This statistic presents the leading roles marketing e-mails play in the consumer purchase process in the United States as of July 2017. According to the findings, 17 percent of respondents said that promotional e-mails helped them in the selection process between products they were considering to purchase.
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Leading roles marketing e-mails play in the consumer purchase process in the United States as of July 2017
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This statistic presents the leading roles marketing e-mails play in the consumer purchase process in the United States as of July 2017. According to the findings, 17 percent of respondents said that promotional e-mails helped them in the selection process between products they were considering to purchase.
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This statistic presents the leading roles marketing e-mails play in the consumer purchase process in the United States as of July 2017. According to the findings, 17 percent of respondents said that promotional e-mails helped them in the selection process between products they were considering to purchase.
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- August 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- July 10 to 17, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,007 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
- Question: When it comes to the marketing emails you receive from brands, what role does email typically play in your purchase process?
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- July 10 to 17, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,007 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
- Question: When it comes to the marketing emails you receive from brands, what role does email typically play in your purchase process?
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Statistics on "E-mail marketing in the U.S."
- Overview
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- Planned changes to marketing budgets in the United States in 2017, by channel Planned changes to marketing budgets in the U.S. in 2017, by channel
- Market share of the most used e-mail clients as of December 2017Global email client market share 2017
- E-mail marketing profitability worldwide in 2015 and 2016E-mail marketing profitability 2015-2016
- Mean unique click-through rates (CTR) of advertising e-mails worldwide in 2016, by regionUnique click-through rates of marketing e-mails worldwide 2016, by region
- Open rates of advertising e-mails worldwide in 2017, by industryOpen rates of marketing e-mails worldwide 2017, by industry
- Mean unsubscribe rates of advertising e-mails worldwide in 2016, by regionMean unsubscribe rates of marketing e-mails worldwide 2016, by region
- Engagement/read rates of advertising e-mails worldwide in 2016, by industryEngagement rates of marketing e-mails worldwide 2016, by industry
- Number of e-mail users worldwide from 2017 to 2022 (in millions)Number of e-mail users worldwide 2017-2022
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- Share of local businesses using e-mail for advertising or promotion purposes in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2016U.S. SMBs: e-mail marketing adoption 2016
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- Effectiveness & metrics
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- B2C e-mail inbox placement, spam and read rate worldwide as of November 2017, by campaign typeB2C e-mail inbox placement, spam & read rate worldwide 2017, by campaign type
- E-mail open and clickthrough rates (CTR) in North America from 1st quarter 2010 to 1st quarter 2017E-mail marketing: CTR and open rates in North America 2010-2017
- Average marketing e-mail open rates in the United States in 2016, by industryMarketing e-mail open rates in the U.S. in 2016, by industry
- Average marketing e-mail bounce rates in the United States in 2016, by mailing frequencyMarketing e-mail bounce rates in the U.S. in 2016, by mailing frequency
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- Consumer perception & behavior
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- Triggered e-mails
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- Share of retailers sending triggered e-mails in response to an abandoned cart in the United States from 2013 to 2016U.S. retailers sending triggered e-mail responses to an abandoned cart 2013-2016
- Timeframe when retailers send triggered e-mails in response to an abandoned cart in the United States from 2013 to 2016U.S. retailers timeframe of sending triggered cart abandonment e-mails 2013-2016
- Revenue per triggered e-mail in the United States in 2016, by type (in U.S. dollars)Revenue per triggered e-mail in the U.S. in 2016, by type
- Average conversion rate of triggered e-mails in the United States in 2016, by order value Triggered e-mails average conversion rates in the U.S. in 2016, by order value
- Most effective triggers in e-mail marketing in North America as of September 2016North America: effective e-mail marketing triggers 2016
- Personalization
The most important statistics
- Leading e-mail personalization errors that consumers find frustrating in the United States as of July 2017U.S. consumers' frustration with e-mail personalization errors in 2017
- Ways retailers used data to personalize e-mails in North America as of September 2016North America: use of data in e-mail marketing personalization 2016
- Personalized e-mail marketing target groups in North America as of September 2016North America: personalized e-mail marketing target groups 2016
- Marketing e-mail open and click rates in the United States in 2016, by degree of personalizationMarketing e-mail open and click rates in the U.S. in 2016, by personalization
- Leading ways of using data to facilitate marketing personalization according to industry professionals worldwide as of November 2016Personalization in marketing - ways of using data 2016
- Spam
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- Leading countries of origin for unsolicited spam e-mails in 2nd quarter 2018, by share of worldwide spam volumeSpam e-mail: leading countries of origin of spam 2018
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- Global e-mail spam rate from 2012 to 2017E-mail spam rate worldwide 2012-2017
- Spam placement rate worldwide in 2017, by categoryGlobal spam placement rate 2017, by category
- Global spam volume as percentage of total e-mail traffic from 2007 to 2017Spam: share of global email traffic 2007-2017
- Global spam volume as percentage of total e-mail traffic from January 2014 to March 2018, by monthSpam: share of global email traffic 2014-2018
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