Email Deliverability Tip#1: Build quality mailing lists

Email Deliverability Tip#1: Build quality mailing lists

We all know that the lifecycle of an email campaign involves various phases like ideation, design, testing, and sending. Though we adhere to this model, sometimes our campaigns don't perform well and we end up a little short on achieving the desired conversions.
 
To maximize conversions, marketers should instill and adhere to a set of best practices during every phase of the email campaign's lifecycle. For the next three weeks, we'll learn about these best practices.
 
Today we'll focus on mailing lists, which are pivotal to the success of an email campaign.
 
Mailing lists are the fundamental blocks on which you build email campaigns. You have to do more than building signup forms and collecting email addresses. You have to grow your mailing lists organically, nurture them, and build a strong relationship with your contacts. Let's learn about some best practices for using a mailing list.
  • Organically grow your mailing list by following the double opt-in process.
  • Name the mailing list based on the signup source and segment contacts based on their needs and interests.
  • Don't frequently delete mailing lists and add new ones. 
  • Assign a score to contacts based on their engagement to identify inactive contacts. 
  • If you opt for a rarely used mailing list, send emails to active contacts first.

Regards,
Vivek Suresh
User Education | Zoho Campaigns

    Access your files securely from anywhere

          Zoho Developer Community




                                    Zoho Desk Resources

                                    • Desk Community Learning Series


                                    • Digest


                                    • Functions


                                    • Meetups


                                    • Kbase


                                    • Resources


                                    • Glossary


                                    • Desk Marketplace


                                    • MVP Corner


                                    • Word of the Day



                                        Zoho Marketing Automation
                                                • Sticky Posts

                                                • Tip of the week 03 - Sending emails in batches

                                                  Today's marketers not only want their email marketing to be efficient, but also smart. For an email campaign, you may think you have all the essential elements for lead conversion—a big mailing list, an attractive template design, and the most-engaging message content, but after hitting the ‘send’ button, you may not get the expected conversions. Wondering why? Here’s one of the major reasons. Many marketers miss out on sending the email campaign the right way. Did you know that you should not be
                                                • Tip of the week 04 - Know about your recipients' 'prime open time.'

                                                  In today's market, the importance of customer behavior is astounding, with a vast amount of research and resources going into finding how customers make decisions. The process of persuading your customers to open your email and click on your call-to-action becomes easy when you understand the psychology behind their behavioral traits. Time to turn into a psychologist! Let's get to the basics—you want your emails to resonate well with your recipients. So, what's the primary thing involved here? It's
                                                • Zoho Campaigns Expert Diaries on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube

                                                  Hi email champs,  As email marketers, we find great lessons in each other's works—be it the subject lines that worked good, the design that was received well, or the CTA that had the maximum clicks. Email marketing encompasses a wide variety of topics spanning everything from creation and design to development and deliverability.  Here's when we from the Zoho Campaigns team found the need to build an email marketing community comprising of seasoned marketers and email geeks who can help each other
                                                • Email Deliverability Tip #3: Seal the deal with the preheader

                                                  In the last post, we learned about the subject line. Today we'll be learning about the preheader. A preheader is the short text that follows the subject line in an email. The preheader is designed to hint at what your email message is all about. A good preheader should act as a second subject line and convince your contacts to open the email. Now, let's learn the best way to craft a preheader. Your subject line and preheader should work together and accurately convey the gist of your email. Keep
                                                • Tip of the week 15 - Add subscription-preferences option. Drive more engagement.

                                                  If crafting content for emails, getting creatives done, and running email campaigns is your love, then unsubscribes are the heartbreakers.  You can save your emails from being unsubscribed/trashed by adding a proper subscription-preferences option in your emails (works best at the time of signup). Giving subscribers the option to choose what they want to receive from you and decide how often (frequency of the emails) your emails should hit their inboxes will increase the reach of your campaigns manifolds. 


