Updated April 2025. Understanding email open rates is crucial for optimizing your email marketing campaigns and driving engagement. Whether you’re a seasoned marketer or just starting, mastering this key metric can have a major impact on your campaign’s success. Among these metrics, email open rates stand out as a fundamental indicator of your email’s [...]
As a marketer, you want your emails to land in your subscribers' inboxes every time. However, sometimes your emails may end up triggering those spam filters, and you may not even know it. That's why it's crucial to be proactive about your email deliverability and think about improving email deliverability from the beginning. [...]
Email marketing is a crucial element of any digital marketing campaign. It can drive traffic to your website, increase engagement with your brand, and ultimately lead to more sales. But, as with any marketing tactic, it's essential to measure the effectiveness of your email campaigns. One metric often used is email open rates. [...]
Email is one of the most powerful tools in any marketer's toolbox. It can be used to augment anything from email newsletters, social media promotions and announcements, and even your website. When you send an email that includes a call-to-action (CTA) button or an image, it's important to include alt text so email recipients [...]
Unopened Emails Don't Suck. Email Marketers live for open rates. They make us feel good and provide a directional metric on the performance of the campaign. While we all want every single email opened and engaged with, the reality is that it will never happen. However, an unopened email does provide a fair amount [...]
Email open rates (the number of emails opened). We love them. We hate them. We obsess over them. They are typically one of the first email marketing benchmarks we check in our email reporting (after the total number of emails delivered.) We anxiously compare them to industry standards. And we’re constantly trying to get [...]
