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Do You Know the 10 Best (and Worst) Performing Words in Email Subject Lines?

7 years ago

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If you want to boost engagement with your email campaigns, it helps to say “thank you” in the subject line. In this new Marketing Prof’s article, research writer Ayaz Nanji breaks down a recent report from Adestra on the best and worst performing words to use in your email subject lines.

The report was based on data from more than 3 billion attempted email sends that were part of 125,000 global campaigns sent by brands in four industries (retail/B2C, conferences/events, media/publishing, and B2B). The researchers selected the 300 most popular single words, characters, and two-word phrases and then looked at the relative lift or decay of each term versus the average.

As the report notes, the results only provide a “broad interpretation of the causal effects of individual words”; that is, they are a general overview of average performance and the terms won’t always work for every brand.

  • Overall, email subject lines that include the words “thank you” have the highest above-average engagement levels (+62%)—perhaps because many automated, transactional messages include this phrase, such as email receipts sent by brands after customers complete online purchases.
  • Subject lines that separate topics with pipes (e.g., “Sale now on | New lines added | Win trip to Dubai | Share your pics with #summer2015rules”) also perform significantly above average (+47%).
  • Timeliness also tends to work well in email subject lines, with words such as “bulletin” (+32%), breaking (+27%), and “order today” (+27%) all boosting engagement.
Image Credit: MarketingProfs.com
Image Credit: MarketingProfs.com
  • Not surprisingly, mundane words that make reading feel like work hurt engagement levels with email subject lines.
  • The worst-performing words examined include: “journal” (-50%), “forecast” (-47%), “training” (-47%), “whitepaper” (-40%), and “learn” (-36%).
Image Credit: Marketing Profs.com
Image Credit: Marketing Profs.com

Check out the full report for results by category, as well as for the specific engagement metrics (open rate, CTR, unsubscribe rate, etc.) of individual words.

About the research: The report was based on data from more than 3 billion attempted email sends that were part of 125,000 global campaigns sent by brands in four industries (retail/B2C, conferences/events, media/publishing, and B2B).

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Author: Michelle Hanson Filed Under: BizzyWeb, News, Social Media Tagged: analytics, calls-to-action, communications, Email Marketing, How To, Minneapolis online marketing, online marketing

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