EP 17: The 2025 Email Playbook: Tactics Myths and Insights for Success

Send It! · with null · February 11, 2025 · 68 min

Summary

This episode dives into the future of email marketing for ecommerce in 2025, dissecting common myths and offering actionable strategies to drive revenue through retention. Learn how to optimize your email campaigns for real, repeatable revenue, focusing on impactful automations and customer journey mapping rather than just maximizing send volume.

Key takeaways

• Audit your current retention setup and map customer journeys to identify gaps and turn high-level ideas into actionable plans.
• Utilize practical templates to plan core email campaigns and build high-impact automations, prioritizing initiatives that drive revenue.
• Focus on building a retention engine that generates repeatable revenue, moving beyond simply increasing email send frequency.
• Leverage email and SMS together to drive over $200M in revenue, as demonstrated by the hosts' combined experience.
• Stay updated on the latest email marketing tactics and insights to sharpen your skills and maintain a competitive edge.

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Episode description

What worked in 2024, won’t in 2025. With evolving privacy regulations, new laws and fast-changing consumer behavior, this new year has already brought on new challenges. But Jimmy Kim & Chase Dimond did the digging so you don’t have to and they’re about to break it all down.In this episode, the two hosts lay out their full 2025 playbook including the state of email marketing, non-traditional metrics that actually matter, deliverability mastery, audience management and insights for strategic planning. Plus, they’re busting the biggest email marketing myths so you can build and execute your strategy with clarity.EP 17: The 2025 Email Playbook: Tactics Myths and Insights for SuccessHere's what we're diving into:Current State of Email MarketingAudience Management - Going beyond batch and blastDeliverability Mastery - A required skill of a modern email marketerStrategic Playbook Planning for 2025Metrics beyond Click and Open - RPS, CTOR, UTA, CTC, OTCYour top 10 email marketing action items for 2025______03:35 Agenda for the 2025 Playbook04:29 Current State of Email Marketing08:34 Audience Management: No Longer Optional08:47 Email Marketing Myths12:25 Segmentation Strategies22:19 Deliverability Mastery34:38 Frequency and Volume Control in Email Marketing35:38 The Importance of Sunset Policies37:36 Strategic Planning for Email Marketing40:03 Leveraging Inventory for Campaign Planning47:34 Advanced Metrics for Email Marketing56:31 Top 10 Action Items for 202501:04:04 Wrapping Up and Announcements______Thank you our friends at Omnisend, Nacelle, and eCom Email Certified for sponsoring the podcast!Omnisend is an all in one eCommerce email and SMS marketing automation platform that enables market

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Frequently asked about this episode

What does this episode say about email & sms?

Audit your current retention setup and map customer journeys to identify gaps and turn high-level ideas into actionable plans.

What does this episode say about customer retention?

Utilize practical templates to plan core email campaigns and build high-impact automations, prioritizing initiatives that drive revenue.

What does this episode say about analytics & attribution?

Focus on building a retention engine that generates repeatable revenue, moving beyond simply increasing email send frequency.

What does this episode say about email & sms?

Leverage email and SMS together to drive over $200M in revenue, as demonstrated by the hosts' combined experience.

What does this episode say about email & sms?

Stay updated on the latest email marketing tactics and insights to sharpen your skills and maintain a competitive edge.

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