                                                Manage your brands on social media



                                                      Zoho TeamInbox Resources

                                                        Zoho DataPrep Resources



                                                          Zoho CRM Plus Resources

                                                            Zoho Books Resources


                                                              Zoho Subscriptions Resources

                                                                Zoho Projects Resources


                                                                  Zoho Sprints Resources


                                                                    Qntrl Resources


                                                                      Zoho Creator Resources



                                                                          Zoho Campaigns Resources


                                                                            Zoho CRM Resources

                                                                            • CRM Community Learning Series

                                                                              CRM Community Learning Series


                                                                            • Kaizen

                                                                              Kaizen

                                                                            • Functions

                                                                              Functions

                                                                            • Meetups

                                                                              Meetups

                                                                            • Kbase

                                                                              Kbase

                                                                            • Resources

                                                                              Resources

                                                                            • Digest

                                                                              Digest

                                                                            • CRM Marketplace

                                                                              CRM Marketplace

                                                                            • MVP Corner

                                                                              MVP Corner





                                                                                Design. Discuss. Deliver.

                                                                                Create visually engaging stories with Zoho Show.

                                                                                Get Started Now


                                                                                  Zoho Show Resources


                                                                                    Zoho Writer Writer

                                                                                    Get Started. Write Away!

                                                                                    Writer is a powerful online word processor, designed for collaborative work.

                                                                                      Zoho CRM コンテンツ






                                                                                        Nederlandse Hulpbronnen


                                                                                            ご検討中の方





                                                                                                  • Recent Topics

                                                                                                  • Can we have Backorder Management ?

                                                                                                    Can we have Backorder Management ?
                                                                                                  • Converting Amazon Sales Order to Invoice

                                                                                                    Hi there, We need  advice on the Amazon integration with Zoho Inventory. Now, we want to convert all the Sales orders synced from Amazon to Invoices. We want also to include and record the Amazon fees associated with the sales (Amazon fees, FBA fees, Cost of Advertising etc.) However, Sales order only captures the sales proceeds (Gross Sales) in Zoho Inventory. Does anyone currently work with Amazon and can suggest how to correctly process the sales and Amazon payments through Zoho Inventory and
                                                                                                  • Zoho Inventory | Can't uncheck/turn off Advance Tracking

                                                                                                    Hi, I wanted to know if there's a way to turn off Advanced Tracking (such as Serial Number or Batch Tracking) for an item in Zoho Inventory. I’ve read that you might need to delete associated transactions and clear the opening stock to disable these features.
                                                                                                  • No Hope for Zoho Meeting

                                                                                                    Zoho Meeting is just the poorest meeting app I've come across in a long time. The support sucks too. I called to see if there was anything that could be done on the backend and while I was on a test meeting with support the video was lagging and freezing
                                                                                                  • Landed Cost application to Vendor Bills from dropship Purchase Orders

                                                                                                    When trying to apply a Landed Cost to a Vendor Bill generated from a dropship Purchase Order, the Landed Cost pop-up window generates a message that "Landed Cost cannot be applied to Bills from dropship Purchase Orders" when trying to save the landed
                                                                                                  • Condition-based data sharing rules are now available in CRM

                                                                                                    Dear All,   We are excited to introduce a much awaited feature: condition-based data sharing rules. We'd love to explain more about this enhancement.   Specify record conditions in data sharing rules Data sharing rules enable you to share all the CRM
                                                                                                  • 2 serial numbers for 1 item (Mac address and Serial number)

                                                                                                    There is a way to track 2 serial number type for 1 Item. Ex: Some electronic devices have a MAC address and a serial number. I need to track those 2 numbers
                                                                                                  • Zoho Projects Roadshow, USA - 2024

                                                                                                    Dear Users, We are happy to announce the Zoho Projects Roadshows 2024 in USA. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Zoho Projects and gain in-depth knowledge of the advanced features. Our team will also discuss industry specific solutions
                                                                                                  • [Zoho Writer Webinar] Tips on collaboration control in Writer

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for the month of October 2023: Tips on collaboration control in Writer. This webinar will help you understand the various features available in Writer to control collaboration. We'll
                                                                                                  • [Zoho Writer Webinar] Working with tables in Zoho Writer

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for the month of September 2023: Working with tables. This webinar will help you understand the various ways you can use tables to meet your specific needs. The webinar will take
                                                                                                  • [Zoho Writer Webinar] Customize Writer to suit your business process

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for the month of August 2023: Customize Writer to suit your business process. This webinar will cover the various ways to customize Writer to streamline business processes and improve
                                                                                                  • Why is Zoho Meeting quality so poor?

