4 Simple Tips to Increase Your Email Engagement

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by Cassi Knight  Marketers, listen up! Are you trying… but failing to successfully use email to boost leads and get more customers? ...

by Cassi Knight 

Marketers, listen up!
Are you trying… but failing to successfully use email to boost leads and get more customers?
You’re not alone.
Email marketing is the most effective form of online marketing when it comes to increasing those conversions, but a lot of marketers struggle to get the results they really want from a campaign.
But… it doesn’t have to be an uphill climb!
In fact, by simply adding the recipient’s name into their email subject lines, Quick Sprout increased their open rates from 21% to 53%.
Just one little change drastically improved their subscriber engagement.
So how can you make like Quick Sprout and turn your campaigns from failing flops into tools that boost engagement, increase sales, and get you more email opens?

How to Increase Your Email Engagement

1. Generate Engagement and Nurture Relationships

Engagement is a key part of any marketing campaign these days. 87% of consumers crave deeper connections with brands and, to do that, those brands need to open up a two-way dialogue with their audience.
increase email engagement - consumer stat

Use Your Words

Engagement is all about interacting with your subscribers and writing to them in a way they resonate with. When we’re having a conversation with someone in real life, we feel more connected to them if they use the same language as us, and this works exactly the same in emails.
Instead of diving right into the pitch or the message of your email, start it off as if you’re writing to a friend.
So, rather than:
“Hey [subscriber’s name],
Increasing your email open rates is really important if you want to make more sales…”
You might write something like:
“Hey [subscriber’s name],
I went out to dinner with some friends this past weekend and we got to chatting about emails and what it is about them that makes us open them or send them straight to the trash bin…”
You see the difference there?
In the first email, I’m diving right into the subject without really bringing the reader into the conversation. In the second, however, I set the scene and bring them into the topic via a more casual route.
This works for boosting engagement rates because it taps into that hunger that we, as humans, have for connection with other people. Consumers don’t want to just be sold to or to simply be the “receiver” of an email; they want to be a part of the conversation and will actively want to get involved if you give them the chance to.

Create Emotions With Color

As well as using your words to boost engagement, you can encourage subscribers to act in a certain way or engage in something particular.
First and foremost, ask yourself what engagement means to you. Does it mean:
  • Hitting reply and responding to your email?
  • Clicking on something within your email?
  • Sharing your email?
When you figure out what exactly it is you want subscribers to do or engage with in your email, you can guide them in that direction by implementing different colors.
Why does this work?
increase email engagement - how color affects purchase chart
Because certain colors evoke certain emotions. In fact, 93% of consumers place visual appearance and color above everything else when shopping, while a further 85% claim color forms an important part of why the choose to buy a particular product.
increase email engagement - color chart
When you’ve figured out what you want to do, implement a color that guides subscribers towards that action: e.g. red for a sense of urgency if you want them to buy, or blue to create trust and build authenticity.

2. See a Surge in Conversions

Conversions are one of the most important metrics for business. When you have no conversions, you have no sales, which isn’t good news for your brand.
If you’re looking to boost your conversion rates, you need to look outside of the email itself. Think of the email here as a portal to a landing page that generates conversions. You send an email to your loyal list that tells them about a product or service, they click through and – bam! – they buy.
If you’re struggling to convert via this method, take a look at the landing page and the call-to-action you’re using to get people there.
Again, you can use colors and language that resonate to drive clicks to your landing page, but it’s when the subscribers are there that the magic needs to happen.
The simplest thing you can do here to fix a lack of conversions is to design your landing page with one single goal in mind – to get the subscriber to convert. I see a lot of marketers make the mistake of implementing busy landing pages that are stuffed full of information.
increase email engagement - opt-in form example
This landing page on Health Life is short and sweet, with one main aim – to get the reader to book an appointment.
The reality is, not everyone is going to trawl through that information until they get to the good bit. Instead, you want to make the “good bit” (a.k.a. The bit where they click “buy” or “subscribe”) stand out.
It’s worth testing a range of different landing page designs with different colors and text to see which ones perform the best.

