✉️How to Master eCommerce Email Marketing ✉️

Right now it's really popular to create eCommerce shops and agencys

So in this thread I'll show you how to start mastering the email game

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What you need to understand before starting

> Campaigns: A one time send to a group of contacts. Holiday or promotions

> Flows: Triggered every time a certain behavior occers, like abandoned cart.

You want at least 20% of revenue to come from email, split equal between the 2
Sending to the full list will get you sent to spam, You need to segment the list based on engagement

Depending on how often you send, it will be different groups.

You also need to clean your list regularly to limit the cost of the list.

Now, Lets get started! 🔥

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There are 13 different flows and AT LEAST 12 different campaigns you should be using

We are not going to be talking about all of them today because it would be a too big thread for you to read

We are going to split the flows in
> Pre Purchase Flows
> Post purchase Flows

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We will be talking about:
- Welcome flow / Pre Purchase
- Browse Abandonment / Pre Purchase
- Back in Stock / Pre Purchase
- Customer Winback / Post Purchase
- Sunset / Post Purchase
- Bestsellers / Campaign
- Free products w/purchase / Campaign
- Referral / Campaign

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Welcome Flow - NON Buyer - 4 Parts

Delivered immediately

1st email welcomes new sign ups and introduce them to the brand as well as fulfill any promises from the sign up offer.

If there is a discount promised, make sure to give it towards the top of the email.

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Welcome Flow - NON Buyer

1st email should have a open rate of 70-80%

Ideal subject lines
- Welcome!
- Welcome (more info inside!)
- Welcome to [BRAND NAME]
- You’re part of the family now
- Fantastic. You are in!

Auto resend to non openers next day with new subject line

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Welcome Flow - NON Buyer

2nd Email - Open Rate of 50-60%
Sent 1-2 days after 1st

This email shows why the brand is unique

Focus on
- Brand Story
- Unique Quality Standards
- Benefits of Shopping with Your Company

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Welcome Flow - NON Buyer

2nd Email

General subject line ideas:
- You heard it here first
- Learn more about us
- Here's our story
- Level up your [INSERT WORD] game...

Structure:
1. Why we do what we do  
2. What we promise/ the difference to others
3. Shop

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Welcome Flow - NON Buyer

3rd email - Open Rate 40-50%
Sent 2-3 days after 2nd email

Use this email to show social proof and some of the best sellers.

Focus on
- Social Proof (customer reviews, press, celebrity/brand endorsements, etc)
- Display Popular Products

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Welcome Flow - NON Buyer

3rd email

General subject line ideas:
- Our customers say it best
- Have you treated yourself lately?
- The Love is Real
- Word on the street

Structure:
1. Reminder discount
2. Social proof
3. Shop

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Welcome Flow - NON Buyer

4th email - Open Rate 30-40%
Sent 3-4 days after 3rd

Use this email to get them to follow you on socials

Focus on:
- The community element or introduce founders

Structure:
1. Welcome to family
2. Introduce founder
3. Reminder discount
4. Shop

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Welcome Flow - NON Buyer

4th email

General subject line ideas:
- We're All in this Together
- Let's Get Social
- Let's Be Friends
- We're All Here for You
- Meet our Team

You should A/B test the different amount of days between the emails to see which fits your audience

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Browse Abandonment

This email is for people who have signed up for emails & viewed a product, but DIDN'T add to cart, get to checkout, or make a purchase.

It's 2-3 emails. Most often 2, If stats is good then a 3rd one.

You should A/B test sending after 30 min - 4 hours

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Browse Abandonment

Flow filters:
- Added to cart zero times since starting this flow
- Started checkout zero times since starting this flow
- Placed order zero times since starting this flow
- Has not been in flow in last X days

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Browse Abandonment

1st Email

Send email with general copy about brand and products and use dynamic product code to fill in the product that customer viewed.

Structure:
Dig it? We had a hunch
Discount
Shop

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Browse Abandonment

2nd email is next day

Structure:
Did you see something you liked? 
Here’s a discount for 24 hours 
Shop now 
Free Shipping

3rd email - 22 hours after 2nd
Hey 2 hours left to use your discount
Show product 
Discount Shop

The purpose:
Move down the funnel/buy
Back in Stock

This email is for those who have signed up to be notified when a product that is out of stock, is back again.

