Visual Contenting March 2016 | Page 16

TRENDS Enhanced Technology Enhanced technology such as animation can be an effective tool to set your campaign apart from the pack, animated gifs can be viewed in almost all email clients. This helps showcase products and entice readers by attracting their attention. • Animated gifs raised clickthrough rates by 26%. Email Use Is Growing Email usage is expected to grow at an average rate of 7% per year, which makes it an important part of every campaign. Email use is more and more a part of our everyday life, being integrated into our normal daily activities. Americans commonly check their email: • • • • • • While watching TV 70%. From bed 52%. On vacation 50%. While on the phone 43%. From the bathroom 42%. While driving 18%. Check out this infographic on Visual Contenting. Visual Contenting