SAMPLE EMAIL MARKETING BUSINESS CASE

A Business Case for Email Marketing-SAMPLE © Copyright E-consultancy 2007 – not for distribution to non-subscribers without written permission 1 SAMPLE VERSION -Download the full version of this Business Case: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/email-bc A Business Case for… Email Marketing E-consultancy March 2007 SAMPLE VERSION ONLY Download the full version of this Business Case: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/email-bc Full download for Subscribers only. Subscribe here: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/subscribe A Business Case for Email Marketing-SAMPLE © Copyright E-consultancy 2007 – not for distribution to non-subscribers without written permission 2 SAMPLE VERSION -Download the full version of this Business Case: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/email-bc Contents 1. About This Guide................................................................................................3 Purpose ..................................................................................................................3 About E-consultancy.........................................................................................3 2. Scope.......................................................................................................................4 What to expect from this guide: ...................................................................4 Further Reading .................................................................................................4 3. What is Email Marketing? .............................................................................5 10 facts about Email Marketing..................Error! Bookmark not defined. 4. Why is Email Marketing Important? ......Error! 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Bookmark not defined. 9. Case Studies -Finance...................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 10. Case Study -Retail ........................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 11. Case Study -Travel ........................................Error! Bookmark not defined. * Not available in SAMPLE version. Download the full version of this Business Case: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/email-bc Full download for Subscribers only. Subscribe here: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/subscribe A Business Case for Email Marketing-SAMPLE © Copyright E-consultancy 2007 – not for distribution to non-subscribers without written permission 3 SAMPLE VERSION -Download the full version of this Business Case: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/email-bc 1. About This Guide Purpose This guide will help you evangelise about the business benefits of email marketing. Use it to figure out how to persuade your boss that an investment in email marketing is a smart move. We don’t expect you to know everything about email marketing, and anything you do know is a bonus. But what’s important here is that you know that email marketing matters. And now you need to educate the boss. The guide provides you with a framework for an internal presentation /argument for an email marketing budget. It contains lots of key facts and figures that will help you make a solid case for email. Good luck! About E-consultancy E-consultancy is an award-winning UK-based publisher of best practice internet marketing reports, research and how-to guides, to help educate business people and marketers about the internet and e-commerce. Subscribers pay from as a little as £149 per year to access exclusive and highly practical content. E-consultancy also provides a range of public and in-house training programmes, such as seminars and workshops. It trained more than 3,000 internet professionals in 2006. More than 100 exclusive E-consultancy events are lined up for 2007, including roundtables and monthly Supplier Showcases. Want to find out more about E-consultancy? www.e-consultancy.com/about Contact Us Talk: 0207 6814052 Write: info@e-consultancy.com A Business Case for Email Marketing-SAMPLE © Copyright E-consultancy 2007 – not for distribution to non-subscribers without written permission 4 SAMPLE VERSION -Download the full version of this Business Case: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/email-bc 2. Scope We have purposefully limited the scope of this report in order to focus on Winning The Budget. Accordingly, it will not explain the ins and outs of email marketing in minute detail (we have other reports for that). In simple terms, this guide will focus on the practice of sending communications such as newsletters and product offers via email. Companion guides are also available for other areas of internet marketing, such as paid search, search engine optimisation and affiliate marketing. What to expect from this guide: • We’ll start off by providing you with a brief overview of email marketing. • Then, we’ll get into why email marketing is so important for businesses of all shapes and sizes, backing up our view with market data and other research. • After that we will take a look at some recent trends in email marketing. • Once we’ve set the scene we’ll provide you with a list of business benefits. Then we’ll let you know what to expect in terms of costs and resourcing. • And finally, we’ll look at a few case studies, by sector. Further Reading Email marketing remains a complex game for the most experienced professionals, but E-consultancy has other guides that can help you get to grips with the detail. If you need to (comprehensively) know how to do it: Email Marketing Best Practice Guide (coming in 2007) If you want somebody else to do it: Email Marketing Buyer’s Guide If you’re interested in how other people are doing it: Email Marketing Roundtable Briefing Email Marketing Industry Census A Business Case for Email Marketing-SAMPLE © Copyright E-consultancy 2007 – not for distribution to non-subscribers without written permission 5 SAMPLE VERSION -Download the full version of this Business Case: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/email-bc 3. What is Email Marketing? SAMPLE VERSION ONLY Download the full version of this Business Case: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/email-bc Full download for Subscribers only. Subscribe here: http://www.e-consultancy.com/in/subscribe