Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber?

Brad Spencer · 09-29-2008, 07:40 PM

Hey Warriors,

I'm getting around 20-30% open rates for my emails and I was wondering if you can tell exactly WHO opened the email.

I'm curious b/c I feel like some people will open every email and others will never open them. Obviously, it'd be better to work with people who like your emails so I was wondering if I could distill that info from the service.

Thanks for sharing,

Cheers,

Brad Spencer

Paul Myers · 09-29-2008, 08:13 PM

Brad,

Yep. You can do that. You have to use the click-tracking feature to get the info.

Paul

Takuya Hikichi · 09-30-2008, 01:13 AM

I thought this was one of the features available only when you upgrade to that more expensive version of aweber.

leekhinc · 09-30-2008, 01:52 AM

I don't think you can track who opened your email.

I wish there is such a feature in aweber so I can target those people only. I am getting like 10% open rate :<

Do you know that aweber charged you by the number of subscribers including unsubscribers?

So I don't think aweber will want to include such feature.

kkchoon1 · 09-30-2008, 03:11 AM

My open rate is about 20% ~ 30%, if I use negative title such as "bad news", "My ranking dropped..." or anything negative, open rate is around 40%~50%!

Paxton · 09-30-2008, 03:18 AM

I was wondering about this as I was getting a much lower open rate than I thought for some of my lists. The particular list was offering some free advice on a particular software application and when I made the offer, my inbox was hammered.

When I setup the list I only got around 70% open rate, which seemed low. People had been clamoring to get on the list and I had assumed they would all open the emails.

Quick way to check who is opening - worked for me.

In your next email, add in a couple of questions and ask for answers to be emailed back to you.

I did that and I now know who is opening my emails.

Doubt this will work for all lists, but it suited my needs.

Thanks.

kkchoon1 · 09-30-2008, 03:24 AM

Thanks for sharing, Paxton. 70% is impressive, consider some email client like outlook will filter the open rate, congratulation!

Paxton · 09-30-2008, 03:30 AM

I do simple, old fashioned newsletter style broadcasts.

AWeber has a ton of templates that come out very nicely when sent to your email subscribers.

Do one, then for the next issue, copy the previous in Aweber and change the content. That way the feel of the newsletter stays the same.

You can add links on most of the templates outside the main content, so it won't look stuffed with links - something I hate personally and don't do to my subscribers.

Thanks

Brad Spencer · 09-30-2008, 09:04 AM

@Everyone

Thanks for all the tips. I ask for feedback all the time and usually I get it. I'm working on building a deeper relationship with my list. Kind of taking a different approach to list building. Too many people are disconnected from their list. I want to know them, know their weaknesses, and have them know me. I feel like that connection will get them to spend money with me for the long term.

An offer email, email "content", an offer email....that model doesn't work. People want to buy off those they like.

Plain and simple!

Cheers,

Brad Spencer

naruq · 09-30-2008, 09:12 AM

Create curiosity in your subject line by asking a provocative question

Dmitry · 09-30-2008, 09:32 AM

There actually might be a way for you to accomplish this...

If you send your broadcast in HTML and you include a 1x1 pixels image (just like aweber and all other list services I know of do) and you include ?email=[[awebers-email-variable]] after the image's source URL then by going through your website's logs you'll be able to see which emails have "requested" so to speak your image.

If there are enough people interested I could easily craft a script for keeping track of this that could also export all the emails in a text file instead of you going through your logs. But you would have to manually remove them from Aweber... that I believe I cannot help you with unless Aweber have some API that would allow an outside script to manage the emails, but it is kind of a security issue so it might actually be for the better that you have to manually do it.

Chris Lockwood · 09-30-2008, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paxton

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In your next email, add in a couple of questions and ask for answers to be emailed back to you.

I did that and I now know who is opening my emails.

No, you just know who responded that one time. Certainly not everyone who opened the email bothered to reply.

Nonny · 09-30-2008, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dmitry

There actually might be a way for you to accomplish this...

