Business Day (Nigeria)

Netcore solutions industry report highlights Nigerians engagement with emails

- KELECHI EWUZIE

Determined to provide valuable insight into email reception and marketing for Nigeria customers, Netcore Solutions is set to launch a 2018 email reception report into the country.

The report according to the company shows how average Nigerian customer reads marketing emails, adding that with this report, email marketers can now tailor their communicat­ion to ensure they are delivering the right content at the right time.

Chukwudi Nwokike, client success manager, Netcore solutions, a technology and marketing company whose footprints started from India said Nigerian brands would always have the need to communicat­e with their customers on a frequent basis, adding that what to communicat­e is as important as when and where to communicat­e.

Nwokike observes that about 15 years ago during data collection Nigerians would often give invalid email addresses. SMS has

long been the major player in mass communicat­ion to customers.

According to him, “This is majorly because the most accurate data held by brands has always been SMS numbers. SMS marketing was also declared a nuisance by NCC and the rise of DND occurred. Suddenly brands SMS delivery rates dropped to as low as 40 percent. Brands now need to turn to other channels of communicat­ion to engage with their customers”.

Nisham Chhabra, country manager of the company with presence in India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Philippine­s, USA, UAE and UK, said the rise of GSM and 3G Technology in Nigeria had given multiple communicat­ion channels at the fingertips of every user.

Chhabra opines that now a large percentage of the population have valid email addresses that they check on a regular basis. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter play a valid role in their life.

“It is no longer about what you communicat­e alone. When you communicat­e, how you communicat­e and the channel you use for communicat­ion would play a big role in converting the sale”, Chhabra said.

He further disclosed that the report http://bit.ly/nigeria-email-2018-report was compiled by the Client Success Manager Team (Smartech Product) for Netcore Solutions in Nigeria.

Netcore solutions have 3000 global clients with over70 clients in Nigeria using one of their solutions. Netcore’s Smartech is an AI Powered Growth marketing platform that is capable of delivering cross- channel automated communicat­ion on 10 Channels (Email, SMS, Voice, Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, Browser Push Notificati­ons, Web Message, In-app message, App Push Notificati­ons).

By combining these 10 channels of communicat­ion in one highly customizab­le platform,

Smartech empowers marketers to engage with their customers and increase conversion­s on website and mobile app using triggered notificati­ons and deep analytical insights.

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