Email Marketing: The Key Ingredients to prepare a delicious campaign curry

All about ingredients of email campaignIngredient3:
To enjoy a delicious campaign curry, you need to putCampaign Calendar: It is a calendar wherein you have
ingredients such that the final curry tastes good. Youthe current and the upcoming list of campaigns.
need to take utmost care, not to miss out on any ofIngredient4:
the ingredients, lest the curry will not taste good.Campaign Request Form (CRF): The CRF contains the
To start with, let me first tell you about emailcampaign name, campaign subject line, the campaign
marketing.number, the client name, his email ID, the opted
Email marketing is a form of direct marketing whichformat, the TAT of the campaign(or the Deployment
uses electronic mail as a means of Communicatingdate. of the final campaign), the test list & the final
commercial or promotional messages to an audience.list it has to be sent & any specific conditions
It is a collection of related ads or offers. Emailmentioned by the client.
marketing is the practice of sending sales letters orIngredient5:
customer newsletters by email. Email communicationsFriendly From Address: It is the Friendly Form of
are often more effective than printed direct mail,from Address (email address) used to send an email,
because a reader can click on a link and go straightdisplayed when recipient receives email (eg.Begonia).
to the website the sender wants you to go.It is the name displayed before the actual email
In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potentialaddress while sending an email.
or current customer could be considered emailIngredient6:
marketing. This method of direct marketing is lessFriendly Reply to Address: It is the Friendly Form of
costly as compared to other media investments likefrom Address (email address) used to receive an
Newspaper ads, TV Ads. Email Marketing is moreemail, displayed when recipient replies email
than just sending bulk emails, newsletters, or auto(eg.seoindiaonline). It is the name displayed before the
responders, and then keeping your fingers crossed.actual email address while replying an email.
Rather, effective email marketing campaigns involveNote: It is possible that the Friendly from Address
a targeted developmental process and intelligent emailand Friendly Reply to Address can be the same.
list management - smart marketing that works forIngredient7:
you.Formal From Address: It is the Email address, from
Email Marketing campaigns are nothing but, promotingwhere the actual email is originated (e.g. ).
yourself and your products in the market throughIngredient8:
emails to your existing or potential clients to gainFormal Reply to Address: It is the Email address,
recognition of your product.where the recipients send an email in reply (e.g. ).
Let us now know about the ingredients for preparingIngredient9:
an email campaign.Subject Line: It is the Subject of an email displayed in
Ingredient1:email box, which normally indicates the content of
Campaign: What is a campaign? A campaign containsemail.
a collection of one or more ad groups, which haveIngredient10:
the same budget, schedule, and geo-targeting criteria.Turn Around Time (TAT): The TAT or the
Campaigns are typically created to achieve a specificdeployment date when the campaign has to be sent
marketing goal. To send email content to a group ofor deployed to the final email list.
email addresses is called an email campaign. An emailNow, your delicious campaign curry is ready with all
campaign typically consists of Email Content, Emailthe ingredients to be served to the customer. But, it
Addresses, Subject Line, Test Emails, From andneeds to be tested for deliverability.
Reply To address etc.(e.g. a new product launchDeliverability: It is the probability of emails delivered in
campaign, or a campaign that targets customers in aINBOX of email recipients. This includes the Browser
specific geographic location).test and the domain test before deploying the
An email campaign can be a normal campaign, a splitcampaign.
campaign or even a recurring campaign.Now the email campaign is ready for deployment (to
Split Campaign: A campaign can be split based onbe served) to the customer (i.e.) Make the reports
specific criteria like list, content, subject line and otherthat need to be prepared for the client.
factors.The report contains the Scheduled count of emails
Recurring Campaign: A campaign which is sent againdeployed, the Delivered count of emails(actually
and again at specific interval set to email address.delivered),  their percentage, the total number of
This could be based on certain criteria’s ifclicks & opens, the Unique Clicks, the Unique Opens,
required.their percentage, The Deliverability percentage, the
Ingredient2:track opens and track clicks, what is the number of
Opted Format: What types of formats does a emailGlobal Unsubs or Department unsubs, the number of
campaign go to the client? The Opted format couldOpt-ins and Opt-Out.  So, take care not to miss out
be in HTML, Text or AOL formats. The format ison the key ingredients for preparing a delicious
opted by user in the Campaign Request Form (CRF).campaign curry.