                                                                                                    I've just moved from Office 365 to Zoho Workplace and have been generally really positive about the new platform -- nicely integrated, nice GUI, good and easy-to-understand control and customisation, and at a reasonable price. However, what is going on
                                                                                                  • Is there a way to print the dashboard?

                                                                                                    I would like the capability of printing the dashboard - is that possible?
                                                                                                  • Workflows for Timesheet

                                                                                                    Good day, Any way to have timesheet as triggers? I looked into Zoho Flow and into Zoho Project automation but no where can I have timesheet as a trigger. Basically, I would like to trigger something upon timesheet approval. Right now, the only way to
                                                                                                  • Linkedin - Recruiter System Connect

                                                                                                    Hi there! Does anyone here know how to connect Zoho Recruit to Linkedin Recruiter via Recruiter System Connect?
                                                                                                  • [Webinar] A recap of Zoho Writer in 2024

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce Zoho Writer's webinar for December 2024: A recap of Zoho Writer in 2024. This webinar will provide a recap of the features, enhancements, and integrations released in 2024 to enhance your productivity. There
                                                                                                  • Learn how to automate IT asset and incident management with Zoho Writer

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for November 2024: Learn how to use Zoho Writer's fillable forms for IT asset and incident management. This webinar will focus on how Zoho Writer can help you automate your organization's
                                                                                                  • [Webinar] Learn how Zoho Writer can streamline your finance and admin operations

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for October 2024: Streamlining finance and admin operations with Zoho Writer. This webinar will focus on how Zoho Writer can help you generate payslips and automate claim processes.
                                                                                                  • [Zoho Writer Webinar] Learn how Zoho Writer can enhance the productivity of sales teams

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for August 2024: Streamlining sales operations with Zoho Writer. This webinar will focus on how Zoho Writer can help you create sales documents and automate sales routines. There
                                                                                                  • [Zoho Writer Webinar] Learn how to simplify your HR operations: Part 2

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for July 2024: Learn how Zoho Writer can simplify your HR operations: Part 2. This webinar will focus on how Zoho Writer can help HR teams streamline and automate their entire hiring
                                                                                                  • [Zoho Writer Webinar] Learn how to simplify your day-to-day HR operations

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for June 2024: Learn how Zoho Writer can simplify your day-to-day HR operations. This webinar will focus on how to automate your entire hiring process and generate various types of
                                                                                                  • [Zoho Writer Webinar] Use formulas and conditions in Zoho Writer's document automation

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for May 2024: Learn how to use formulas and conditions in Zoho Writer. This webinar will focus on how to use formulas and conditions when automating document generation in Zoho Writer.
                                                                                                  • [Zoho Writer Webinar] Personalize Zoho Writer to suit your needs

                                                                                                    Hi Zoho Writer users, We're excited to announce the Zoho Writer webinar for April 2024: Learn how to personalize Zoho Writer to suit your needs. This webinar will focus on how to easily customize Writer's features at the user and organization level for
                                                                                                  • How to refresh/update module fields in

                                                                                                    Hi, I created a Workspace for CRM years ago. Since that time I've updated the layouts in several modules in CRM but Zoho Analytics displays the previous state fields only. How to refresh the module fields to reflect the actual state in Analytics? BR
                                                                                                  • Data update/pull from a specific field or module

                                                                                                    Hi Team, Currently, if I need a data from a newly added field on a product like Zoho CRM, I need to refresh the whole module to get the new field. This is taking much time for the data to be visible. If the data pull/refresh can be granularized to fetch
                                                                                                  • Lookup field in User module cannot look up to custom modules!

