zazzle: make new customers lifelong customers with a targeted welcome series
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Discover how Zazzle created a welcome series that is focused on moving new subscribers through the Zazzle customer lifecycle. By educating subscribers about the possibilities that exist on the site, Zazzle’s targeted messaging has led to a more engaged customer.TRANSCRIPT
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Increase Engagement with a Welcome Series
Patrick Briggs
Why a Welcome Series Matters
• Drives repeat purchases and greater LTV
• Paces customer engagement and onboarding process
• Communicates brand story and offering breadth
Zazzle’s ProblemInfinite Choice = Infinite Confusion
• 20+ BILLION individual items to shop
• 100+ product lines to customize and purchase
• Community of 300,000+ Sellers to join
Our Challenge
“I’m so proud of you! I just signed up for your
email…now what?”- Mom
Repeat Customer
Turn interested and first customers into repeat customers without 15 minute calls to my cellphone
1st Step: Data Collection
Key questions
– Who were our best customers? Looked at HV/ LTV customers.
– What traits did they exhibit?
– How did they become HV customers?
Four Key Segments Emerged• No Order (0)
Signs up for Zazzle without placing an order.
• Shoppers ($)Finds a product in our marketplace. Limited understanding of Zazzle tools.
• Creators/Customizers ($$)Designs products on Zazzle with personal photos and text. Moderate understanding of Zazzle tools.
• Sellers ($$$)Creates products to sell in Zazzle’s marketplace. Advanced understanding of Zazzle’s complete toolset and product offering.
2nd Step: Hypothesize & Test
Our if/then hypothesis:
“If we can convert shoppers to creators and creators to sellers then we will drive better retention rates”
Test, test, test! Barriers to Entry
$
$$$
Shoppers
Creators
Sellers
No Order
One Welcome Email = “Picard Maneuver”
Didn’t Work. Why?
– Overwhelming, tried to tell the entire company story…
– No single call to action
– Not relevant to customer’s actions on the website
– Didn’t engage with personality or story
3rd Step: Be Nimble and Apply Learnings
Revised our attack: “Tailor messaging to respect the customer’s first engagement point and type.”
CreatorsNo Order Shoppers
Day 1:Welcome Email
Day 3:Create Email
Day 5:Sell Email
Day 1:Welcome Email
Day 3:Sell Email
Day 5:Shop Email
Day 1:Welcome Email
Day 2:Shop Email
Day 3:Create Email
Day 6:Sell Email
Welcome Series - Part One
• Simple, high energy, welcoming message
• Sets customer expectations for emails
• Clear, simple call to action
Welcome Series - Part Two
• Drives customer to search (find content for anyone)
• No excess words. Communicates breadth with simple imagery
• Repeated, simple call to action
Welcome Series - Part Three
• Emotional example of product use
• 1,2,3 messaging conveys ease of product creation
• Customer testimonial promotes trust
Welcome Series - Part Four
• Imagery and testimonial convey ease and opportunity
• Engaging copy drives click through
• Multiple calls to action
4th Step: Continue Testing
• We don’t have all the right answers the first or even second time
• We’re still testing and optimizing
• We expect the total process to take 4-6 months
How Did It Go?
514% Increase inSeller stores
22% Increase inrevenue
46%
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3% Increase inAOS
17% Increase inorders
Summary
• Use data to discover core customer traits
• Hypothesize strategies to move them into the engagement funnel
• Be nimble, apply early learnings and optimize
• Continue to test and optimize