Aweber has new option to send email at CERTAIN TIME...which time is best?

[BJ Min]

hi,

i noticed aweber has a new option...or at least it
seems new because i just found it when i was on it today...

basically, you can put WHAT TIME you can send your
emails...

anybody study what time is great?
would be good to know...

thanks
BJ

ps...aweber also seem to have an option where
you can send email only a certain day (like monday or tuesday , etc)...
i like sending my emails frequently so i guess i won't use this option...

[michael_nguyen]

whatever you choose, be consistent as they say

[manjit129]

This is a great question, i too would like to know the answer.

[TLTheLiberator]

Cool new development for anyone wishing to send messages on a schedule.


TL

[Mark Coverdale]

I would probably send it to suit where the majority of my subscribers are from. If you have 80% of U.S. subscribers, maybe send it at a time that will be during the day in as many states as you can.

Work it out using the world clock site.

[bluenetworx]

I have found that if you send emails on tues,wed,thursday at 10:30am to USA subscribers to be the best response/open rates. Friday and Monday and weekends has not been as good!

[Mike Hill]

At the end of the day you need to test this option and test the best time of day... I would and am going to test this as well..

I would start with narrowing down the times in 5 hour intervals to see the best open rates...

Then I would test again and try to narrow it down to the best 3 hour window... You need to carry out a variety of tests over the next few weeks to ensure you get an accurate open rate for the time interval and not your subject line, etc...

This is why I would carry out this test over a number of weeks to a month...

Mike Hill

[BJ Min]

bluenetworx,

did you mean western time or eastern time in US?

just a thought...for really popular sports events like the
NBA finals...it was at 5pm western ( or 8pm eastern time)...or was it 6/9?

anyways..i guess that's when people watch tv...not sure about
when they check email...

not sure...so maybe eastern time may be more influential? just a thought...

mike hill...
as far as testing your emails...do you use aweber too? i'm guessing you do...how do you test your email open rates with autoresponder sequence...i notice with BROADCAST, the stats show up...but haven't gotten into finding out stats for the autoresponder sequences...

thanks
BJ

[Kevin Riley]

LOL, BJ

They have had that option ever since I started using them - 3 years ago. It's great. When I was in Europe two Christmases ago, I queued three weeks worth of newsletters before leaving. They got delivered every Friday, as though I was still working.

Since I live in Japan, this has always been handy.

[axeray]

I was doing some work in Aweber yesterday and I didn't see this option.

Pretty cool option when you figure out the best times to send messages.

[Floyd Fisher]

There is no such thing as a 'best time' to send email.

That function was put there so you could schedule email at times when Awebers servers aren't at full load, so the emails get out faster.

[Allen Graves]

I'd say mid morning in the time zone which consitutes most of your list subscribers.

Allen

[flattop]

I don't mean to sound dumb here, but is there not studies done about what time is the best time to have converence calls, or send emails etc.? Not sure how to get this information though...

To Your Success,
Clint Anderson

[Floyd Fisher]

Originally Posted by flattop

I don't mean to sound dumb here, but is there not studies done about what time is the best time to have converence calls, or send emails etc.? Not sure how to get this information though...

To Your Success,
Clint Anderson

Here's the study I posted years ago.


MediaPost Publications Best Day To Mail? 11/13/2007

No day is better than any other. What really counts is if you have something constructive to say.

[JustinPremick]

Hi BJ and all,

Thanks for bringing this up. I was going to make a
quick post about it but figured starting a thread on
it myself would be self-promotional.

What we've released is day-and-time scheduling
for autoresponders.

Basically, you can tell us during which days and
times you do (and don't) want us to deliver
each of your follow up emails.

As Kevin notes, you've always been able to set a
day/time for broadcasts.

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

They have had that option ever since I started using them - 3 years ago. It's great. When I was in Europe two Christmases ago, I queued three weeks worth of newsletters before leaving.

This is quite different.

There's a YouTube video about it on our blog, and
you can also join us for a half-hour demo of it via
GoToWebinar this afternoon at 3:00PM EDT.

Hope you guys like it!

[tkulzer]

Allen,

Originally Posted by Allen Graves

I'd say mid morning in the time zone which consitutes most of your list subscribers.
Allen

* Send Windows can be set to be geographically aware. Meaning
each subscriber will receive the follow up message based on the
send window time period as applied to their local timezone.
There is no need to compromise based on where most of your
list is subscribed from.

Note step 5 in the our KB describing send windows:
How Do I Use Autoresponder Send Windows? :: AWeber Knowledge Base

* When to send is very dependent on your audience and "mid morning"
is not always correct. Test for your audience and tweak accordingly.

[David Hamer]

Originally Posted by JustinPremick

What we've released is day-and-time scheduling
for autoresponders.

Basically, you can tell us during which days and
times you do (and don't) want us to deliver
each of your follow up emails.

Justin - That's fantastic news!

That really is a great step forward.

Many thanks - Dave

[ramohr]

I sent out my mail when aweber send out theirs. If you are on their list
watch the times they send their email messages.

[flattop]

Thanks Floyd!

[Bjarne Eldhuset]

I think it would be really cool if this was possible:

1. If Aweber could track the open rate of every e-mail sent out over any chosen period of time, say for example one year.

2. Then, let's say a marketer sends out about 1 e-mail each day, allways at different hours.

3. Aweber could then store all data about open rates at different hours for all of your e-mails for all your lists.

4. And what would be really cool was if Aweber had a way to present all this information in a graphical user interface, for example:

- graphs showing the open rate VS time of day for any chosen time period

- move the mouse cursor over the best results, and an image pops up with information about that particular peak mail

- Did the e-mails with the best open rates have anything in common / what if Aweber could provide an comparison/analysis of factors that were similar in the best doing mailings.

- automatic suggestions based on the collected information about what might be the best times to mail your list, and so on, and so on.

Maybe something like this is possible allready, but I thought I'd do the lazy thing and ask

Regards,
Bjarne Eldhuset