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Create an Email Strategy to
Get and Keep Employees Engaged
• 2019 Internal Communications Channel Survey
• Case Study: Eric Baily and Matthew Dignan
How MSTRAVEL improves email relevancy with automation
• 2019 PoliteMail Benchmark:
Insights from half a billion internal emails
What are your most utilized internal communications channels?
How important are these channels to achieving your objectives?
Do you measure any of your internal communications?
Of the 37% who measure email, what tools do they use?
Why measure? Improves results over time
Microsoft Employees
Travelers
Campaign
Opens
Clicks
Results
An airline is offering upgrades to Microsoft travelers between a specific city pair.
- Email relevant travelers with details 3 days before trip
We would like travelers to complete a survey after travel.
- Email traveler with link to MSTravel Survey 1 day after completion of trip if they have not been sent a survey in the last 6 months
On a schedule Run SQL query Send Messages Log Results
Flow
What can we learn from the results
of half a billion internal email messages?
Mobile & Desktop Email TrendsReach non-desk workers via mobile email. Inclusivity is a company email address.
What’s a good open rate?
What do the top 20% do differently?Attention Rate is Open Rate – Ignore Rate
Send shorter subject linesOf 6 words or less
Send shorter messagesOf 500 words or less
0-2min 2-4min 4-6min 6-8min 8-10min 10-12min
The longer a message gets, the lower the readershipThe majority of email sent is longer than 2 minutes
How do the top 20% get higher engagement?Engagement Rate includes the % Read of the content sent, plus the click rate
Send shorter messagesHighest engagement is with messages < 250 words
Send very easy to read language
Send more images
Send more images
Send to smaller, more targeted lists
Send earlier in the week
Send on a routine schedule
How do the top 20% get higher click effectiveness?Effective Rate is unique click rate divided by unique opens (CTR is divided by sent)
Send earlier in the morning
Send from yourself
Send fewer linksIf you really want someone to click something, send one link
Summary of Email Best Practices
• Use short subject lines of 6 words or less
• Send less shorter messages, 250 words or less
• Use more images
• Send at the beginning, not the end, of the week
• For higher click rates, send fewer links, send earlier in the day
• Target sends to smaller groups
• Stick to routine schedule, same time of day