For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 15 pages)

October 14, 2008

Best And Worst Of Email Interaction Design, 2008

Forrester Applies Its Email Interaction Review Methodology To 16 Major Firms

This is the eighth document in the "Best And Worst Of Experience Design, 2008" series.

by Adele Sage

with Bruce D. Temkin, Vidya L. Drego, Andrew McInnes, Rachel Zinser


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Forrester applied its Email Interaction Review to the email interactions of 16 firms: four each of the largest airlines, banks, department stores, and MP3 player manufacturers. None of the 13 companies that actually responded to our emails passed the evaluation, but Sears and Creative received the highest overall scores. As a group, banks outperformed other industries, while airlines fell to the bottom of the list. We also found a number of best practices, such as Macy's clear instructions for responding, American Airlines' quick response time, and Kohl's easy-to-scan emails. To improve email interactions, firms should evaluate their own email experiences.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemExamining The Current State Of Email Interaction Experiences

itemNone Of The 16 Firms Passed Our Email Usability Test

itemEmail Interactions Had Flaws In Every Category

itemBest Practices Exist Among The Flaws

recommendations

itemImprove Email Interactions With A User-Centered Approach

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester evaluated the email interaction user experience at 16 major firms — four each of the largest airlines, banks, department stores, and MP3 player manufacturers.

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Analyst: Adele Sage
Technology: Channel Design Strategies, Customer Experience, Customer Relationship Management, Packaged Applications
Industry: Airlines, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Retail & CPG, Consumer Travel, Financial Services, Financial Services Customer Experience, Manufacturing, Retail, Retail Banking, Travel
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America