inbox overload" and "Spam undermining the medium".
Cox advised: "A wanted and valued email is always welcome in the in-box.
"This is why it is so important for marketers to create campaigns and relationship emails that are coming at the right frequency, with the right information and to the right individuals.
"These types of emails will always cut through the clutter and get opened".
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