Timing is everything, especially in quick-paced digital marketing. Unfortunately, there is often a gap between when multi-channel merchants send e-mails or post on social media and when customers are most likely to engage, according to Yesmail Interactive, an Infogroup company. Its latest research report, "Using Digital Market Intelligence to Drive Multi-Channel Success," tracked and analyzed an array of big-brand retailers' Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and e-mail campaigns over a three-month period and found that many social media and e-mail efforts did not match with consumers' engagement preferences. For example, Facebook campaigns achieve the highest level of engagement on Tuesdays, yet that day ranks fourth in terms of when actual campaigns are deployed. The majority of Twitter campaigns take place on Friday, which is the least engaging day for those campaigns. The most interaction on YouTube occurs on Monday, but it is the least used weekday for campaign deployment. The report also found a mismatch between retailers and customers when it came to favored time of day. Plus, while sending an e-mail on the day of a social media post clearly boosted customer social response, many "multi-channel" merchants did not coordinate channels to maximize impact. For more detail, check out the press release at http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yesmail-interactive-study-reveals-marketers-are-missing-out-on-key-social-and-email-campaign-opportunities-2012-06-25
David Kanter, President and CEO of AccuList, is a list brokerage and direct marketing expert. For more than 30 years, he has helped companies and nonprofit organizations achieve their marketing goals. With David's Direct Marketing Forum, he shares, and invites others to share, helpful direct-marketing industry news, trends, analyses, resources, and tips for success. Please read our Comment Policy.
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