If you send your broadcast in HTML and you include a 1x1 pixels image (just like aweber and all other list services I know of do) and you include ?email=[[awebers-email-variable]] after the image's source URL then by going through your website's logs you'll be able to see which emails have "requested" so to speak your image.

If this is the method people use it must appear that I never open any emails, since my mail program only loads images if I chose to do so manually, and I rarely do. I assumed that most people were like me - no images loaded by default - am I incorrect in thinking this?

melanied · 09-30-2008, 04:00 PM

No, both my email client and my web-based reader have no images by default, I have to click a button to show the images.

Dmitry · 09-30-2008, 04:27 PM

Then you're not opening any emails (at least not in a direct fashion) to any of the people you're subscribed to. Or there's something I don't know.

Meanna Blog · 09-30-2008, 04:30 PM

You can with graphicmail. It also tells you who clicked on what within your email.

Brad Spencer · 09-30-2008, 04:54 PM

Gmail doesn't load up images without selecting them at the top. I think it's got to do with viruses being in the images potentially.

Neil Morgan · 09-30-2008, 04:59 PM

Quote:

I think it's got to do with viruses being in the images potentially.

And also for simple privacy reasons.

You can really only use open rates to analyze trends. The absolute numbers are meaningless.

Cheers,

Neil

Paxton · 10-01-2008, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Lockwood

No, you just know who responded that one time. Certainly not everyone who opened the email bothered to reply.

I know who opened the specific email, which is what the exercise was about.

I did mention the parameters of the particular list and for those parameters, it worked.

Not a solve-all, but got the specific job done

JustinPremick · 10-01-2008, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Spencer

I was wondering if you can tell exactly WHO opened the email.

If you're using our Email Web Analytics tools* you can see who is or is not
opening your emails and clicking your links (as well as a few other measures
of "response"). One place to see this is under the "Broadcast Totals" or
"Followup Totals" reports in your account.

You can also segment and email your responsive and non-responsive
subscribers (see the "Message Opened," "Link Clicked" search options
on your account's "Leads" page.)

Quote:

Originally Posted by melanied

No, both my email client and my web-based reader have no images by default, I have to click a button to show the images.

Excellent point, as reinforced by a couple people here.

Most email programs have images turned off by default. Subscribers can
typically have images enabled for your emails by adding you to their address
books or "safe senders" lists (the specifics vary somewhat across different
email providers but overall this is a good rule of thumb).

So if you're not already asking subscribers to add you to their address books,
you should

Hope this helps! Contact our team or PM me if you have any questions about
using the segmentation tools.

* Email Web Analytics tools are automatically included for accounts opened
since May 20th, those who opened their accounts before have the option to
upgrade by contacting us.

Chris Lockwood · 10-01-2008, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paxton

I know who opened the specific email, which is what the exercise was about.

I did mention the parameters of the particular list and for those parameters, it worked.

Not a solve-all, but got the specific job done

OK, how do you know someone opened the email if they did not respond to your questions?

My point was that you don't, not equating an open with a response.

Paxton · 10-02-2008, 03:03 AM

Yeah Chris, I'm not saying this is the best solution - you can even argue it's not a solution more of a "band-aid" for a very specific situation.

I simply wanted to see if there were people on the specific list who were not doing what they had signed up to do and the questions sort of solved that for me.

Totally agree - it's not the best solution in the world, but it served it's purpose and as that ain't a bad result.

09-29-2008, 07:40 PM	#1
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Takuya Hikichi The Samurai Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 687 Thanks: 93 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? I thought this was one of the features available only when you upgrade to that more expensive version of aweber.

09-30-2008, 01:52 AM	#4
leekhinc Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 61 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? I don't think you can track who opened your email. I wish there is such a feature in aweber so I can target those people only. I am getting like 10% open rate :< Do you know that aweber charged you by the number of subscribers including unsubscribers? So I don't think aweber will want to include such feature.
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kkchoon1 Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur, WP, Malaysia. Posts: 75 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? My open rate is about 20% ~ 30%, if I use negative title such as "bad news", "My ranking dropped..." or anything negative, open rate is around 40%~50%!

