<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<blog-post>
  <author-id type="integer">7526</author-id>
  <blog-comments-count type="integer">1</blog-comments-count>
  <blog-post-status-id type="integer">3</blog-post-status-id>
  <body-format>econsultancy_xml</body-format>
  <body-formatted>
  &lt;p&gt;But, despite the majority view, more recipients opened the messages on a Wednesday, while click-through rates were also higher than at any other time in the week.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;
      &lt;em&gt;"The theory behind this is perhaps people have more time on a Wednesday," &lt;/em&gt;according to a &lt;a href="http://www.emailcenteruk.com/blog/when-send-an-email-marketing-campaign.htm"&gt;post on the Emailcenter UK blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Less people are on holiday and away from their work email, while consumers are presumably not enjoying a night out on a work day."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;The research methodology was not disclosed. The company claims over 300 corporate clients including Andrew and P&amp;amp;O.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It said the findings were "surprising". The data also showed more clicks are made from emails on a Friday.&lt;/p&gt;
</body-formatted>
  <body-unformatted>&lt;FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"&gt;
  &lt;Paragraph&gt;But, despite the majority view, more recipients opened the messages on a Wednesday, while click-through rates were also higher than at any other time in the week.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
  &lt;Block&gt;
    &lt;Paragraph&gt;
      &lt;Quote&gt;"The theory behind this is perhaps people have more time on a Wednesday," &lt;/Quote&gt;according to a &lt;Link URL="http://www.emailcenteruk.com/blog/when-send-an-email-marketing-campaign.htm" Window="New"&gt;post on the Emailcenter UK blog&lt;/Link&gt;.&lt;LineBreak /&gt;&lt;LineBreak /&gt;&lt;Quote&gt;"Less people are on holiday and away from their work email, while consumers are presumably not enjoying a night out on a work day."&lt;/Quote&gt;&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
  &lt;/Block&gt;
  &lt;Paragraph&gt;The research methodology was not disclosed. The company claims over 300 corporate clients including Andrew and P&amp;amp;O.&lt;LineBreak /&gt;&lt;LineBreak /&gt;It said the findings were "surprising". The data also showed more clicks are made from emails on a Friday.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
&lt;/FormattedContent&gt;</body-unformatted>
  <created-at type="datetime">2007-03-28T15:36:00+01:00</created-at>
  <enabled-blog-comments-count type="integer">1</enabled-blog-comments-count>
  <expertise-level-id type="integer">1</expertise-level-id>
  <extract-format>econsultancy_xml</extract-format>
  <extract-formatted>
  &lt;p&gt;
    &lt;strong&gt;E-mail marketing campaigns sent out on a Wednesday are more successful than those sent on other days of the week, according to newly published data.&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;Statistics from e-marketing enabler Emailcenter UK shows most British electronic marketers (almost 25%) deliver e-mails on Thursdays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</extract-formatted>
  <extract-unformatted>&lt;FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"&gt;
  &lt;Paragraph&gt;
    &lt;Emphasis&gt;E-mail marketing campaigns sent out on a Wednesday are more successful than those sent on other days of the week, according to newly published data.&lt;/Emphasis&gt;
    &lt;LineBreak /&gt;
    &lt;LineBreak /&gt;Statistics from e-marketing enabler Emailcenter UK shows most British electronic marketers (almost 25%) deliver e-mails on Thursdays.&lt;LineBreak /&gt;&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
&lt;/FormattedContent&gt;</extract-unformatted>
  <featured type="boolean">false</featured>
  <id type="integer">992</id>
  <learn-more-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-customer-service-buyers-guide-2009"&gt;Online Customer Service Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; includes profiles of suppliers offering online survey tools.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-formatted>
  <learn-more-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-customer-service-buyers-guide-2009"&gt;Online Customer Service Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; includes profiles of suppliers offering online survey tools.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-unformatted>
  <legacy-article-id type="integer">362966</legacy-article-id>
  <name>Wednesday 'best' for e-mail marketing</name>
  <private type="boolean">false</private>
  <published-at type="datetime">2007-03-28T16:30:00+01:00</published-at>
  <slug>wednesday-best-for-e-mail-marketing</slug>
  <tweetbacks-updated-at type="datetime">2009-04-28T22:45:54+01:00</tweetbacks-updated-at>
  <unpublished-at type="datetime" nil="true"></unpublished-at>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2009-10-13T08:57:30+01:00</updated-at>
  <views-count type="integer">349</views-count>
</blog-post>
