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Does anyone have/know benchmarks for email program smart list size compared to total lead database?

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My company has some smart lists that are over 30% of its entire emailable database, which roughly 96,000. My team and I think this percent is high. We need benchmarks proving or disapproving this idea.  Does anyone have data to help us figure it out?

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Best answer by Josh_Hill13

My experience is that emailable is 15-20%, which means they are not invalid, blacklisted, hard bounced, suspended, or unsubscribed. I'm not sure that's the definition Marketo uses.

My experience is that the Active in Past 90 days AND Emailable is anywhere from 3-18% of the database. Ideally, your targets are in that group, while the wider could be Active in Past 180 days.

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May 26, 2016

My experience is that emailable is 15-20%, which means they are not invalid, blacklisted, hard bounced, suspended, or unsubscribed. I'm not sure that's the definition Marketo uses.

My experience is that the Active in Past 90 days AND Emailable is anywhere from 3-18% of the database. Ideally, your targets are in that group, while the wider could be Active in Past 180 days.

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PhillipWi1
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May 17, 2016

Hi Annmarie

The more you open up the targeting, the less precise the overall list is, and you will see decreasing marginal returns. For example, if you target market is 35-44 years old, and you open it up to 35-60 year olds, then you may see more sales, but those over 45 won't convert as well - assuming your marketing assumptions are sound.

However, if you are prepared to trade unsubscribes for some incremental revenue, then it might make sense for you. It really depends a lot on your email program and what you are trying to achieve.

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Chris_Shaffer
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May 17, 2016

Hey Annmarie, What's the concern with having a segment of that size?

In some cases it may be too large, but in others it would make sense (assuming the criteria makes sense).

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