There has been a lot of talk about the importance of improving business web marketing in 2014, and why not? 34.3% of the human race, over two billion people, use the internet each and every day. They use the web to check social media and stay in contact with friends and family. They're reading high-quality web content, and they're making more purchases online than ever before. Current statistics show that American eCommerce grew to $262.3 billion last year.
Looking at these facts, it's no wonder why so many espouse the necessity of getting on social media, building a better website, and producing great blog content that will draw web users to your business. All of those things are true, but a huge number of sources reporting on web marketing have been doing you a huge disservice by ignoring e-mail as an important tool.
Why Does E-mail Remain So Important?
To see how important e-mail remains to a web marketing campaign, you need only look at the usage statistics. Mobile users spend nine minutes a day, approximately 7.6% of the time spent on their mobile phones daily, using their e-mail. Overall, more e-mail is read from a mobile device than is read...