Return On Subscriber – Email Marketing Blog

The economy is bringing the timeless art of coupons back to the forefront.

A few recent statistics:

34% of female consumers are using coupons more frequently today than they were six months ago, & nearly 70% of the 4,500 respondents said they would print and redeem Internet coupon for products they would be interested in purchasing. - Burst Media

Google searches for the term “coupons” last month for the first time surpassed those for “Britney Spears.” – Ad Age

51% of 18-24 year-old shoppers indicate that they would be very likely to use coupons presented to them online – Platform A & IRA

While historically ambivalent to traditional coupons, younger couples are the most likely life-stage group to use online coupons, indicating an opportunity to influence product choices within this segment – Platform A & IRA

Young couples without children are among the respondents most likely to use a coupon they found online, followed by shoppers with younger children – Platform A & IRA

Like it or not, coupons are moving purchases in the current economic climate. Email Marketing provides the unique ability to hyper-target offers to specific subscribers based on past activity and past purchases.  For example, the Burst Media survey found that three-quarters (75.2%) of women ages 35-54 indicated they would print and redeem an Internet coupon, compared to 62.2% of women ages 18-34 and 67.7% of women age 55 and older. Do you have those segments?  Are you using them? (more…)

Unless you have been living in a cave with Bin Laden, you probably heard about Twitter in 2008. If you are still unsure on Twitter, there are great tutorials here and here. The buzz for Twitter is deserved, as it is becoming it’s own communication channel, mixing IM, SMS, Email, & Web into an addictive web 2.0 stew.

Last month I tried an experiment with Twitter that turned out some pretty interesting results, so I thought I would share them with you. I set up Twitter as an email marketing subscriber, posted an email campaign through a Tweet, and was able to track the results. Here’s how I did it, and you can too. (more…)