Instead of waiting for the product to get restocked, you send an email after 5 minutes with a discount to other products

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Back in Stock

1st Email

Structure:
While you wait
Hey [FIRST NAME] here’s a confirmation that you’re waiting for [PRODUCT]
In the meantime here’s XX% off on our other products
Dynamic code

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Back in Stock

2nd Email when the product is back in stock

Structure:
The wait is over! 
Sorry for making you wait, Here’s XX% off 
Grab it before it’s gone! 
Claim Product 

If they don't buy from this email, You send 2 follow-ups

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Customer Winback

60-365 days after placing an order (depending on the type of product)
The point of this flow is to get them to place a new order or at least get in the funnel.

If they have bought again during this time, they're excluded.

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Customer Winback

1st email

Subject line:
- It’s been a while... 
- We haven’t seen you in a while
- Just for you [FIRST NAME]

Structure:
Check out what’s new
Here’s a peak / discount
Show products
Shop now 

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Customer Winback

Email 2
Wait 15 days
Basically same structure

Email 3
5 days after 2nd

Structure:
Don’t wait too long.../ last chance 
Discount code expiring 
Show popular 
Shop now

If they haven't opened any of these emails they are probably a candidate for Sunset unengaged
Sunset Unengaged

As I said before, we don't want a lot of people that doesn't engage on the list.

This is the breakup series. If they don't engage in this flow, they become suppressed. This is the last chance to win them back.

This flow has 2 emails.

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Sunset Unengaged

Filter:
Is not suppressed 
Haven’t open an email in 90 days 
Haven’t clicked an email in last 90 days (fail safe in case above doesn’t work as it should) 
Have received over 15 email  
Have not ordered in 45 days 
Haven’t been on site for 45 days  

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Sunset Unengaged

1st Email 

Subject:
Time to say goodbye? 

Structure:
You’re missing out / It’s been a while  
We want to check in and make sure you get our emails, are you not interested? 
We’re happy to give you a discount if you come back 
Code Valid 48 hours

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Sunset Unengaged

2nd Email
Wait 5 days 

Subject:
This is the last email you’ll ever receive from us 

Structure
You seem to be over us 
We know inboxes can be a bit crowded but if you’d like to stay on the list do nothing. If you want to unsubscribe press buttom below. 

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Sunset Unengaged

No open?
Unengaged = true

It's time to suppress them. Never delete them, you also delete the data.

If they happen to open an email, they get tagged as someone you can win back.

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The Best Seller Campaign

Focus on 3-6 products to not overwhelm readers

Subject lines:
You need these
These best sellers are 🔥🔥🔥
Compliments guaranteed.

Preview texts:
These are our MUST haves
Our stuff is the COOLEST
All the best – Just for you

Now show off the goods!
The Referral Campaign

Turn your existing customers into brand evangelists. 

This flow lets customers give discounts/products to a friend and receive the same thing as well. This expands your reach

You should only target customers who have been engaging with your emails

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The Referral Campaign

Subject lines: 
Here 💸. It’s for you 
Sharing is caring 
Let us pay you for this

Preview texts: 
Send a friend $20 and get $20 off your order. 
Announcing a better way to share [BRAND] 
Sharing [BRAND] just got easier.

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The Free Product With Purchase Campaign

Great way to get rid of old products.

Conversion focused as you’re sweetening the pot for the customer

Subject lines: 
Your favorite [PRODUCT] is now FREE! 🙏
Score your FREE [PRODUCT] 
Free [PRODUCT] with purchase!

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Free Product W/ Purchase

Preview texts: 
Don’t miss out on a FREE [PRODUCT]! 🔥
[PRODUCT] is free with purchase from now until we sell out!
Don’t wait – These will go fast!

This flow convinces subscribers to become first time buyers and creates repeat buyers.

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I know that this has been quite a big thread but since you've made it this far, you clearly want more!

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He is the mastermind that has been killing it in this industry for years and are now helping others to do the same!

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This thread is but a fraction of what Chase teaches in his course. I've only just scratched the surface!

eCommerce Email marketing course will teach you how to run a successful email agency or just improve your own shop.

If you want in this game, fast decisions are essential
Chase started his online journey @ 13 as he was diagnosed with Chrons disease
He learned guerilla marketing to help spread awareness of the disease

In collage, he built a platform for students to make learning more collaborate and scaled it to 250k students in 6 months

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He then built and scaled a travel agency to 500k email subscribers in 10 months using cold email.

In total he has acquired 1M+ online community members plus driven $50M in email revenue in less than 3 years.

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