Email Stats - Free Versus Help For Johnny Bunko's Career
Daniel H. Pink
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Becky Blanton wins with “Stay Hungry”
“I'm going to TED, but those whose stories are told on the blog at bookybiz.biz are going with me. In the coming months the blog will be redesigned in order to highlight and showcase those people who are both ‘Staying hungry’ AND ‘Saying Thanks’ as Ed Brenegar and I team up to spread OUR ideas.
In July I'll be blogging and vlogging about TED on that site as well.
My dream is that my win will bring more traffic, attention and help to ALL of you who are not only staying hungry and saying thanks, but are giving back and leaving an imprint in this world. With nearly 5,000 votes cast - the stories and efforts of many charities are getting out. Thank you […]”
Thanks to those of your who have supported my call for help. I know you are many. That brings me to the second part of this blog post.
“Help” versus “Free” -Email Statistics Compared
(and the essence of a good speech - a video with author Daniel H. Pink)
Before I started promoting Becky's campaign she was 2% points behind at 39%. When the ballot was tallied up she scored high at 72% of about 5,000 votes in total. Not bad at all.
Before I continue, I need to make a big disclaimer: It was not my humble campaign that caused Becky to win. It was a collective effort of her friends and fellows from Triiibes.com. Triiibes member #1 Mr. Seth Godin certainly played an important role in the game. His call for vote was heard and echoed by a much, much larger group of people.
However, I am somewhat proud of you dear readers and readers of my email newsletter, because you have proved to care about other people.
Let's compare the stats of two of my more successful newsletter editions.
We have date, subject line, open rate, click through rate, and conditional open rate.
What we can observe here is that the subject with free twitter guide (download, no opt-in) almost got twice the attention. Seems like everybody (on this email list) is greedy and jumps immediately because of the word free.
What happened once the email has been opened? That's when the situation turned around. One third more readers decided to click through to check out what to vote for in this contest compared to those who wanted to download the free twitter guide.
In both cases: no opt-in, required and a PDF document (twitter guide versus Becky's and Martin's scary Johnny Bunko Comic with Zombies career lesson)
Of course we can speculate about the reasons now…
But I just wanted to share those numbers with you and I want to say, once more, “Thank you.”
Before I close I want to show you a video hat demonstrates that Daniel Pink, the author of Johnny Bunko…, might be the right person to listen to when it comes to career advice AND he gives us the essence of a good speech.
Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind
Do you think now Johnny Bunko could be the right book for you?
Yours
John W. Furst
P.S.: Becky Blanton's Lesson 7 for Johnny Bunko PDF is not available for download anymore from my server. Get this timeless, funny career advice. But visit Becky's new blog instead BookyBiz.biz/blog/.
Before I continue, I need to make a big disclaimer: It was not my humble campaign that caused Becky to win. It was a collective effort of her friends and fellows from Triiibes.com. Triiibes member #1 Mr. Seth Godin certainly played an important role in the game. His call for vote was heard and echoed by a much, much larger group of people.
However, I am somewhat proud of you dear readers and readers of my email newsletter, because you have proved to care about other people.
Let's compare the stats of two of my more successful newsletter editions.
We have date, subject line, open rate, click through rate, and conditional open rate.
Jan. 13, 2009
I need your help... (wish me luck)
29.3% of the recipients opened the email.
15.9% of the recipients visited the blog.
54.3% of those who opened the email visited the blog.
Oct. 23, 2008
a twitter guide for you,... download, no opt-in needed
53.2%
21.0%
39.5%
What we can observe here is that the subject with free twitter guide (download, no opt-in) almost got twice the attention. Seems like everybody (on this email list) is greedy and jumps immediately because of the word free.
What happened once the email has been opened? That's when the situation turned around. One third more readers decided to click through to check out what to vote for in this contest compared to those who wanted to download the free twitter guide.
In both cases: no opt-in, required and a PDF document (twitter guide versus Becky's and Martin's scary Johnny Bunko Comic with Zombies career lesson)
Of course we can speculate about the reasons now…
But I just wanted to share those numbers with you and I want to say, once more, “Thank you.”
Before I close I want to show you a video hat demonstrates that Daniel Pink, the author of Johnny Bunko…, might be the right person to listen to when it comes to career advice AND he gives us the essence of a good speech.
Insights: Career, education, and the essence of a well written speech
Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind
Do you think now Johnny Bunko could be the right book for you?
Yours
John W. Furst
P.S.: Becky Blanton's Lesson 7 for Johnny Bunko PDF is not available for download anymore from my server. Get this timeless, funny career advice. But visit Becky's new blog instead BookyBiz.biz/blog/.
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Great video that makes me interesting to read. As days passes by we need to take the tips and suggestion of others for effective working.