Get your free personalized podcast brief

We scan new podcasts and send you the top 5 insights daily.

During Amazon Prime Day, consumers spend approximately 15% more time in all their inboxes, both business and personal. This creates a halo effect where even B2B, non-profit, and regulated industry marketers can benefit from heightened audience attention. Aligning campaigns with Prime Day, which is moving to June, can capitalize on this temporary but significant increase in inbox activity across all sectors.

Related Insights

The Super Bowl captures mass attention, making it a powerful marketing opportunity for all brands, not just consumer ones. By incorporating relevant themes, even "boring" B2B companies can significantly boost engagement because the topic is top-of-mind for their audience.

Specific, culturally relevant keywords in an email subject line can dramatically increase open rates. During Super Bowl week, terms like "MVP," "QB," or football-related emojis tap into the audience's current mindset, boosting engagement for any brand, regardless of its industry.

Direct-to-consumer brands can monitor search volume for their products on Amazon during Prime Day. A spike in these search queries indicates high purchase intent. This allows brands not on the platform to strategically run their own competing offers to capture motivated buyers at a peak time of interest.

Contrary to belief, Fridays are a peak day for webinar registration as professionals focus on self-improvement. Similarly, sending long-form emails on Sunday mornings sees high click-through rates as executives catch up on reading without workplace distractions.

During the first week of April, capitalizing on the corporate shift from Q1 to Q2 by including "Q2" in email subject lines can increase open rates by over 20%. This timely reference taps into the audience's focus on quarterly planning, launches, and trend analysis, making the email feel immediately relevant.

During major cultural events like the Super Bowl, incorporating timely keywords such as "touchdown," "big game," or "MVP" at the beginning of an email subject line can increase open rates by 15%. This tactic is effective across B2B and B2C sectors by tapping into the audience's collective mindset.

Prime Day, now in June, creates a "rising tide" effect far beyond e-commerce. During the event, both consumer and business professionals spend about 15% more time in their inboxes. This presents a unique opportunity for non-retail and B2B marketers to launch campaigns and capitalize on heightened email attention.

During Prime Day, consumers often search for specific D2C brands on Amazon. Brands not selling on the platform can monitor this search query data. A spike in searches indicates high purchase intent, creating a perfect opportunity to run parallel promotions on their own sites to capture that demand. This tactic leverages Amazon's traffic as a free market research tool to optimize campaign timing.

Contrary to the belief that holiday themes are unprofessional for B2B, incorporating playful, Halloween-related subject lines like "Don't ghost your leads" can boost email open rates by over 15%. This tactic is most effective when used in the 10 days leading up to the holiday.

Over 80% of marketers send emails on the hour, flooding inboxes in the first 10 minutes. By scheduling campaigns for a non-standard time, like 8:07 AM instead of 8:00 AM, you avoid this clutter and can increase open rates by around 15%.