How do I handle unsubscribes from my Mother's Day email campaign?
Muhammed Tüfekyapan
Founder & CEO
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Managing Unsubscribes During Mother's Day Campaigns
Unsubscribes during promotional campaigns are inevitable. The goal is not to eliminate them but to ensure they occur because a subscriber has genuinely outgrown their interest in your brand, not because your campaign was poorly targeted or excessively frequent.
Acceptable Unsubscribe Rate Benchmarks
| Rate | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| Under 0.2% | Excellent targeting and relevance |
| 0.2-0.5% | Normal for promotional emails |
| 0.5-1% | Review targeting and frequency |
| Over 1% | Campaign structure needs immediate review |
Prevention Strategies
- Suppress purchasers early: Remove customers who have already purchased from emails 3 through 5. Continuing to send promotional emails to someone who just bought damages the relationship.
- Suppress inactive subscribers: Remove non-openers from the final 1 to 2 emails in the sequence to protect deliverability without risking unsubscribes from an audience unlikely to convert.
- Respect the opt-out: Honor the Mother's Day email opt-out immediately and completely across all sends in the sequence.
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Growth Suite prevents on-site offer fatigue by enforcing cooldown periods after a customer has seen or converted on an offer, ensuring that customers who recently purchased are not presented with additional promotional pop-ups that would feel intrusive and damage the post-purchase experience.
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