                                                                                                    Hi there, Expense has been great so far but it's sad to see that a simple thing such as allowing a lookup to custom modules from the Users module is not yet implemented. Hope to see this in the next release. Do you have any plan for that?
                                                                                                  • Trigger Zoho Cliq Channel Workflows for API Messages

                                                                                                    Dear Zoho Cliq Team, I hope this message finds you well. We have noticed that reminders or messages posted to Zoho Cliq channels via the API do not trigger channel-based workflows. This limitation means that any bot configured with a participation handler
                                                                                                  • Webhook Trigger for New Messages in Cliq Channels

                                                                                                    Hello, I would like to request a feature to enable webhook triggers when a new message is added to a Cliq channel. This functionality would allow us to seamlessly send important information from Cliq to other relevant systems. This webhook trigger can
                                                                                                  • Ability to Edit the "Current Job Title" dropdown field

                                                                                                    Current experience/Issue: When a user (candidate) uploads resume to Zoho Recruit candidate portal, some fields are prefilled with the info from the resume/cv correctly. However, we've observed that; 1. the "Current Job Title" dropdown field is usually
                                                                                                  • I'm getting an "Invalid_scope" error, even though I used an access token generated with the correct scope.

                                                                                                    I'm getting an "Invalid_scope" error, even though I used an access token generated with the correct scope. Here’s what I did in Postman: Generated the code to create an access token using the following URL: https://accounts.zoho.eu/oauth/v2/auth?scope=ZohoCampaigns.contact.UPDATE&client_id=<client_id>&response_type=code&access_type=offline&redirect_uri=https://1882-2-26-193-161.ngrok-free.app
                                                                                                  • Problem viewing document imported from google drive.

                                                                                                    Hello, When I add a document via my google drive, it is impossible to preview it. I get the error “Files without extensions cannot be previewed. Download to view this file”. Could you please help me? Also, and this is more of a question: is there a way
                                                                                                  • Problem configuring/customizing sales pipeline steps

                                                                                                    Hello, I have created several sales pipelines with different stages in them. Unfortunately I forgot to properly configure these steps (conversion probability, forecast category). How can I modify and customize all these steps? Thnak you by advance M
                                                                                                  • workflow for bounced email gets triggered, but email is status = opened

                                                                                                    Hello, I have a workflow that sends me an email if outgoing email are bounced. Now I got some kind of this emails, but the corrosponding contacts have status = open at the email. Why this bounce-workflow is triggered? Reports > Email Reports > Bounce
                                                                                                  • Power of Automation :: Automatically start / pause / stop timer on task status update.

                                                                                                    Hello Everyone, A Custom function is a user-written set of code to achieve a specific requirement. Set the required conditions needed as when to trigger using the Workflow rules (be it Tasks / Project) and associate the custom function to it. Requirement:-
                                                                                                  • Website Access Blocked (from one pc only) when attempting unattended access to any device

                                                                                                    Hello From one of my laptops I cannot access any remote device using unattended access. A Zoho Assist error page didplays 'Website Access Blocked. See attached.
                                                                                                  • Zoho Analytics to Zoho Sheets - automatic update?

                                                                                                    Hi all, If I create a zoho sheet from an Analytics Report or Analytics Data, is there a way for the zoho sheet to automatically update as the Report / Data in analytics updates?
                                                                                                  • Update Zoho Flow on Sprint Work Item Status Change

                                                                                                    Hello, I've contacted Zoho One support but have been unable to help in a timely manner, so I'm asking the community. I want to start using sprints, but I'm having an issue. I need to post updates to Slack when a Work Item has a status change. My understanding
                                                                                                  • Fixed Assets Register

                                                                                                    Thank you Zoho Books for adding fixed assets register. BUT there are certian tweeks that needs to be implemented. I found the following issues and seek improvements. 1) Fixed Asset Register Report in the Report Section has columns which are so much confusing.
                                                                                                  • Link to Desk tickets

                                                                                                    Hello, We are using Analytics to analyze data in Desk. Is there a way to embed a link to a ticket in reports? We'd love to be able to see the drill down data, and click a value in a result row that would launch the Desk Ticket in another window/tab. Thanks
                                                                                                  • Announcing new features in Trident for macOS (v.1.11.0)

                                                                                                    Hello everyone! Trident for macOS (v.1.11.0) is here with interesting features and enhancements to elevate your workplace communication and productivity. Let's take a quick look at them. Export emails. You can now export emails in the .eml file format
                                                                                                  • Next Page