<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>MailChimp Email Marketing Blog &#187; email event reminders</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.mailchimp.com/tag/email-event-reminders/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com</link> <description>MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys!</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:04:08 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Test Your Event Reminders</title><link>http://blog.mailchimp.com/test-your-event-reminders/</link> <comments>http://blog.mailchimp.com/test-your-event-reminders/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:23:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[MailChimp News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stats]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tips, Tricks, Best Practices]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a/b testing email reminders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[email event reminders]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.mailchimp.com/test-your-event-reminders/</guid> <description><![CDATA[MailChimp holds a Getting Started Webinar every Wednesday. We basically send an invitation to all the new free trials that signed up the previous week, and invite them to watch us run through the basics. Most people end up figuring out MailChimp on their own, but a handful of people enjoy a live demo. Anyway, [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MailChimp holds a <a href="http://blog.mailchimp.com/webinar/" title="MailChimp Webinars">Getting Started Webinar every Wednesday</a>. We basically send an invitation to all the new free trials that signed up the previous week, and invite them to watch us run through the basics. Most people end up figuring out MailChimp on their own, but a handful of people enjoy a live demo.</p><p>Anyway, we used to send a reminder every <strong>Monday</strong>, giving people the dial-in instructions for the <strong>Wednesday</strong> webinar. A couple weeks ago, the job duties for sending those invitations got passed on to someone else in the office, who forgot to send the invitation on Monday. Oops.</p><p>So he sent it on Tuesday instead, and we noticed the attendance rate almost <strong>doubled</strong>. Just by sending on a different day. We&#8217;ve since changed the invitation schedule to Tuesdays, and are still enjoying consistently better attendance.</p><p>Is it because <a href="http://blog.mailchimp.com/best-day-of-week-subject-line-for-email-campaigns/" title="Best day of the week?">Tuesdays are better than Mondays</a>? Or is it simply because the invitation is being sent closer to the event? You can hope for an accidental discovery like ours, or you can use our <a href="http://blog.mailchimp.com/ab/" title="A/B Splits for Email Marketing">automated A/B testing tool</a> to find out yourself.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.mailchimp.com/test-your-event-reminders/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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