Track Email Campaign Analytics and Performance Metrics

Track Email Campaign Analytics and Performance Metrics

By Michael Thompson

January 12, 2025 at 08:14 AM

Track email campaign performance effectively by analyzing key metrics and insights to improve future campaigns.

Access the analytics dashboard to view performance indicators for both bulk sent campaigns and automations:

  1. View Campaign Performance:
  • Navigate to the email campaigns dashboard
  • Select "Sent" for bulk campaigns or "Automations" for automated emails
  • Click on the specific campaign to analyze

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

Delivery Rate:

  • Shows number of successfully delivered emails
  • Includes spam folder deliveries
  • Helps assess mailing list quality
  • Campaigns sent in waves; allow time for complete delivery

Open Rate:

  • Indicates subscriber engagement
  • 20% or higher considered healthy
  • Note: May be unreliable due to:
    • Email provider privacy policies
    • Image loading settings
    • Apple Mail Privacy Protection inflation

Click Rate:

  • Measures link engagement
  • Excludes unsubscribe links and technical elements
  • Counts unique clicks per subscriber
  • Higher rates possible with professional email addresses

Unsubscribe Rate:

  • Tracks list removals
  • Includes manual unsubscribes
  • Records spam reports
  • Accessible in the campaign dashboard

Traffic Sources Analysis:

  • Located in site analytics
  • Shows visitor origins
  • For Commerce plans:
    • Tracks revenue per campaign
    • Monitors sales performance
    • Updates within several hours

Optimization Tips:

  1. A/B Testing:
  • Split test different versions
  • Compare subject lines
  • Analyze content variations
  • Track performance differences
  1. Track Sales:
  • Allow several hours for data updates
  • Ensure cookies are enabled
  • Verify proper link tracking
  • Monitor commerce metrics
  1. Browser Display Considerations:
  • Links count as opens and clicks
  • Browser version clicks not tracked
  • Permanent links excluded from analytics

Note: To maintain accurate tracking:

  • Keep cookies enabled
  • Use campaign links for visits
  • Allow time for data processing
  • Compare multiple metrics for comprehensive analysis

For automation campaigns, utilize date range filters and customized graph timeframes to analyze specific periods and trends.

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