BULK EMAIL OUTFLOW PILOT PROGRAM

October 27, 2008

Last Revised:  May 23, 2012 4:50 PM

By: Director of Planning, Clifford Woods

First Mention, Reference

 

BULK EMAIL OUTFLOW PILOT PROGRAM

October 26, 2008 – Approved October 27, 2008 

 

 


Major Target: To purchase bulk email addresses and set up and get outflow going that will contribute to increasing the VSD. 

Vital Targets:

  1. Get these targets fully and honestly done ____
  2. Get the targets done rapidly – no Q & A ____
 

Organizational Targets:

  1. All targets assigned to the Director of Planning (CW) unless otherwise stated ____
  2. Get a dedicated computer established at the VL Warehouse so that access is available 24/7 ____
  3. Establish a purchasing line for rapid financial approval ____
 

Operational Targets:

  1. Get with D/ED and collect following information:
    1. Can the email program import 2 million email ____
    2. What is the maximum safe number of emails that can be sent out daily ____
    3. How quickly can a landing page be established for this project ____
    4. How can the statistics for the landing page be monitored easily ____
    5. Any other information that may be needed to successfully complete this campaign. ____
    6. How can an anonymous webpage be set up for this?  Is it practical and or desirable? ____
  2. Write CSW to purchase the 2 mil email list ____
  3. Once approved, purchase the 2 mil email list ___
  4. Get the promo piece for this campaign written and approved, BASED ON KNOWN SURVEY BUTTONS AND MESSAGES ____
  5. Get the landing page created and tested ___.
  6. Get the email list imported into the bulk email program. ___
  7. Determine the daily bulk email outflow ____
  8. Set up the outflow with returns to the landing page ___
  9. Monitor the response daily ___
  10. Conditional: If the results are not as expected, review and rewrite the promo ___
  11. Restart the campaign ___
  12. While the campaign is running, get 2 more promo pieces written and ready to go out to the same list as soon as this one done ____
  13. Get the promo pieces approved ____
  14. Program the additional 2 promo pieces outflow, based on the “what I tell you 3 times you believe” datum ____
  15. Collect the Bulk Email Outflow Campaign Stats weekly and graph them ____
  16. Determine the major stat to base the campaign on ____
  17. Apply the correct condition to this campaign based on the stats ____
  18. Review the pilot for success, based on stats ____
  19. Conditional:  If successful, write it up and groove it into the organization as a successful and now routine function and additional email lists purchases and other languages as target markets as well ____
  20. Conditional:  if not successful, reevaluate and re-launch in such a way that it IS successful.
 

PRODUCTION TARGETS:

  1. All targets completed so emails going out within 7 days.
  2. Major target achieved in 6 weeks
 
 

 

 


Clifford Woods

Director of Planning VL