Topics
return on investment (ROMI), direct marketing, campaign results, profitability
Review the activity below or download the PDF student worksheet
Student Discussion Task
Responses to direct marketing campaign may include direct sales, appointments with salespeople, and opportunities for future sales.
This activity outlines a variety of responses for an email campaign for an auto insurance company. If you were the manager for the campaign, how satisfied would you be with the following results?
About the Campaign
‘Got You Covered’ insurance company sent out 1,000 emails to their customer and prospect base. The total cost of the campaign was $5,000, as it included a free gift giveaway. Only 1,000 emails were sent in order to test the marketing campaign first, before rolling it out in larger numbers.
A summary of the results is as follows:
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Important Note: To help you evaluate the results, the company makes $200 profit on each policy sold and the average person remains a customer for five years.)
Student Discussion Questions
- Outline the mix of responses that the firm received from its email direct marketing campaign.
- Which of the responses received would be the most valuable to the firm? Why?
- What was the sales conversion rate of the campaign?
- If you were the campaign’s manager, how satisfied would you be with these results? Would you repeat the campaign?
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External Information
26 Examples of Brilliant Email Marketing Campaigns