3.  Encourage More Click-Throughs

Getting subscribers to click through from the email to a blog post, sales page, or other resource is one of the biggest struggles email marketers face.
Encouraging your list to open your email is one thing (which I’ll discuss in more detail in a moment), but getting them to take the action you want them to take is another beast entirely.
Create Irresistible Calls-to-Action
The most persuasive tool you have to drive click-throughs are your calls-to-action. These are the buttons or linked text you use to guide subscribers to where you want them to go. But for email marketers, calls-to-action are often the most neglected part of the email, which is a big mistake.
Why?
By neglecting this important part of your email, you’ll lose out on a large number of clicks and sales. So how can you create an irresistible call-to-action? The key is to experiment.
increase email engagement - CTA
Point Blank SEO uses first person phrases in their calls-to-action.
Unsurprisingly, a good call-to-action is one that gets you the most click-throughs, and you’ll only discover what kind of button, text, or color works for you if you experiment with your list.
There are a few key things that are standard if you want to create a high-performing call-to-action, and those include:
  • Keeping the “action” short and to-the-point (no long winded phrases allowed!)
  • Using active phrases rather than passive ones (“e.g. Download your report now”, “Claim your free trial”, or “Reserve your spot”)

4. Supercharge Your Open Rates

Let’s face it, you can’t begin to improve any of the above unless your emails are getting opened. I mean, how are you going to experiment with calls-to-action or shake up your wording to build engagement if people are actively opening your email in the first instance?
If you look at it like that, boosting your open rate is the most important thing to fix.
So how can you do that?
Get Your Timings Right
Several case studies have shown that you can almost instantly increase your open rates by at least 20% by sending your emails to subscribers at the right time. According to research carried out by Yesware, 39% of email opens happen within one hour of delivery, so landing in people’s inboxes when they’re online and ready to read is vital.
increase email engagement - open rates graph
Though many marketers send out emails late-morning, it’s actually been proven that subscribers are more likely to open emails and click through in the evening between 8pm and midnight when they’re out of work and have some time to themselves. Experiment with different timings, as what works for other marketers might not work for your specific set of subscribers.
Craft a Compelling Subject Line
So you’ve sent your email at the right time, but you’re still not getting as many opens as you’d like. This is probably down to your choice of subject line.
While it can be tempting to just send out an email with the first subject line that comes to mind, this can be extremely detrimental to your campaign.
Why? Because 47% of email recipients decide whether they’re going to open your email based on the subject line alone, which is why it’s incredibly important to craft a subject line that’s compelling.
increase your email engagement
What makes a good subject line?
We’ve identified four key elements of a high-performing subject line that gets you lots of opens. They include:
  • Urgency – creating a sense of scarcity or hinting that subscribers need to act fast can compel your readers to click-through. People don’t like to miss out, so they’ll be more inclined to find out what you’re email’s all about. The key here is to only create urgency when there is actual urgency, though.
  • Curiosity – humans are curious creatures, so creating a subject line that piques people’s interest will encourage them to open it. As long as you follow through with that curiosity in your email, you’ll be golden.
  • Personalization – people want connections with brands, and that means personal, one-on-one relationships. Now more than ever, marketers have the tools and ability to learn detailed information about their subscribers and send them emails based on their preferences, likes, and wants.
  • Relevance – there’s a reason certain TV shows, films, and pop culture are popular at any given time. Crafting subject lines that incorporate what’s trending at any given time will tap into your subscribers’ need to “fit in” and can help establish your brand as an authority.

Email Marketing Means Big Revenue

Email marketing is one of the biggest sources of revenue for businesses – if it’s done right. Research has shown that for every $1 spent on email marketing brands get, on average, $40 in return.
increase your email engagement - email ROI
It’s obvious the majority of marketers know that email is vital in the success of their business, but they just don’t know how to put it into action in a way that will help them smash their business objectives.
If you take a step back and consider what your goals are, you can easily find a way to implement email campaigns to help reach them.
With a few small tweaks, you can take stagnant campaigns and turn them into revenue-boosting tools that will build connections and create more conversions – and who doesn’t want that?
Whether it’s experimenting with button colors, trying out different anchor text, or playing around with catchy subject lines, there are plenty of quick fixes you can test out to reach your email marketing goals and take your business to greater heights. Are you in?
Say goodbye to failing campaigns today and start creating high-performing emails with Sendlane!


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