09-30-2008, 03:18 AM	#6
Paxton HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cyprus Posts: 349 Thanks: 18 Thanked 41 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? I was wondering about this as I was getting a much lower open rate than I thought for some of my lists. The particular list was offering some free advice on a particular software application and when I made the offer, my inbox was hammered. When I setup the list I only got around 70% open rate, which seemed low. People had been clamoring to get on the list and I had assumed they would all open the emails. Quick way to check who is opening - worked for me. In your next email, add in a couple of questions and ask for answers to be emailed back to you. I did that and I now know who is opening my emails. Doubt this will work for all lists, but it suited my needs. Thanks.

09-30-2008, 03:24 AM	#7
kkchoon1 Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur, WP, Malaysia. Posts: 75 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? Thanks for sharing, Paxton. 70% is impressive, consider some email client like outlook will filter the open rate, congratulation!

09-30-2008, 03:30 AM	#8
Paxton HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cyprus Posts: 349 Thanks: 18 Thanked 41 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? I do simple, old fashioned newsletter style broadcasts. AWeber has a ton of templates that come out very nicely when sent to your email subscribers. Do one, then for the next issue, copy the previous in Aweber and change the content. That way the feel of the newsletter stays the same. You can add links on most of the templates outside the main content, so it won't look stuffed with links - something I hate personally and don't do to my subscribers. Thanks

09-30-2008, 09:04 AM	#9
Brad Spencer Senior Trusted Advisor War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Winter Garden, FL Posts: 2,125 Thanks: 912 Thanked 551 Times in 289 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? @Everyone Thanks for all the tips. I ask for feedback all the time and usually I get it. I'm working on building a deeper relationship with my list. Kind of taking a different approach to list building. Too many people are disconnected from their list. I want to know them, know their weaknesses, and have them know me. I feel like that connection will get them to spend money with me for the long term. An offer email, email "content", an offer email....that model doesn't work. People want to buy off those they like. Plain and simple! Cheers, Brad Spencer
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Dmitry HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 371 Thanks: 74 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? There actually might be a way for you to accomplish this... If you send your broadcast in HTML and you include a 1x1 pixels image (just like aweber and all other list services I know of do) and you include ?email=[[awebers-email-variable]] after the image's source URL then by going through your website's logs you'll be able to see which emails have "requested" so to speak your image. If there are enough people interested I could easily craft a script for keeping track of this that could also export all the emails in a text file instead of you going through your logs. But you would have to manually remove them from Aweber... that I believe I cannot help you with unless Aweber have some API that would allow an outside script to manage the emails, but it is kind of a security issue so it might actually be for the better that you have to manually do it.

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melanied NicheChick.com War Room Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,031 Thanks: 43 Thanked 100 Times in 53 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? No, both my email client and my web-based reader have no images by default, I have to click a button to show the images.

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Dmitry HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 371 Thanks: 74 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? Then you're not opening any emails (at least not in a direct fashion) to any of the people you're subscribed to. Or there's something I don't know.

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Brad Spencer Senior Trusted Advisor War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Winter Garden, FL Posts: 2,125 Thanks: 912 Thanked 551 Times in 289 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? Gmail doesn't load up images without selecting them at the top. I think it's got to do with viruses being in the images potentially.
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10-02-2008, 03:03 AM	#22
Paxton HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cyprus Posts: 349 Thanks: 18 Thanked 41 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Can You Check Exactly Who Opened Your Emails With Aweber? Yeah Chris, I'm not saying this is the best solution - you can even argue it's not a solution more of a "band-aid" for a very specific situation. I simply wanted to see if there were people on the specific list who were not doing what they had signed up to do and the questions sort of solved that for me. Totally agree - it's not the best solution in the world, but it served it's purpose and as that ain't a bad result.