With Kelly Kenney (Sendwithus) & Matt Gonzales (Kickbox)
Hi, I’m Matt
● Partner Relations @ Kickbox
● 4 years in IT/IT Compliance; 4 years in
the startup lifestyle
● Dad joke extraordinaire, gamer,
educator
Hi, I’m Kelly
● Marketing @ Sendwithus
● Over 9 years in the Tech marketing field
● Email nerd, animal lover and cheese
enthusiast
● Email template management
● Iterate / Optimize without deploying code
● Set up A/B tests, drip campaigns
● Simplify workflow with Litmus &
Smartling integration
Kickbox & Sendwithus
● Email Address Verification
○ Bulk, Email list verification
○ Real-time verification API
● Recipient Authentication
About Kickbox
The Kickbox team has been in the
email privacy and security industry
for over 10 years.
Our background in anti-spam, anti-
virus and email privacy comprises
the foundation on which Kickbox
was built.
2014
Founded
Dallas, TX
London, UK
Headquarters
About Sendwithus
● Y Combinator backed
● Control + Optimize Email
● Top 300 Email sender
Worldwide2013
Founded
San Francisco, CA
Victoria, BC
Headquarters
Talking Points
Segmentation:
What is it?
Practice of creating smaller lists, or segments,
from a larger email list based upon
commonalities.
58% of all revenue is generated by segmented or
targeted emails, according to Direct Marketing
Association (DMA) study.
Segmentation:
Why is it important?
Your customers aren’t one-dimensional, so your
data shouldn’t be either.
● No two customers are the same
● Segment to reach the customers that
matter most to your business
Where do I begin?
The foundation of any successful email segmentation
strategy is a clean, active, engaged foundation.
Kickbox identifies the good, the bad & the ugly email
addresses in your data.
● Clean email lists prior to holidays
● Verify B2B lists every 3 months
● Verify B2C lists every 6 months
Top 3 ways to Segment:
#1 Location, Location, Location
Top 3 ways to Segment:
#2 Demographics
● Age
● Gender
● Occupation/Industry
Top 3 ways to Segment:
#3 Customer Journey
● Prompt users to perform an action
● A/B test messaging and offers
● Retail brand examples:
○ Added something to cart
○ Completed purchase
○ Review product
○ Repeat purchase
Segment by Quality Scores
● User state + previous engagement in a tool
like Salesforce
● Segment by most engaged and ask for
feedback
● Segment by least engaged, auto-sunset + win-
back
Personalize to Increase Relevance
● Tailor messaging to your segments
● First names, signup or customer appreciation
can do a long way
● Onboarding sequence
How to avoid stale email data
2 Ways to Ensure Fresh Data
● As soon as your pull the data it is
aging
● Query as close to send
● Update data as frequently as possible
Integrate with DatabaseFrequency of data pull
● Best case scenario: holistic complete
view of your customers
● Minimal involvement from data team
● Segment on whole picture
● Data consolidated from different sources
● Complete view of your customer, calculate
Lifetime Value (LTV), etc.
● Queries at time of send - always fresh data!
Data Warehouses: What to Know
What’s the worst that can happen?
Timing is Everything
Wrong Data, Wrong Message
No Free Class for You
● Segment to the right audience
● Marketing best practice:
Include promotion legalese
Perfect Segmentation Messaging
● Don't assume! - A/B Test!
● Treat email like a landing page
● Email is complicated. You can test:
○ SUBJECT LINES
○ INTRO TEXT
○ BODY STYLE
Wrapping Up
● Email Segmentation =
● List hygiene is essential
● Segment, Segment, Segment
● Fresh data + Updated content = Happy Customers
Housekeeping
● Kickbox / Sendwithus Questions
● Follow-up Recording
● Swag Giveaway
How you doin’
[remembering all
this information]?
Questions?
kelly@sendwithus.com matt@kickbox.io