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🚀 Boost your email open rates by 45% with one click

You have written a great email - it’s taken hours of research, thought and re-drafting. It’s persuasive, powerful and you know it will be effective… and only 10% of your list opens it. 😭

It is so discouraging to know that your effort and the value you’ve provided haven’t reached so many of the people who could best use it. It would be tempting to feel like all your hard work was wasted. But it doesn’t have to be.

The easiest way to increase your overall open rate is to resend to “unopens” (subscribers that didn’t open the previous email).

At first, you might be afraid of irritating your list but there hasn’t been an increase in unsubs with any of our clients that choose to resend.

Sound too good to be true? It’s not. Let me share a typical example:

One of our clients has a list of more than 25,000 subscribers who have gone through the initial indoctrination sequence but haven’t bought the flagship product.

So we started resending emails 4 days after the original email, with the same subject line, to all the unopens. This is what happened:👇

  • The first email had a 30% open rate, 3% CTR, 0.5% unsubscribe rate.
  • The resend email had a 22% open rate, 2%CTR, and 0.4% unsubscribe rate.

The 22% open rate on the resent email represents a 45% increase in the overall open rate for that email!

And the unsubscribe rate actually went down 🤯

What would a 45% increase in open rates mean for your business?🤔

The 3 Rules of Resending:

1. What to resend

Resending emails work best with newsletters, product updates and especially affiliate promotions.

Don’t resend your “special offer” that was supposed to have ended 48hrs ago. 🤦‍♂️

2. When to resend

2-4 days is most effective

3. Where does resending fit into my regular email campaign?

Don’t resend any emails before that subscriber has left your main indoctrination sequence.

Also, you don’t have to change the subject line unless you specifically want to A/B test your headlines.

💡 Protip: Once you’ve achieved regular results with a simple, one-click resend, trying resending at different times and A/B testing your subject lines. That will squeeze every last drop of ROI from your list.

Test it out on your next campaign and see how your audience reacts.

👉 P.S. I am offering a free 30min email marketing audit where I will give you 2-3 personalized tips that will improve your email conversion rate. Message me to organise a time!

on April 24, 2020
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    True, this is true. I did it too to none openers, but the day after and sometimes the % of open and click-thru has been even bigger.
    So long, no unsubscribed users for more than 2 months.

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      Glad to hear that it's working for you. Are you using it for the Colors & Fonts newsletter?

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        Yes, I used this method in the first newsletter from c&f, when I was showing how to use colors on design systems.

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          Nice, newsletter's with tutorials or how-to's get great results from resending.

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    I can attest to how affective this is. I’ve been doing this worth every new email broadcast for the past 2 years with huge success. This is one reason I love ConvertKit so much—they make it dead simple.

    I actually have tried out different subject line tweaks to see if any of them effect the outcome. By default ConvertKit adds the word “Resending:” to the beginning of the subject line and I’ve found that to be extremely effective. Another variation I’ve tried was “ICYMI:” (In Case You Missed It). Both seem to work equally well.

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      Cool, I've never tried "ICYMI". Have you tired split testing different pain points or interests in the subject line? It's a great way to get honest answers about your customer's pain points.

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        I wouldn’t say I’ve intentionally tested that... the subject line really depends on the context of the broadcast.

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          Very true, have you tried adding some of your best performing broadcast emails into an autoresponder sequence?

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            I've thought about that... even added it to my "some day" todo list. lol - haven't gotten around to it though.

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              How come? Is it low-priority or does the expected ROI fall short of the time-commitment?

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                Since my personal blog doesn't really have a "product" to sell at the moment, it's just never been a priority. My subscribers get what they signed up for and then just get added to my regular newsletter.

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                  Makes sense, no need to create an autoresponder just for the sake of having one. BTW, great blog, I really enjoyed the article on "creating a stunning reading experience". Especially the link to the Golden Ratio Calculator.

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                    Thanks. That is one of my favorites.

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    Are you re-sending to everyone, or only to people who did not open or convert on the initial email?

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      Only to people who didn't open. If you opened but didn't convert you might get another follow up email in the sequence.

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    Thanks for the tips. just sent an email today to reactivate my users after a long time. Will apply your suggestions and see how it goes.

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      Good luck mate 👍

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    Great tips. I am really struggling with my email marketing n I feel its critical to grow my biz. Looking forward to getting in touch with you.

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      Hey mate, here is my calendly link, let's setup a time: https://calendly.com/emailaudit/30min

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    Love this man. Great tips and I would love to take you up on that offer!! Always trying to improve my email game.

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      Cheers mate, I'll send you a calendly link and we can book a time to chat.