{"id":3699,"date":"2019-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/blog\/2019-state-of-email-workflows-from-pre-send-planning-to-cross-channel-integration\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:23:20","slug":"2019-state-of-email-workflows-from-pre-send-planning-to-cross-channel-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/blog\/2019-state-of-email-workflows-from-pre-send-planning-to-cross-channel-integration","title":{"rendered":"[Report] 2019 State of Email Workflows: From Pre-Send Planning to Cross-Channel Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Email is your most effective and measurable channel\u2014so long as you set it up for success through every phase of the production process. Creating a high-performing email takes time and resources\u2014and your workflow can make or break your team\u2019s productivity and campaign quality. A watertight email process keeps projects moving quickly, helps keep stakeholders in the loop, and ensures high-quality output. A broken process, on the other hand, can be damaging to your program and your team.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"copywriting-quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"rectangle-quote\"><p>Email is your most effective and measurable channel\u2014so long as you set it up for success through every phase of the production process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ec\/g243B\">Tweet this \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>But what does the <em>ideal<\/em> email workflow look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In our fourth annual State of Email Workflows report, we use insights from 3,000+ email marketers to take a detailed look at how teams get email campaigns out the door at every step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"orange btn medium\" style=\"color: #fff;font-weight: bold\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/litmus.com\/ebooks\/state-of-email-workflows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the free report \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Email Marketers Plan Campaigns and Manage Production Cycles<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly every email marketer has been asked if they can \u201cjust send out another email.\u201d But it\u2019s <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rarely<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that simple.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"post-24526 media-24526\" class=\"alignnone nudged\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-2019-10-21-at-9.31.04-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-2019-10-21-at-9.31.04-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3618\" height=\"2318\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">53% of brands need 2 weeks more to produce a single email.<br \/>\n<\/span><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ec\/LlEe2\"><b>Tweet this<\/b><\/a><b> \u2192 <\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And do you know what part of the email workflow is taking the longest? It\u2019s not copywriting. Do you think it\u2019s design or email coding? You\u2019d be wrong. Download your report copy to learn what step of the process is the biggest time drain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"orange btn medium\" style=\"color: #fff;font-weight: bold\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/litmus.com\/ebooks\/state-of-email-workflows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn where email teams waste the most time \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Email Marketers Handle Crucial Pre-Send Processes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every year, it\u2019s getting increasingly more difficult for a brand to be heard through the sea of ads and messages. What\u2019s going to make you stand out from the hundreds of emails in your subscribers\u2019 inboxes? If you want your email campaigns to drive action, you must send campaigns that are targeted and effective. And to do that at scale, you need a bulletproof pre-send process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We walk through how your peers handle the pre-send email workflow and what tools they use to get it done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, nearly half of email marketers use Adobe Dreamweaver for email development. Litmus Builder is the second most popular environment with 26% of all marketers using Builder to code their emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"post-24527 media-24527\" class=\"alignnone nudged\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-2019-10-21-at-9.32.00-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-2019-10-21-at-9.32.00-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3530\" height=\"2138\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Download the full report to also learn:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What content planning tools email marketers rely on<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How marketers design and code their emails (and what tools and tricks can speed up the process)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How brands handle testing and QA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And more!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"orange btn medium\" style=\"color: #fff;font-weight: bold\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/litmus.com\/ebooks\/state-of-email-workflows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dig into the data \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Email Marketers Analyze Campaigns Post-Send<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arguably some of the most important work you can do in email marketing is analyzing the results of your campaigns to make your emails <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">even better<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can only craft and target personalized messages to your audience if you understand them\u2014who they are, their behavior, their engagement. So it\u2019s no surprise that 63% of marketers use third-party tools to enhance the insights they get from their ESPs.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"post-24528 media-24528\" class=\"alignnone nudged\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-2019-10-21-at-9.32.37-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litmus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-2019-10-21-at-9.32.37-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3530\" height=\"2288\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Curious to learn what tools your peers use and what metrics they measure? Download the report for a full overview of how brands measure the effectiveness of their campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"orange btn medium\" style=\"color: #fff;font-weight: bold\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/litmus.com\/ebooks\/state-of-email-workflows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get your copy \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Email Marketers Integrate Email With Their Other Marketing Channels<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s time to look beyond the email channel on its own. The best email marketers don\u2019t just send great campaigns and evaluate what\u2019s working. They also communicate the power of the email channel across the marketing organization and beyond. The best brands know that their email subscribers are the most closely aligned to their prospect audience and best able to show what they most want to hear about. 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