New study on email consumption reveals date, time of high engagement rate

A 2020 research compiled by Netcore Solutions, a global marketing technology firm, has revealed that over 20 per cent of emails are opened on Saturday and emails have the highest engagement from customers on Wednesday and Saturday. All the emails were tracked for the report between January and December 2019.

Netcore’s study revealed that 7:00p.m. and 3:00p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays have a higher engagement rate, while Saturdays sees the lowest engagement rate for Emails.

The research is an outcome of efforts by the firm to redefine digital marketing and highlight key metrics that brands should track to get the best out of their customer emails.

According to Chukwudi Nwokike, Client Success Manager, “In Nigeria, there is a growing need by organizations and brands to communicate with customers via emails because, unlike traditional marketing and texts, a clearer and more specific message can be disseminated directly to the target audience on their devices. The beauty of emails is that there are integrations and tools put in place to seamlessly track customer engagement through open and click rates.”

The report highlights important metrics that were reviewed and used as a yardstick for monitoring the email behaviour in Nigeria, including but not limited to exclamation marks, question marks, subject line length, and others. It also points out the two important metrics which brands should take cognizance of before sending out emails to prospects and customers. They are open rates and click rates.

In this report, 1 billion emails were analyzed in various ways which matter to businesses and user behaviours, including subject line in emails, category of emails sent, best day of the week to send out emails and best time to have emails sent out to the target audience which will, in turn, boost the open and click rates.

Nisham Chhabra, Regional VP – Africa, said: ” By helping clients globally create one-on-one customer experience across multiple channels, we are revolutionizing customer communication”.

Netcore Solutions, A leading and global marketing automation, analytics and AI/ML solutions provider in 13 other countries explained this in their 2020 edition of “Banking Report: How Nigeria reads Emails”.

“With over 1 billion emails sent out in 2019, the 2020 banking report notes that over 20% of emails are opened on Saturday and emails have the highest engagement from customers on Wednesday and Saturday. Automated emails are gradually gaining prominence and this is explained in the 2020 Report. The benefit attached to automated email is that it increased the rate of emails opened significantly”, the firm noted

The report further revealed that unsubscribe rates were highest for brands who sent 0-4 emails in a week noting that this explains why brands lose their contacts to unsubscribes. The report further highlighted measures brands can put in place to ensure the unsubscribes become as minimal as possible.

“Sending relevant emails is more important than the frequency of emails sent out to subscribers. We want to advise marketers in 2020 that it is important to take Gmail delivery seriously to see improved engagement because 73% of email subscribers who engage in emails sent out are Gmail users. The attention span of the average reader is short, and Nigerians are not left out. Therefore, for brands to get their message across to email subscribers and customers, it is pertinent that they uphold most of the facts written in the 2020 banking report which will serve as a comprehensive guide to engaging their subscribers and making the best out of every campaign. More details on the research result can be found on https://bit.ly/2020-how-Nigeria-reads-emails”, Netcore explained.

The Client Success Managers at Netcore believe that for brands to get their message across to email subscribers and customers, it is pertinent that they uphold most of the facts written in the 2020 banking report which will serve as a comprehensive guide to engaging their subscribers and making the best out of every campaign.