07/20/2014
Email Marketing Rule # 8-Test, Test, Test!
Email marketing can always be improved no matter how well they're performing. Take the time to test your subject lines, designs, body text, frequency, time of send, etc.
Split (called A-B Testing) testing does not need to be difficult. Create two different emails (with only ONE difference between them) and send out to 10% of your list. Send the other to another 10% of your list. Whichever one gets more results is the winner. Send the winner to the remaining 80%.
IMPORTANT-Only test one component at a time. When making a tweak or change to your email, you can only change one thing at a time or you wont know which change actually made the difference.
It is always a lot of fun to see a small tweak increase response by 20-30%. Don't be discouraged if your first few only get increases by a few percentage points, it all adds up.