How does email segmentation improve deliverability, revenue, and engagement?
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What email marketers say16Marketer opinions
Email marketer from EmailOnAcid shares segmentation allows you to deliver the right content to the right people. Tailored emails can lead to higher click-through rates, more conversions, and increased revenue.
Email marketer from Sendinblue explains that segmentation improves deliverability by ensuring that recipients receive emails they are actually interested in, reducing bounce rates and spam complaints.
Email marketer from Automizy states that effective email segmentation results in a better return on investment from email marketing campaigns, as targeted emails drive more conversions.
Email marketer from Reddit explains that by creating lists based on engagement, previous purchases, and other demographics allows you to send very targeted messaging which results in a better sender reputation over time because Google and other email providers will see people are opening and engaging with your emails. When you send the same message to everyone you run the risk of losing people who don't find the email relevant.
Email marketer from Campaign Monitor highlights that segmentation is the foundation for personalization. By knowing your audience's preferences and behaviors, you can craft messages that resonate with them on a personal level.
Marketer from Email Geeks shares they split non-buyers into a small engaged group and a larger lesser engaged group, and saw about a 60% bump in orders.
Marketer from Email Geeks shares anecdotally, prioritizing delivery to the most engaged segments first tends to improve engagement across all segments as it puts your best foot forward for the ISP.
Email marketer from Neil Patel shares segmentation allows you to deliver personalized email experiences that resonate with your audience, which in turn boosts engagement and conversions.
Marketer from Email Geeks theorizes that sending to the engaged group first, ISPs recognized that and inboxed more of the lesser engaged folks on the following send.
Email marketer from HubSpot explains that email segmentation allows you to send emails to a more targeted audience, delivering them the content that they are most interested in. The more relevant your emails are, the higher your engagement rate will be.
Email marketer from ActiveCampaign shares that segmented campaigns drive more revenue because they are targeted to the specific needs and interests of different customer groups.
Marketer from Email Geeks shares they've seen revenue increases up to 12% for huge brands when they started segmenting smarter.
Email marketer from Litmus explains that segmentation can help increase customer lifetime value by nurturing relationships through tailored content that addresses each customer's unique needs and stage in the customer journey.
Email marketer from Mailchimp explains that segmentation allows you to send emails to specific groups of people based on shared characteristics, leading to higher engagement rates as the content is more relevant.
Marketer from Email Geeks shares that analyzing recent data they have seen it makes a great impact on engagement and deliverability.
Email marketer from Sleeknote shares that by segmenting disengaged subscribers and sending them targeted re-engagement campaigns or removing them from your list, you can improve your sender reputation and overall email deliverability, and reduce churn.
What the experts say2Expert opinions
Expert from Spamresource.com shares that email list quality is crucial, and segmentation plays a vital role in ensuring this quality by targeting different groups of subscribers with content relevant to their interests.
Expert from Word to the Wise explains that list segmentation, especially engagement-based segmentation (identifying active vs. inactive users), is crucial. Sending to disengaged users lowers engagement metrics, which hurts deliverability. Properly segmenting improves the signal you send to mailbox providers.
What the documentation says4Technical articles
Documentation from Postmark explains that sending highly targeted emails can boost your sender reputation. Segment your lists to reach specific audiences and provide them with content they’ll truly value.
Documentation from SparkPost explains that segmenting lists to send more relevant content reduces the likelihood of recipients marking emails as spam, thus protecting sender reputation and improving deliverability.
Documentation from Microsoft recommends maintaining good list hygiene practices, which include segmenting based on engagement, to improve email deliverability and avoid being flagged as spam.
Documentation from Google shares that using segmentation to improve email relevance will result in improved deliverability metrics, such as fewer spam complaints and higher inbox placement rates which can be tracked in postmaster tools.