Your Email List Is More Than a Number
When a business talks about its email marketing, as part of the conversation, they often state how many subscribers are on their lists. Logically, most people would assume that a larger list creates more sales opportunities—something every business needs. But subscriber count alone tells you very little about whether your email marketing is actually working. A company with 25,000 subscribers may be getting less value from its list than a company with 2,500 engaged customers. And an engaged list member regularly opens, clicks, or responds by making a purchase, donation or takes another call to action the email is aiming for.,